Toshiba brings us word today of its first Tablet PC to incorporate a touchscreen LED backlight display. The new Portégé M700 starts with a base configuration price of around $1,450.

The Toshiba Portégé M700 offers up a 12.1-inch WXGA display which the company says offers 30 more percent detail than a standard 12.1-inch display. The incorporated LED backlight display and associated anti-glare coating let one view it in a wider variety of settings both inside and out. Being a Tablet PC the Portégé M700 supports both fingertip input capabilities and traditional pen-based input, detecting and automatically switching between the different input methods as needed.

Other features of the Portégé M700, depending upon configuration, include Intel Core 2 Duo Processors, Intel 965 Express chipsets, a DVD SuperMulti Drive, 1.3-megapixel Web cam and 160GB hard drive. This tablet notebook computer should be available now.

Toshiba Portégé M700