Toshiba Launches Portege® M405 — Advanced Tablet PC For Retail Customers; Thin and Light Portege® M405-S8003 Features Tablet PC Functionality, New Intel® Core™ Duo Processor and Toshiba's EasyGuard™ Technology

Business Wire, April 11, 2006

IRVINE, Calif. -- Toshiba's Digital Products Division, a division of Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. (TAIS), today announced the Portege(R) M405-S8003, a high-performance, thin and light Tablet PC sold at major consumer electronics stores nationwide with an estimated single unit price of less than $2,000(a).

Featuring business-level performance and mobility, the Portege M405-S8003 weighs approximately 4.5 pounds(b) and is designed for consumers who require on-demand business applications and all the functionality of a notebook computer with the benefits of digital pen-based input and control.

The Portege M405-S8003 features the new Intel(R) Core(TM) Duo processor(c) T2400 that reduces power consumption while boosting overall performance from graphics to wireless capabilities. The Portege M405-S8003 also features EasyGuard(TM) technology(d), a series of hardware and software enhancements designed to help boost mobile security, system integrity, network connectivity and overall ease-of-use.

The Portege M405-S8003 offers a bright, 12.1-inch XGA diagonal display that easily switches into "slate" mode so users can stay productive at their desk, standing, in a meeting or lounging at home. With the Portege M405-S8003, users can use the mouse, keyboard, digital-ink-enabled pen or their voice to manipulate information and maximize productivity.

"With the Portege M405-S8003, Toshiba offers the ultimate thin and light convertible notebook computer for the retail market," said Jeff Barney, vice president of marketing, Digital Products Division, Toshiba America Information Systems.

"Customers will enjoy the flexibility offered by the Portege M405 with the ability to take notes, handwrite e-mails or draw with digital ink on your notebook computer for convenient computing anywhere," Barney said.

Toshiba's exclusive EasyGuard technology(d) consists of four elements with the following feature highlights:

Protect & Fix

        --  Shock-absorbing materials to help safeguard critical
            components such as the hard drive and LCD display;
        --  the Toshiba Hard Disk Drive Protection System to help
            safeguard the Tablet PC's hard drive against possible
            damage resulting from accidental dropping, turbulence,
            impact or vibration;
        --  enhanced, spill-resistant keyboard(e) that affords users
            time to save work and shut down the system. If an accident
            should occur, this feature will help prevent the loss of
            data;

Secure

        --  a Trusted Platform Module, an embedded security chipset
            that stores encryption keys, passwords and user
            credentials to ensure that data cannot be accessed or seen
            by anyone but an authorized user;
        --  integrated biometric fingerprint reader with single
            sign-on functionality;

Connect

        --  a complete suite of communication technologies, including
            Gigabit Ethernet, V.92 modem and the Intel(R)
            PRO/Wireless(f) 3945ABG Network Connection (802.11 a/b/g);
        --  proprietary technologies such as Toshiba's recently
            upgraded ConfigFree(R), a graphic connectivity management
            utility, and the company's patented Diversity Antenna,
            designed to deliver superior, wireless signal reception
            through the integration of strategically placed
            Bluetooth(R) technology and dual-band Wi-Fi antennas in
            the notebook's display;

Optimize

        --  proprietary Toshiba Power Saver that maximizes battery(g)
            life;
        --  Toshiba's Presentation button, a one-touch button to
            display the screen's image onto an LCD projector or
            external monitor easily;
        --  and wireless on/off switch, enabling and disabling the
            integrated wireless(f) LAN (Wi-Fi(R)).

For more information on Toshiba EasyGuard(d), please visit www.easyguard.toshiba.com.

The Portege M405-S8003 comes with a six-cell battery(g) for up to five hours of computing time. Toshiba also equipped the Portege M405-S8003 with a swappable Ultra SlimBay for a CD-RW/DVD, DVD SuperMulti optical drives or a second hard drive for onboard data backup.

The Portege M405-S8003 notebook offers a standard one-year limited warranty(h). This warranty includes carry-in support at Authorized Service Providers throughout the country, or the customer may use any of the more than 3,000 UPS Stores for packaging and delivery of the product to a centralized depot for prompt service turnaround. Customers can also choose to upgrade the notebook's service plans, including up to four years of extended service plans.

Portege M405-S8003

Processor:      Intel(R) Core(TM) Duo Processor(c) T2400 (1.83GHz, 2MB
                L2, 667MHz FSB)

Display:        12.1-inch diagonal TFT active-matrix LCD display at
                1024x768 native resolution (XGA)

System Chipset: Mobile Intel 945GM Express Chipset

Graphics        Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 with 8MB-128MB
Controller:     dynamically allocated shared graphics(i) memory

Memory:         Configured with 1024MB DDR2 533MHz SDRAM(j) (both
                memory slots may be occupied)

Hard Drive:     100GB (5400 RPM) Serial-ATA (S-ATA) hard disk
                drive(k)

Optical Drive:  DVD SuperMulti ( /- double layer) drive supporting 11
                formats

Wireless:       Integrated Intel(R) PRO/Wireless(f) Network Connection
                3945ABG (802.11a/b/g)

Ports:          Universal Serial Bus (USB v2.0) - 3 ports, RJ-11 modem
                port, RJ-45 LAN port, RGB (monitor) output port,
                i.LINK(tm) IEEE-1394, 240-pin docking connector,
                headphone and microphone ports

Slots:          5-in-1 Bridge Media Adapter (Secure Digital, Memory
                Stick(TM), Memory Stick PRO(TM), xD Picture Card
                (shared slots), Secure Digital slot supports SDIO); 2
                main memory slots; 1 PC Card slot support 1 Type II,
                PCMCIA R2.01, PC Card16, CardBus

Audio:          Built-in stereo speakers, SigmaTel STAC9200 24-bit
                stereo software sound

Battery:        6-cell (4700mAh) rechargeable, removable Lithium Ion
                (Li-Ion) battery pack

Operating       Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP Tablet Edition 2005
System:

Dimensions:     11.6 x 9.80 x 1.53 inches

Weight:         Starting at 4.5 lbs(b) (2.04 kg) depending upon
                configuration

Price:          $1,999.99(a)