WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – IBM Corp. announced a new model of its Anyplace Kiosk, which will ship with Windows XP Professional pre-loaded. The Anyplace Kiosk is ultra-small and has on each unit a VESA—mount , which provides the ability to mount it nearly anyplace: on a wall, in a shelf, on an end cap, tabletop, or pole, or even in a floor-standing enclosure.
Features of the new Anyplace Kiosk include:
- A choice of 12-inch (800 x 600), 15-inch (1024 x 768) or 17-inch (1280 x 1024) active-matrix LCD touchscreen interface
- Infrared (IR) touchscreen technology
- Intel Celeron M Processor 320 (1.3 GHz, 400 MHz front side bus, 512 KB cache)
- 40 GB hard disk drive (HDD), standard with Windows XP Professional preloaded
- 512 MB of memory (standard) expandable to 2 GB memory
- Support for full-motion video and multimedia
- A presence sensor that allows activation of the kiosk when consumers approach from up to 5 feet away
- 10/100 Ethernet LAN and Web connectivity
- Environmentally hardened components for outstanding reliability
- A VESA mount that allows for attachment of wall mount, tabletop mount, or floor mount.
The new Anyplace Kiosk will be available Aug. 25.
