 Bush grasps a Latitude XT to show off his budget proposal (Source: Associated Press)
 Dell Latitude XT Tablet PC (Source: Dell)
The Internets are at Bush's disposal thanks to the Latitude XT
Dell's Latitude XT Tablet PC was one of the most highly
anticipated tablet releases for 2007. Dell first
gave wind of the new offering in late May and images/specs began
to slowly leak out as the year came to a close.
In early December, Dell officially announced the Latitude
and its over-reaching
starting price of a whopping $2,499. Rabid Latitude XT fans were deeply
disappointed and expressed their frustrations on various sites online and on
the Direct2Dell blog site.
Dell
did its best to defend the $2,499 price of entry for the Latitude, but the
bogus comparisons and tap-dancing fell on deaf ears.
Since mid-December, no one has heard much on the Latitude XT
front other than a user review over at NotebookReview.com...
that is until today.
I was over at GottabBeMobile
catching up on my daily diet of mobile gear when I came across images of our
very own President George W. Bush holding the now infamous Dell Latitude XT.
Bush today introduced his new $3.1 trillion budget proposal which
includes a $35 billion increase for the Pentagon, $200 million in cuts for
Medicare and Medicaid, a $2 billion cut to funding for the Health and Human
Services Department and an 11% budget increase for the Department of Homeland
Security.
Bush showed off his new budget proposal using the Latitude
XT in tablet mode. As GottabeMobile's
Rob Bushway put it, "It is pretty ironic that he is showing his budget
proposal using the most expensive Tablet PC on the market!"
Dell could use all the exposure it can get these days. The
company recently announced that 900
employees will get the axe at its Canadian call center and that all of its
U.S. kiosks and direct sales stores will
be closed.
"Paying an extra $500 for a computer in this environment -- same piece of hardware -- paying $500 more to get a logo on it? I think that's a more challenging proposition for the average person than it used to be." -- Steve Ballmer
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