Many different netbooks and laptops have been launched into the market, catering to various consumers, by Dell. The Latitude E6400 XFR is a fully rugged laptop whereas the Latitude 2100 is ideal for the purposes related to education. The company now adds a powerful laptop dubbed as Latitude Z to the Latitude series. As proposed by Dell, this latest offering is the world’s lightest and thinnest 16 inches laptop. The target audiences for this laptop include creative professionals to entrepreneurs, sales people and even attorneys.

The Dell Latitude Z comes complete with a battery having four-cell and has a starting weight of 4.5 pounds. The notebook is packed with many innovative features besides having a sleek appearance. It sports a Black Cherry soft-touch finish and has a lean tapered design. The new product is also known to be the first notebook with inductive charging and wireless docking. Commonly used media controls as well as the applications can be easily accessed with the help of the touch interface, thanks to the company’s EdgeTouch which is located on the bezel of the screen.

The latitude Z laptop from Dell combines full-featured functionality with a lightweight and thin design as commented by Michael Keithley who is the CIO of Creative Artists Agency. With a built in camera, two solid state drive options, and a big gorgeous screen, it contains pretty much everything that one can desire from a multipurpose mobile laptop. Steve Lalla who is the vice president as well as general manager of Business Client product group, Dell Inc., added that Dell is committed to make ground breaking innovations that mark many industries firsts.

To solve needs and requirements of the real customer, Dell offers many robust solutions. Dell is committed to their core business and is expanding their line of products to meet the need of their customer who is ready to add or refresh to their already existing infrastructure.

The laptop includes a spacious multi-touch touchpad and a smooth touch backlit keyboard. Through the high definition 1600 x 900 WLED display, clear pictures can be espied; it also has a two MP camera which uses Dell Capture Technology. The notebook is essentially and highly portable as the Z’s external optical drive, power adapter and other accessories are also lightweight. Bluetooth, WLAN and optional 3G WWAN mobile broadband are also featured by the Latitude Z. The starting price is $1,999 and it can be purchased in countries like U.S, Canada, Asia and Europe.

According to the claims by Dell, the first laptop with an internal wireless inductive charger and a wireless docking is the Latitude Z and it uses two coils-one in the special charging stand and another in the laptop for generation of an electromagnetic field. This wireless charger may be received as relief for a set of people despising cords and power bricks but for the rest of people it’s an empty gesture and won’t be used by many people. It can also be speculated that the technology was not touched by Dell’s rivals for some good reasons.

For starters, the stand seems huge; from photos given by press, it appears to be a huge plate connected to a bigger stand, containing huge raised platform and an equally huge base surface making one need a nice desk as a support to this lavish set up. In other words you won’t like to take it along with you. Also the charger is not more effective or better than a standard plug of AC. Dell’s vice president belonging to business client engineering, Steve Belt, announced to the IDG news service that wireless charger precisely takes an equal amount of time to charge a laptop as with an AC connection.

For these simple privileges, you will be required to pay an extra 200 dollars on top of the Latitude’s base 2000 dollars price tag where with this money you can buy one or two power cords more and plant them in those places where you use your laptop most.

However, having said above, no one can knock Latitude Z completely as a whole. This notebook has few features that is less likely to be seen in other laptops. Among them is an instant-on feature enabling you to browse the web and check your mails during start-up. There is also a wireless optional docking station that allows you to connect to the USB drives and TV while moving with the laptop itself. Unlike charger, this docking station is worth spending $200, especially if someone plans to watch web video through his television.

It can be said that Dell may be the first maker in computer world to pair inductive laptop charger with the wireless docking, but even if it’s the last, nobody would be affected.