TravelMate C110 due this week Acer America will launch a Tablet PC based on Intel’s Centrino technology this week.The TravelMate C110 is a convertible device that resembles the San Jose, Calif.-based company’s first Tablet PC product, the C100. It can be used as a notebook, or the user can rotate the screen to cover the keyboard to switch to Tablet PC mode. The device uses the ultra-low voltage 900MHz Pentium M processor along with Intel’s 855 chipset and the Intel Pro Wireless 802.11b chip.The C110 comes with a 10.4-inch display, two USB (universal serial bus) 2.0 ports, and weighs 3.2 pounds (1.44 kilograms). Prices for the device will start at $1,899 with availability through resellers in North America starting Thursday. Acer America is a subsidiary of Acer Inc., based in Taipei. Motion Computing plans to launch a slate Tablet PC that features the new Intel technology next week. Slate Tablet PCs do not come with a built-in keyboard, but can be docked if the user wants to set up a workstation with a keyboard.Motion sells its Tablet PCs through vendors such as Dell and Gateway, as well as through its own Web site. The new M1300 will use the same 900MHz Pentium M processor as Acer’s C110, but Motion has not released pricing information for its device.The Centrino package’s combination of low power consumption and high performance with longer battery life is necessary for users to see Tablet PCs as practical devices, analysts have said. Matsushita Electric Industria, more widely known as Panasonic, has already released a device with the 900MHz Pentium M and Intel’s wireless technology, and other vendors are expected to follow suit. Most Tablet PC vendors opted for Intel’s Ultra Low Voltage Pentium III-M processor when the products were launched in November, as that chip consumed the least amount of power of any Intel processor available at that time.Acer’s TravelMate C100 was tied with Hewlett-Packard’s Compaq Tablet PC TC1000 for the market share lead in terms of shipments during the fourth quarter.The devices made their debut with the launch of Microsoft’s Windows XP Tablet PC Edition in November. Technology IndustrySmall and Medium Business