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Andrew Donoghue ZDNet.co.uk

Published: 22 Jun 2007 10:27 BST

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The PC maker has teamed up with explorer David Hempleman-Adams to promote the Portégé R500. The UK-born adventurer is planning to take one of the devices on a transatlantic ballooning challenge in July. During the four-day crossing, which should cover some 3,425km, the R500 will be Hempleman-Adams' communications centre and provide weather and route information via an Iridium satellite phone to his base in the UK.

"We don't know where I am going to land — it could be northern Norway or the coast of Africa. I could fill the balloon basket with manuals of navigation data but I can store all that on this computer, which is fantastic," said Hempleman-Adams.

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