Backing up the Calpella launch, Toshiba has now announced its first laptop to be based on Intel's new mobile platform, the Qosmio X500. The upcoming portable machine features a 18.4-inch (1920x1080) LCD screen, an LED backlit keyboard and a numeric 10-key pad, a multi-touch touchpad, built-in harman/kardon speakers and Dolby Home Theater audio, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1 and also a 5-in-1 card reader.

Toshiba's laptop will come powered by a Core i7 processor, a PM55 motherboards and feature up to 8GB of DDR3 memory, a GeForce GTS 250M graphics card with 1GB of memory, up to two 500GB hard drives and a Blu-Ray drive.

The Qosmio X500 will make its debut together with Windows 7 on October 22nd.