Motion Computing plans to put a little more swing into its tablet PC next month.

The Austin, Texas-based start-up plans to release the M1300, a tablet PC based on Intel's new 900MHz ultra-low-voltage version of the Pentium M.

The M1300, set for release on May 12, will offer a performance boost of up to 33 percent over the company's current tablet model, the M1200, Scott Eckert, Motion's CEO, said Tuesday.

Motion will release the M1300, which is one of the first portables to use the 900MHz ultra-low-voltage Pentium M, into a market that has embraced tablets with unexpected vigor.

Tablet computers, which are portable PCs that let people enter data with a stylus, have been around for years. But the category has seen a burst of customer interest and sales activity since the November introduction of Microsoft's Windows XP Tablet PC Edition and a host of new computers based on it.

This new generation of tablets generally offers greater performance, lighter weight and longer battery life when used with wireless networking than did past models. That has helped boost the fortunes of Motion, which is ranked as the No. 5 manufacturer of tablet PCs by market research firm IDC. Motion is also aided by agreements with Dell Computer and Gateway, which of both sell its tablets.

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