During the DEMO Conference today, a company named Always Innovating announced their own version of a multi-purpose netbook called Touch Book.
Although it’s really lightweight (lbs) and portable, the folded form gives you a thickness of about 1.4 inches. Here are the complete specs of the Touch Book:
8.9″ display screen @ 1024×600 pixels
ARM Texas Instruments OMAP3 chip
8GB micro SD card
WiFi 802.11b/g/n
Bluetooth 2.0
6 x USB 2.0
As you can see in the images above, the screen can be detached from the body/keyboard and used separately (stick it up to your ref and you have a fridge magnet). The processor, an ARM, is most commonly used in high-end smart phones and storage is only thru an 8GB microSD (you can swap for larger capacity).
It also has a 3-dimensional accelerometer and Always Innovating claims 10 to 15 hours of battery life. What’s most surprising is that they’re offering this at a starting price of only $299.
The os will be a modified version of angstrom linux. it will have a 3d touch interface for the tablet mode. as well as being able to have different os’s installed including Android, Ubuntu, and Debian.
soo…. what OS is installed? i’m assuming the OS is built-in and not included in that microSD.
Question is, will it ever reach our country? Hmmm Abe? CLIFFHANGER!
Cool gadget huh, with detachable screen. So when?
Nice piece of gadget. Wonder when will this land on Philippine shores?
wee. great… sowhen they will ship this to pinas? :)