It’s starting to look like 2010 may not just be the year of the tablet… but also of the dual screen tablet/netbook hybrid. Earlier this year MSI showed off a concept device with twin 10 inch displays. You could use one display as a virtual keyboard and position the device like a netbook, or flatten […]
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Kno: Dual screen, 14 inch tablet for the education market
Is there a future for tablets in the education market? Probably. As text input devices, tablets can store a lot more paper than a paper notepad. And tablets make excellent eBook readers — which is great if you’d rather carry around one device with a dozen books than a dozen heavy books in your backpack. […]
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Sony files for patent on dual screen laptop/eBook reader
After playing around with a dual-screen concept device from MSI earlier this year, I wasn’t 100% sold on the idea of a tablet that serves double duty as a laptop by letting you turn one display into a keyboard. On-screen keyboards just aren’t as easy to use as physical keyboards, I figured. But it turns […]
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MSI to launch Android, Windows 7 tablets
While Apple has been pretty successful by throwing a smartphone operating system on its flagship tablet, and it’s starting to look like HP could dump its Windows 7 plans for a slate running Palm’s WebOS, other companies appear to be hedging their bets — by preparing tablets running both Google Android and Windows 7. That’s […]
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Kakai to launch a dual-screen tablet for education market?
Apple has a consumer oriented tablet. HP, Dell, Asus, and other major PC makers are expected to launch tablet style devices soon. So how exactly is a small company you’ve never heard of supposed to make a splash in the tablet space? Maybe by going after a different market — and that’s exactly what All […]
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HTC could be working on a dual-screen netbook… or smartphone
HTC is best known for making smartphones, but the company has dipped its toe into the mobile internet device arena. Now it looks like the company could be working on a dual touchscreen device. It could be a netbook/tablet combination device. But it’s more likely some sort of mobile phone. What’s interesting about this concept […]
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Bezel? We don’t need to stinking bezel on our LCD displays
If there’s one thing I know about longtime readers of this web site, it’s that you love to complain about large screen bezels. Sure, netbook bezels have come a long way since the Asus Eee PC 701 with its bezel that was almost larger than the screen itself. But when you’re looking at a tiny […]
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Entourage Edge dual screen eBook reader reviewed
The Entourage Edge is a strange little machine. It’s about the size and shape of a netbook. But instead of a screen and keyboard, it has two screens: 1 9.7 inch e_ink display and a second 10.1 inch color LCD. Both screens are touch sensitive, and the Edge runs Google Android, which means it can […]
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Onkyo DX dual screen netbook reviewed – Video
The Onkyo DX is a rebranded version of the Kohjinsha DZ dual screen netbook. The main difference is that the Onkyo model has two high resolution, 1366 x 768 pixel displays while the Kohjinsha version’s two 10.1 inch displays can only handle 1024 x 600 pixel resolutions. The folks at wow-pow.com have posted a video […]
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dnb Dual netbook concept features dual screen display, virtual keyboard
MSI isn’t the only company showing off a dual screen netbook concept at CES this week. I stopped by the international exhibitor section this morning and spotted a dual-screen model from Korean company dnb. The dnb Dual netbook prototype isn’t quite as elegant as MSI’s solution. Basically, it looks like someone took a standard 10 […]