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Tech Touch Book Truly Hybrid Netbooks: The system can work both as a
traditional notebook or as a convertible tablet but can also detach the keyboard
entirely from the system to use it as a stand-alone touchscreen device. A set of
magnets built into the back even lets users mount the screen on a refrigerator
or elsewhere.
Always Innovating sees the system as a potential competitor not only to netbooks
but to handheld electronics like the iPod touch or PSP; when in tablet mode, it
can be used as a touch-driven game system or as a video player. Unlike most
netbooks, the Touch Book passes on Intel's Atom in favor of a Texas.
In a further unique touch, the system includes three "internal" USB ports, which
prevent adapters from jutting outwards, alongside two full-size external
connectors and one mini USB port.
Instruments OMAP3 ARM processor that's said to combine the performance of a
notebook with a netbook, including an unusually long 10-15 hour runtime and an
instant boot while still managing 720p video playback. Always Innovating claims
to have developed a custom operating system with a "3D" interface but also says
its system won't be software-locked and should run with Android, Ubuntu Linux or
other operating systems that run natively on ARM processors.
Official pricing should be kept down to $299 by offloading storage demands to an
8GB microSDHC card as well as by using an 8.9-inch display and limiting
networking to 802.11g Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Pre-orders start today, though the
system will ship only in the late spring.
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