I don’t normally gush over new tech toys on this blog, but I suspect that we are about to witness a sea change in portable computing:<\/p>\n
The Touch Book<\/strong><\/a> is a netbook-but-more from a company called Always Innovating.\u00a0 It reverses the fundamental design of notebook computing in that the processor\/memory\/storage is in the same part of the computer as the screen.\u00a0 So what do you get when you make that screen a touch screen as well?\u00a0 A tablet computer with a keyboard dock.<\/p>\n The idea behind Touch Book is making it as versitile as possible, allowing people to use it in different modes for different tasks.<\/p>\n Typing a document?\u00a0 Dock it in the keyboard.\u00a0 Watching a movie?\u00a0 Reverse the screen and fold it into a stand, or use the magnetic backing to attach the screen to a steel surface (like a refrigerator).\u00a0 Playing a game, reading a book, or surfing the web?\u00a0 Use the touch screen by itself for convenience.<\/p>\n This will be the first netbook to use the ARM Processor<\/a>, which means that it runs without generating much heat (no fans to run and long battery life – 10-15 hours according to the company).\u00a0 It also means that it is an “instant on” device… no waiting for the computer to boot up.\u00a0 It sports high resolution, 3-D graphics, and is supposed to do a great job for watching movies.\u00a0 And it is very open… open source operating system, open architecture.\u00a0 There is a lot of room for innovation with this device.<\/p>\n This computer isn’t perfect (and it isn’t on the market yet… so any of these claims could be exaggerated), but it is a definite jump ahead for mobile computing.\u00a0 Microsoft has yet to announce whether Windows 7<\/a> will have an ARM version, so this may be limited to varieties of Linux<\/a> and Android<\/a> — but you will still be able to use it for anything the current crops of netbooks can do, with more versatility and for longer periods of time.<\/p>\n Here’s a demo video I found via Wired Blogs<\/a>:<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TEHzrg3I1HU<\/a>\n found via CrunchGear <\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I don’t normally gush over new tech toys on this blog, but I suspect that we are about to witness a sea change in portable computing: The Touch Book is a netbook-but-more from a company called Always Innovating.\u00a0 It reverses … Continue reading