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New Netbook Offers Detachable Tablet
Engadget is reporting that a new "Touch Book" being previewed at DEMO '09 in California by the company "Always Innovating" promises a new take on mobile computing devices. Touting 10 to 15 hours of battery life, this ARM-powered netbook weighs less than two pounds, but the true magic comes with the detachable screen that can function as a completely stand-alone touchscreen tablet. The machine is currently running a Linux OS with a touchable 3D UI, the entire screen is magnetic for mounting on a metal surface, and the whole package is being projected for less than $300.
I thought the LEGS were pretty cool myself.
I accidentally your entire hard drive, is this bad?
Psion, apparently (seeing as how it's suing everyone else using the word).
"[Regarding the 'cloud,'] ownership was what made America different than Russia." -- Woz
Gravity Shifting. There's a gravity manipulation nodule in the screen that changes the direction of gravity. /no really
Yes but it only works in python
import gravity
so you have to hold the machine upright until it boot. And if you put it to sleep it falls over.
Some drink at the fountain of knowledge. Others just gargle.
Right you are. I've been hearing about ARM netbooks so much, I just assumed that they were already in the wild. I guess this is like those blockbuster movie ads on TV that play over and over until you're sick of them, and then, just when you think you've been seeing them forever, they start saying "Opens in two weeks!"
Damned straight! Cause you know I'd want one!
... oh that Psion.
Wait
I wonder if THEY go topless in the office...
Previously: "Linux... Toward the Sunrise..." Now: "Linux... Toward the-- No, now, part of Every Sunrise"
And you need to stop assuming that everybody else lives under a rock, like you.
This is Slashdot. He doesn't live under a rock, he lives in his mom's basement.
You also spelled "memorize" wrong. ;)
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