Acer Dual-Screen, Multitouch Laptop Leaks Out

Posted by timothy on Sunday September 12, 2010 @03:56AM from the mind-the-smudges dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A 15" laptop from Acer that is currently in production features dual-multitouch displays, one for the main display and one as the keyboard/mouse. It has a 2.67GHz Intel Core i5 processor and runs Windows 7. No release date or pricing information yet as this unit is still heavily in production/testing phases." Replacing a keyboard with a touchscreen sounds like a mixed blessing to me, but not everyone agrees. Witness the (great big) Kno dual-touchscreen e-reader, and the Toshiba Libretto W100 dual-screen mini-laptop, now shipping in Japan.

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Re:touchscreen keyboard? by Idbar · 2010-09-12 04:17 · Score: 4, Interesting

Perhaps some people don't care about tactile response (besides I know some people that look at the keyboard every time). I'd be more interested how does the battery plays a role when this type of keyboard is idle.
Re:Yummm battery by TeknoHog · 2010-09-12 05:19 · Score: 3, Interesting

In principle, a keyboard should be able to generate some electricity from the movement. But has anyone actually seen these IRL?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/1999/07/22/keyboard_generates_electricity_for_notebooks/

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