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03.03.09 17:43 Age: 197 days

Always Innovating Debuts New Kind of Netbook

Category: new notebook models

By: Mark John Merin

Netbook with a touchscreen? Netbook with a detachable keyboard? Netbook with 10 - 15 hours of battery life? Meet the TouchBook by Always Innovating.

Taken from: http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/touch-book-from-always-innovating-harbors-removable-tablet-netb/

Taken from: http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/touch-book-from-always-innovating-harbors-removable-tablet-netb/

Always Innovating, a California based company debuts a new netbook called the Touchbook. It features an 8.9 inch touch panel hence the name, and a detachable qwerty keyboard. Always Innovating has claimed it to have a battery life of 10 to 15 hours, this is because each section, keyboard and monitor has its own battery.

The TouchBook will be running on a OMAP3 ARM Chip with an 8 GB microSD card for storage all in a package weighing roughly 2 pounds.

The TouchBook also has 6 USB ports, 3 of which are internal. The reasoning behind this is so that consumers don't have to remove USB dongles everytime the TouchBook is packed away.

The screen section alone will have a price of $299 and $399 with the keyboard.

 

Author: Notebookcheck, 2005-09-20 (Update: 2009-08-15)