Hybrid Smartbook Touch Book Shipping Next Month
We first heard about the unique hybrid Touch Book from Always Innovating back in March, and as always with unique new concepts, we wondered if it would really see the light of day. We are happy to see that the Touch Book is in production and should start shipping next month. This hybrid is an 8.9-inch slate tablet with an optional, snap-in keyboard, making for a laptop configuration.
The slate is Linux powered and has an 8 GB SSD and 512 MB of memory working with a TI OMAP3530 processor. This sounds anemic, but it should actually run decently and for a very long time on a battery charge. The Touch Book is only $299, while the optional keyboard is $99.
Specs:
- 9.4″ x 7″ x 1.4″ for 2 lbs (with keyboard)
- ARM Texas Instruments OMAP3 chip
- 1024×600 8.9” screen
- Storage: 8GB micro SD card
- W-Fi 802.11b/g/n and Bluetooth
- 3-dimensional accelerometer
- Speakers, micro and headphone
- 6 USB 2.0 (3 internal, 2 external, 1 mini)
- 10+ hours of battery life
(Touch Book via engadget)
no camera – so close but no deal, a portable with no video/skype conferencing – get with it people
lets hope they correct that with 2.0
the 512mb only half of that is ram right – so kind of like an big brother iphone, could be sweet
It’s the first of the kind so you cannot expect it to be fully featured. It’s still good though