Concocted in California, where else
A California-based company has launched an ARM based netbook with a
detachable keyboard, touch screen, more than 10 hours of battery life,
and it apparently has a magnet which allows you to stick it to metallic
surfaces, such as refrigerators.
Always Innovating is touting its brainchild as an alternative to "power
hungry" Atom based netbooks in an "ugly case, with a 90's OS". The
company christened the new product TouchBook, but the guys at Gigabyte
also thought that's a good name for their touchscreen netbook shown at
Cebit. We're not sure who's ripping who off, but it's probably just coincidence.
The Californian Touchbook is powered by an ARM Texas Instruments OMAP3
CPU. It weighs 2lbs (900g), has a 1024x600 8.9-inch screen, 256MB of
memory and 8GB of storage on a micro SD card. It features n-draft
wireless and Bluetooth, has 6 USB ports, three of them hidden inside
the case and a 3-dimensional accelerometer.
It will ship with open source operating systems, including Google's
Android, and should cost $300 as a plain tablet, or $400 with the
keyboard. Availability is expected in late spring.
More
here.