Always Innovating TouchBook – The coolest computer ever!!!
Always Innovating have announced a new ARM based touch screen/tablet computer, which they plan to start shipping the US in May/June with a price starting at 9. The Touch Book will come with the Touch Book OS, based on the Angström Linux distribution. The company says the Touch Book is not limited to their OS and that it’s possible to “install many operating systems on the device, including Google Android, Ubuntu, Angstrom, and Windows CE, though we would not recommend the latter.” The Touch Book motherboard is based on the Beagle Board and the schematics for it have been released under the GPL by Always Innovating. With an 8.9″ diagonal 1024 by 600 resolution touch screen and an ability to play up to 720p video content, the Touch Book is being sold as a companion to, rather than a replacement for, a user’s main machine. The Touch Book sports a number of unique features in a small device. The keyboard is detachable, allowing the device to used as just a tablet, and the back of the tablet is magnetic, letting a user stick the device to a fridge or other metallic surface. The device weighs less than two pounds, but offers a ten to fifteen hour battery life. However, there is a catch; the two parts of the Touch Book, the tablet and the keyboard, have their own separate batteries. The tablet alone has 3 to 5 hours battery life, with the keyboard battery extending that to the ten to fifteen hours. Another interesting design feature is the inclusion of internal USB ports …
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i like more? my asus tf 101
The ususal laptop gets broken because it has a hard drive which uses a magnetic? technology. If you use any sort of flash memory, magnets don’t break them.
@tylermurch: Videos is kinda old, but? just google “always innovating”
where can I get one?? This? is awesome!
now in 2011, after reading some of the forums and people struggling to even? charge it, this has ended been a bad designed computer and is going the TouchPad route.
Ipad??
Dont get it
if you move a Magnet on your labtop you labtop gest broken
because of all the megnet stuff what is insite
so my question is how is it possible that it? got a magnet in site?
i dont really get it.
Cheers!
you can onley do that? if you have money enough ^^
If? only it was thinner
1:49 “Can your? laptop do this?” … yep. once.
2011 version ??
dell stole yall idea ?
Its Android OS. If you want games, its much worth it? to buy a handheld device like a playstation or nintendo.
I love the french accent. It’s vocal? sex.
The? true question remains…? Will it blend?
Wow, this is what iPad is now? ARM processor, touch screen (-:?
the frogs can’t speak english. period. still amusing to watch? them try now that french hasn’t been adopted as the worldwide language and English has.
what i’m really hoping for is an upgrade the duel core 2Ghz arm cortex a9, or at least? the 900Mhz variant. Since i’m dreaming throw in a mali gpu. That would be too good to be true though.
@Imprezaman555: Hopefully they are cheaper in? 2 years or so
looks really cool. DAMN IT! I just got a $300 acer, now im really jealous. Oh well, hopefully they are still? around in a year or two.
What a let down, I placed an order for one of these, I was told that it would take two months to deliver. I emailed AI a week before delivery was due and was told that they had suspended production until summer when they would also announce their “craziest innovation”. They never notified me of this change of plan. To anyone thinking of buying one of? these, forget it, wait a few months something else is sure to be released.
Well done Gregoire, you know how to p*ss of your prospective customers!
What a let down, I placed an order for one of these, I was told that it would take two months to deliver. I emailed AI a week before delivery was due and was told? that they had suspended production until summer when they would also announce their “craziest innovation”. They never notified me of this change of plan.
To anyone thinking of buying one of these, forget it, wait a few months something else is sure to be released.
Well done Gregoire, you know how to p*ss of your prospective customers!
the only way i would stick a netbook to a refrigerator is if it came wit 4 screws? to bolt it up there. lol
@chris978820: yeah, that just seems like a bad idea. but I’ve seen another video where they stick it on the door and slam the door a few? time and it stays. I still would be hesitant to do it myself.
It does sound really good but i dont like how it looks. and I would never stick a $300 netbook on? my refrigerator. lol