Its part netbook, part tablet, and, part ipod touch. Its designers stated at launch that it is the first netbook featuring a detachable keyboard with a long battery life. The touch book is a netbook tablet with detachable keyboard. Always innovating has given its touch book device a hardware refresh, dubbing it the smart book this time around. I have jumped between slate tablet pcs, convertible tablet pcs, and netbooks in the past and it really came down to the familiar form. One of these products is quite unlike anything else in the netbook space and its called the touchbook from a company named always innovating. Tweet share post it seemed like it might never happen, but the always innovating touchbook is finally getting into purchasers hands. Always innovating touch book nearing release thought id post this as it doesnt seem to be mentioned elsewhere except for an old discussion here. The always innovating touch book does something ive never seen. Always innovatings new notebook pc is the worlds first 3d touch screen netbook with a detachable keyboard. The always innovating touch book a hybrid netbook tablet which we knew was very nearly on its way, is now, apparently, on its way.
Mar 02, 2009 theres certainly a lot going on with the new touch book by a company called always innovating. In march 2009 the always innovating company announced the touch book. The device is a computer that can be used in either slate or notebook form, but unlike older convertible. When keyboard is removed, the touch book becomes a touchscreen tablet pc. Always innovatings touch book device has now started to ship according to the official website. Tremendous work was necessary to adapt all these distributions to our devices, especially because of the need to optimize the support of our hardware accelerometer, screen rotation, touchscreen, and more. Even new machines joining the fray are forced to abide by microsofts hardware limits if they use windows xp, which means that youll. Touch book from always innovating harbors removable tablet, netbook pricepoint latest in always innovating always innovating hdmi android dongle gets an ics update, we swing by for a. Always innovating today unveiled the touch book, a versatile new device that works as both a netbook and a tablet thanks to a detachable keyboard and a 3d.
Always innovating touch book, part 1 first impressions written by branko on aug. The always innovating touch book is expected to go on sale at the end of may, beginning of june, and the manufacturers are taking preorders now on this new combination netbook touchscreen pc. Always innovating touch book netbook tablet itech news net. Always innovating is set to release a new convertible slate aimed at changing the way we view both netbooks and tablet computers. It is worth mentioning that this concept is not brand new and that a smaller company called always innovating ai has a similar, even more modular product. As an earlystage startup, it will take us several weeks to fill every order.
Motorola atrix vs the always innovating smart book solas blog. The always innovating touch book is a cross between a netbook and a tablet pc. Innovating battery management learning from our past experience with the touch book, we have now a much more efficient battery management. Always innovating touch book now shipping liliputing. Always innovating touch book nearing release mobileread. Aug 03, 2009 always innovating touch book hybrid device now shipping.
Jan 15, 2011 it is worth mentioning that this concept is not brand new and that a smaller company called always innovating ai has a similar, even more modular product. Well its now in production and has all the promised features and has. Aug 08, 2010 always innovating touch book, part 1 first impressions written by branko on aug. And thanks to a new design of battery circuitry, the touch book offers a neverseenbefore batterylife experience, with the ability to transfer energy from one battery to another. Always innovating generated a lot of buzz when it introduced the touch book last year. From afar, it may seem like your average netbook 8. Whats unique about this tiny notebook is the detachable tablet screen that has a magnetic backing so you can stick it to a refrigerator and turn it into an instant wall computer. Always innovating releases arm based touch book for netbook. Sep 17, 2010 if always innovating didnt ship their ambitious touch book detachable netbooktablet combo last year, id suspect this new product theyre touting is all vaporware. This means that if you break one part you can replace it without replacing the entire system handy if you break the keyboard the cheaper part. Mar 12, 2009 californiabased always innovating is living up to its name. May 29, 2009 this netbook can also run mobile operating systems such as android or windows ce.
Mar 02, 2009 touch book from always innovating harbors removable tablet, netbook pricepoint latest in always innovating always innovating hdmi android dongle gets an ics update, we swing by for a taste video. Always innovatings touch book is the first netbook powered by tis arm omap3 600mhz processor, 256mb ram and 8gb microsd for storage. The mecam is a self video nano copter to pointandshoot yourself. The touch book is a portable computing device that functions as a netbook, and a tablet computer.
Mar 02, 2009 always innovating launching touch screen netbook. On its website, always innovating calls the touch book a laptop computer, handheld game device, e book reader and video player in. I see 18 sec booting of android from path partner on omap3530 based always innovating touch book. The touch book from always innovating always innovating announced a new tabletnetbook hybrid today at the demo conference. Additionally, the smart book is the first device to feature an extractable mid mobile internet device out of the tablet. Gregoire is a serial entrepreneur with five startups in twenty years. Always innovating touch book, part 1 first impressions. On its website, always innovating calls the touch book a laptop computer, handheld game device, ebook reader and video player in.
The upcoming touchbook from always innovating unlike any. One of the most eagerly anticipated presentations at demo 09 is the touch book, which runs on an. The main difference between the two products is that the computing core of the smart book is only a mid, not a real mobile phone like the atrix. Always innovating touch book hybrid device now shipping. And with the overclocked ti chip, it can run as fast as you want, especially with the video and 3d acceleration available on the chipset. Theres certainly a lot going on with the new touch book by a company called always innovating.
This netbook can also run mobile operating systems such as android or windows ce. Designed by always innovating, a company situated in the city of menlo park. Always innovating is a consumer electronics hardware design company. Always innovating has stopped innovating for a moment and started production. One of the most eagerly anticipated presentations at demo 09 is the touch book, which runs on an arm chip and has a detachable and optional. Always innovating touch book supposedly available this month. Jul 02, 2009 always innovating has taken a completely different approach to the burgeoning and some might say cluttered netbook market with their touch book tablet laptop thing. However, as the company has a large backlog of orders, the first shipments are being dedicated to fulfil these preorders. The touch book is picking up this trend and comes with an optimized homemade linuxbased os. Mar 02, 2009 the biggest question mark has to be the touch book os. Resolved how to reduce the boot time of android on. Touch book transforming net book always innovating. Always innovating touch book mixes netbook with tablet pc.
Always innovatings touch book in production, finally. To determine the applicable shipping rate for items in your cart. Since they did, they probably deserve the benefit of the doubt for the smart book, which takes the detachable computer concept up a whole other level. It was originally developed from the texas instruments beagle board. It is based on the arm ti omap3530 processor and features a touchscreen. Always innovating smart book takes allinone computers to the. Always innovatings touch book now shipping engadget. The touchbook from always innovating is a mobile computer unlike any other. If always innovating didnt ship their ambitious touch book detachable netbooktablet combo last year, id suspect this new product theyre touting is all vaporware. Like the touch book, the smart book is offered as a fully open platform. Always innovating touchbook the coolest computer ever. Jun 25, 2009 always innovating has stopped innovating for a moment and started production. With a simple finger press at startup, the touch book will run either our ai os, ubuntu, or android. Always innovating launching touchscreen netbook cnet.
One interesting thing about the always innovating touch book is that you can order the keyboard and extra battery part separately from the main computerdisplay unit. This video shows all the features of android froyo on the always innovating touch book. The startup has designed an allinone netbook that comes with a detachable keyboard and a touch screen so it can work as both a. Touch book, firmowany przez nieznana dotad prawie nikomu firme always innovating. Always innovating today unveiled the touch book, a versatile new device that works as both a netbook and a tablet thanks to a detachable keyboard and a 3d touchscreen user interface.
While it does resemble the original at first glance, within the case lies a removable mobile device which doubles up as a handset for making voip phone calls. Touch book, hdmi dongle, mecam, tennis inout just to name a few. Its the new touch book by a company called always innovating. Mar 02, 2009 the always innovating touch book is expected to go on sale at the end of may, beginning of june, and the manufacturers are taking preorders now on this new combination netbook touchscreen pc.
Always innovating touchbook appears in owners hands, and on. Designed by always innovating, a company situated in the city of menlo park, in california, usa, it was launched at the demo conference in march 2009. The first of the always innovating touch books are reaching preorder customers, and so were seeing the fledgling steps of a new, stillintriguing platform. Always innovating updates touch book, calls it smart book. Need an affordable custom tablet, or a settop box for your project. If an item is subject to sales tax, in accordance with state tax laws, the tax is generally calculated on the total selling price of each individual item, including shipping and handling charges, giftwrap charges and. We featured the always innovating touch book back in march 09 when it was just a concept and we were excited about it then. Always innovating has announced the release of a ground breaking, jaw dropping new netbook, called the touch book, with a number of surprising characteristics that, if founded, will make it a sure. Running ice cream sandwich, the hdmi dongle can run any android apps that are. This is the official youtube channel of always innovating.
Always innovating os rc1 january 2010 currently, the default always innovating os includes. At first gawp it looks like janb just another netbook. Always innovating touch book convertible netbook now shipping. Always innovating unveils the touch book netbook and tablet. The biggest question mark has to be the touch book os. Aug 02, 2009 always innovatings touch book device has now started to ship according to the official website. It had a touchscreen and a detachable keyboard which contained a second battery. Always innovating touch book hybrid device now shipping zdnet. License one of our multiple designs and we will accompany you.
Jun 26, 2009 we featured the always innovating touch book back in march 09 when it was just a concept and we were excited about it then. Always innovating today unveiled the touch book, a versatile new device that works as both a netbook and a tablet thanks to. Always innovating has taken a completely different approach to the burgeoning and some might say cluttered netbook market with their touch book tablet laptop thing. The touch book from always innovating gadgets russell. Android, chrome os, and ubuntu united in one platform pcworld. Always innovating releases arm based touch book for netbook market posted.
Since 2010, the touch book comes with a multiboot graphical interface, allowing users to run also ubuntu and android. Thats correct if you were smart enough to preorder. I want to reduce the boot time of android on am3517 to 20s. Touch or type on always innovatings netbook the new york.
While the touchbook shares features with other mobile computers, it still manages to bring something completely unique to the market. Aug 20, 2009 the first of the always innovating touch books are reaching preorder customers, and so were seeing the fledgling steps of a new, stillintriguing platform. Another interesting feature of the touch book is the magnetic attachment that allows you to stick it to a metal surface say a fridge for use as a mobile tv or recipe reader ect. Touch book from always innovating harbors removable tablet. Touch book android froyo features complete youtube. Its hard to deny that the netbook market is largely stagnant. First units to customers were shipped on august 2009. Take your mobile out of your pocket to surf the web with your fingers, thanks to multitouch technology support. Its transformer of a netbooktablet called the touch book is now.
The touchbook is a hybrid tablet with a detachable keyboard thats designed for slate operation. Items ordered from always innovating may be subject to tax in certain states, based on the state to which the order is shipped. Mer, gentoo have also been adapted to the touch book. It was based on the texas instruments omap 3530 which implemented the arm cortexa8 architecture. In september 2010, always innovating introduces the smart book which is the evolution of the touch book and provides similar features with better performance. Always innovating touch book netbook i tablet w jednym.
Always innovating will launch the touch book in the us in. Apr 27, 2011 also compatible with always innovating s own touch book and smart book hardware, superjumbo is a single image that provides four operating systems fully optimized for the thirdgeneration omap. The touch book is picking up this trend and comes with an optimized home made linuxbased os. Always innovating will launch the touch book in the us in a just few weeks and start shipping it internationally. Sy wong arm based processors are doing quite well in dominating mobile phones market and now is on the way to capture some new market segments even in netbook or nettop market currently occupied by x86 based processors.
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