netbook with detachable monitor
As seen on Slashdot, New Netbook Offers Detachable Tablet, Engadget is reporting on a new product. The Touch Book from Always Innovating harbors removable tablet, netbook pricepoint.
It’s not every day we see an all-new angle on the laptop form factor, much less a netbook with aims at innovation. Perhaps it should come as no surprise that a company dubbed “Always Innovating” is trying to spice things up a bit. The Touch Book is an ARM-powered netbook that weighs less than two pounds and claims battery life of 10 to 15 hours, but the real magic happens with the removable screen — it slides right out of its keyboard dock and acts as a fully functional touchscreen tablet. When docked, the screen can lay out flat, and the keyboard can even be folded all the way under into an “inverted V” shape.
Why is this the holy grail of accessible laptops? Being visually impaired, I need to get my nose mere inches from the monitor. This is tricky with laptops, as the keyboard tends to be in the way. I have always wanted to be able to detach the screen of a laptop. Sort of a portable desktop system. The screen of the Touch Book becomes a tablet when detached, so I do not know if the keyboard continues to work. Yet, this is a big step towards a computer which is both accessible and portable. Now I just need a way to hold the screen up to my face while I type.
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