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How about a twin 14.1-inch screen tablet?

by Scott Bicheno on 4 June 2010, 09:50

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Redefining the campus

Ever since the first PC we've been hearing about the demise of paper. We've had the paperless office (the printer market still seems to be doing just fine) and, more recently, the e-reader, but sometimes you just can't replace the cheapness, durability and downright reliability of a book, magazine or newspaper.

A US start-up called Kno is the latest company to have a go at replacing paper, this time in the further education market. With encyclopaedic text books being the target, Kno has decided it's market is ready for something a fair bit bigger than any tablets out there and has launched one that has not one, but two 14.1-inch colour screens.

The Kno press release doesn't go into specs but Engadget, which was at the D8 conference where the device was launched, reports the screens are of the capacitive IPS variety, with 1440x900 resolution and both touch and pen support. It weighs a hefty 5.5 lbs (2.5 kg) and even using a Tegra 2 chip can still only manage 6-8 hours of battery life. All that's said about the OS and platform is that it's based on open web technologies.

"Kno's alliances with publishers is a key component of our strategy to fundamentally change the way students learn," said Osman Rashid, Kno's Co-Founder and CEO. "We are excited to work with Cengage Learning, McGraw-Hill Education, Pearson and Wiley to bring their content directly to students to help enrich their college experience. It is this content students need combined with the features that they want that differentiates Kno."

The device isn't ready for launch yet and when it is, it's expected to come in at not far short of a grand, so Kno has some serious selling to do. In the video below, Kno has chosen the famously camp Queen track ‘I want to break free' and, as Engadget noted, features young men cavorting in their underwear in one of its press photos, so maybe Kno is targeting more than one demographic with this product.

 

 

 

Kno Movie from Kno, Inc. on Vimeo.



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What the photo doesn't show is that the poor girl has had her fingers welded to the tablet to make sure she can hold on properly
Jesus another one?

Its like everyone copy Apple iPad party now haha
Well as Jay pointed out - Penny had the idea waaay before Apple ;)
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Jesus another one?

Its like everyone copy Apple iPad party now haha

What? because apple came up with the tablet computer all by themselves… ??? Oh I see… :rolleyes: