Incase you haven’t noticed we do not really cover laptops, this one was just to good to pass up though, and we can’t really say that it is a laptop. Acer is currently testing a rig that put’s that small little Libretto to shame. From what we can tell from the pictures is it looks to be about a 14 inch rig, with two multi-touch display’s, and a custom UI blended into Windows 7. Lets talk the UI for a second, this thing looks like you might actually have a decent time typing on this. To us it seemed like it would be a bit of pain typing on the Toshiba Libretto because of how small the device was, with the larger screen there is more room for a simulated keyboard and from what we can tell in the pictures it is a nice one. it appears to be spaced out well with the Apple “chicklet” or “island” style keys. This seems to make typing easier on a simulated screen as any iPad owner knows though, you will typo a lot still.
According to the source the Acer device is running on a 2.67 Ghz Intel Core i5 CPU (likely a Core i5-580M), this means that the device should have the means to deliver decent productivity. At current we do not have a release date or a price, though you can expect it to be high. Also the source said the the system was still rather slow and buggy, we can bet that we will not be seeing a release of this device to market anytime soon. Of course the real question here is, how long will the batter life last? Rockin’ out to two (possibly 15 inch() multi-touch display’s with brightness up would seem to drain power and you would not want your computer dyeing while you are in the middle of a hardcore Powerpoint session on the power-hungry processor, would you? Tell us what your thoughts are on multi-touch screens replacing your laptop keyboard, feel free to leave a comment (must be registered on WP), or write a post on our Facebook and Twitter pages.
Source: Tech Review Source.
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