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The Smart Book

The strength of any technology is modularisation and standardisation. The ability to swap out and redesign, giving anyone the opportunity to easily innovate on the original concept. It’s the very reason PCs overshadow Macs and it’s the reason the concept of open source is not just an ideal but an absolute necessity. Innovation, modularisation and open source, these are the concepts that define the California based startup; Always Innovating . They are known for the Touch Book which combines a tablet and netbook to create a remarkably adaptive mobile device. They have just released their latest product; the Smart Book , which sets a new level of versatility in mobile devices. Check the video: This is definitely not for Apple fans , it requires a bit of tech savvy to really appreciate it's features but this really is something special. It is a little expensive but considering it's diverse "swiss army knife" feature set i'd say it's justifiable. Hats off to ...

Kindle DX, iPad or Touch Book

I'd like to compare three devices in the medium form factor category (netbooks/tablet PCs/e-readers). Two of them fairly well known and the last one not known well enough. Admittedly i'm somewhat biased towards the Touch Book because it's open source however the Kindle also runs on Linux. By default the Touch Book runs a customised version of Ångström called AI OS (Always Innovating Operating System). What sets it apart is the fact that the hardware schematics are also open source and are based on the Beagleboard . Kindle DX iPad Touch Book (Tablet) Touch Book (Netbook) Manufacturer: Amazon Apple Always Innovating Always Innovating Category: e-Reader Tablet Tablet Netbook Screen Size: 24cm 24cm 22cm 22cm Screen Specs: Black and white, electronic paper display Colour LED Colour LCD Colour LCD Resolution: 824x1200 1024x768 1024x600 1024x600 Processor: ARM (532MHz ) x86 (1GHz) ARM (600MHz) ARM (600MHz) Storage: 4GiB 64GiB 8GiB 8GiB USB Ports: None None 7 7 Keyboar...