Acer Iconia
 

http://www.acer.com/iconia/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8Nfss0jC90
http://www.pcworld.com/article/21154...oser_look.html
http://reviews.cnet.com/2300-3121_7-...tag=mncol;page
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eddlYRUutTQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwvdvEF2rL0
Having a hard time choosing between a tablet, a netbook, and a laptop well acer has you covered with the Iconia. I swear the design looks like something out of Star trek or Something. The design is certainly interesting and I have always wanted a to have a portable equivalent to a 27inch moniter. Acer is declaring that the physical keyboard is dead and should be replaced with a second screen. Of course this design was used on the Toshiba Libretto w105. The specs are pretty beefy too it has a core i5, 4gb of ram, 750GB hard drive, optional 3G and even a working USB 3.0 port. I'm concerned this won't improve my productivity and removing the keyboard is pointless endeavor and that the battery life would suck. Maybe this is the laptop of the future?

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For me the future is projected screens where you don't have to worry about how glossy there or fingerprints, either that or pressure sensitive touchscreens that provide physical feedback like real buttons. Though the concept of Iconia is pretty cool.

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i like the guys comment on the youtube video...


"sucks to have 9 fingers" lmao :D

but does it run meego?


and a 14 inch???man, with my n900, and my booklet 3g...*which i hardly use* it would be hard to start traveling with all that poundage!

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Well as for installing another os, it is x86 based but you would lose all of acer's customizations and drivers would probably be a *****. I think for the keyboard it should recognize palms not fingers.

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lol...or is you have nine or less, take off your shoes!

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it reminds me of an oversized nintendo DS. lol j\K

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That brings me to another point Nintendo DS Emulation. Just saying.

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Completely 100% dead wrong,
----------- but the second screen is sexy.

ooooooohhhhhh wait:
End of discussion

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Well right now the design is a concept because of its high price and knowing acer they probably want the success of the Timeline X and aspire one series devices. This is what acer views as the future of laptops, pretty soon all computer will be Mobile. As for Windows 7 if Acer is Smart they will make a Custom touchscreen version of Linux that boots in a few seconds and has an acer appstore (Maybe based on MeeGo) or something with the option to boot into Windows 7 for "real" productivity.

Re: Acer Iconia
 

This is not the future.

What would the second screen really be useful for?
If it was a touchscreen + (keyboard and touchpad), it would be more functional, in my humble opinion.

I think the future is actually hologram projections that respond to touch/gestures (similar to Star Wars).

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By the way, anyone seen this?
http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/03/i...nced-includes/

The Intel Core i7 2657M, seems to have ~2x (or more) the performance of the SU7300 at the same battery life.
Whoa, impressive!

This would mean new ultra-ultraportable devices (less than 14" and over 6 hours battery life).
If this gets partnered with the ATi 5650 (or its successor), this will bring serious gaming to ultra-portable devices *drools*