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Always Innovating Touchbook Shipping

Posted on 19 August 2009 by


I decided to check on Always Innovating‘s unique netbook style device, and lo and behold they are now on their way to people who have pre-ordered the device.  They have also added some updates to their gallery.

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This netbook is running an OMAP processor, 8 GB of SD storage, 802.11 b/g/n, and a unique setup for the USB ports as well with 4 of them being internal and 4 external for a whopping 8 ports!

They had this picture of the Touchbook in a box…

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They also had screenshots of the Linux based OS that is shipping on this device.

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This is a picture of the app launcher on the device.

touchbookos2

It is available for ordering on the Always Innovating web site for $299 (without the keyboard) and $399 for one with a keyboard.  They are currently in a backlog situation, so it may take a while for you to get one – but at least it’s ‘more real’ right now!

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  • http://www.geardiary.com Michael Anderson

    Joel – do you have any experience / knowledge of the TI OMAP processor in terms of performance? I know the Pre uses a variant, but haven’t heard of other netbook / tablets using it?

  • Joel McLaughlin

    Well, a lot of phones use omap or a varient of omap. It is a varient of the arm chip. So I would not expect for this to be able to play hd video. This is a netbook in every sense. It is not a everyday computer. It is also never going to be able to run Windows.

  • http://www.geardiary.com Michael Anderson

    Cool – I haven’t stayed up on ARM variants.

    I looked at what they said:
    - 15 hours of battery life
    - No fans, so it is noise-free.
    - supposedly performance is pretty solid as well.

    Sounds good – thanks for the info!