Is it a Laptop or is it a Tablet ?
Actually it’s both.
Using an Intel Atom N550 processor, it comes with 2GB Ram and a choice of 250GB – 320GB hard drive.
It has a 10.1 inch Widescreen HD WLED display providing a resolution of 1366 x 768 and, of course, with Multi-Touch.
pre-installed OS is Windows 7 Home Premium (32-bit).
Overall dimensions are: Width 285mm x Height 26.2mm-28.7mm and Depth 194.5mm and an overall weight of 1.54Kg
The Duo is available today, starting at £449 in the UK, from Dell.
Noticed a couple of recent articles which add fire to the usual Apple rumour mill about the imminent release of an Apple Tablet.
http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2009/12/analyst-apple-tablet-launching-in-spring-to-crush-kindle.ars
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/12/09/tablet_rumors_february_production_start_10_inch_lcd_screen.html
These have been sparked by Yair Reiner an analyst with Oppenheimer who indicated
…the manufacturing cogs for the production of a tablet are creaking into action and should begin to hit a mass market stride in February. Reiner said Apple would likely need at least five or six weeks of inventory built up before it can release the product, positioning a likely launch in March or April.
He also said that Apple has been reaching out to book publishers with a “very attractive proposal” for offering content on a forthcoming ebook platform.
So currently, the strongest rumour is for a 10.1 inch display using similar technology used for the iPhone and aimed as a Kindle e-book basher. Maybe we should just call it an iPod Touch with a 10.1 inch display.
But if the device were also to use a hybrid touch/stylus interface, what opportunities would then become available…
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