New ‘Killer’ Of Apple iPad With Dual Screen Goes On The Market
New ‘Killer’ Of Apple iPad With Dual Screen Goes On The Market.
There has been a lot of attention given to the tablet PC and handheld device market lately. Thanks to the wild success of devices like the iPhone and the iPad, consumers have been taking a second look at handheld computers, and those consumers are liking what they see. The market conditions for tablet computers seem much different than they did only a few years ago, when so many manufacturers released their own handheld tablet computers to a skeptical public and lackluster sales.
The newest entry into the tablet PC market is generating a lot of buzz long before it is scheduled to hit store shelves. Called the Kno, this dual screen tablet design is aimed squarely at the student market, a lucrative and growing part of the target audience for handheld devices like the iPad. Kno the company hopes to capture some of the attention garnered by the Apple iPad and turn it in their direction by pointing out what they perceive as their many advantages over that other tablet computer.
Kno the company hopes that in the future students will be able to carry its dual screen tablet to class instead of a stack of paper textbooks. The time certainly seems right for a device like the Kno. Even in the electronic age, many high school and college students find themselves carrying huge backpacks full of books, when they could just as easily load those textbooks onto a tablet PC or e-reader and use those devices to take notes, find the information they need and interact effectively with their teachers and professors.
The highly anticipated Kno device debuted recently at the All Things Digital conference, known in the industry as the D8. Many observers were very impressed with the Kno, its large screen and its many unique functions.
One of the most striking things about the Kno is its size. The Kno uses two 14.1” touch screens to create its unique design. Each of the two screens on the device has its own battery power, and the device has a combined battery life of eight hours. One expected issue when the Kno is introduced is bound to be its weight. At 5.5 pounds, the Kno is considerably heavier than traditional e-readers and the new iPad, though still quite a bit lighter than a backpack full of paper textbooks. The company behind the Kno also points out that students will probably prop the device up on a desk, either in the classroom or in their dorm rooms, in order to use it, rendering complaints about its weight moot.
The Kno device is powered by a Tegra 2 chip, and it features 16GB of on-board storage space, enough to download and store more textbooks than the average student is likely to need in a semester of classes. The Kno is designed to run on a browser based Linux operating system. This should mean the operating system itself will be lightweight and reliable, even if the physical device is on the weighty side.
The pricing for the Kno has still not be finalized, but industry watchers expect the final tab to come in well under the $1000 mark. This is important, since the device will be competing against the wildly popular iPad, which although it lacks some of the functionality the Kno is expected to possess, may still come in under the final price point for the new device.
Time will tell if the Kno is truly able to revolutionize high school and college life by finally getting rid of those big stacks of paper textbooks. But the timing for the Kno certainly seems auspicious, coming on the heels of the amazing success of the iPad, as well as the popularity of the Kindle, the Nook and other popular e-reader devices. If all goes according to company plans, students around the world might soon be trading in their designer backpacks for a single versatile, durable and easy to carry device. The company is expected to saturate the college market with ads and promotions for the Kno, so tell your college students to get ready to lay their hands on this unique new device Article directory.
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