Always innovating has given its touch book device a hardware refresh, dubbing it the smart book this time around. A smartbook was a class of mobile device that combined certain features of both a smartphone and netbook computer, produced between 2009 and 2010. In 2010, we were wondering as well who would be the next one to copy our smart book concept. Mar 02, 2009 the biggest question mark has to be the touch book os. In february 2011 qualcomm won its legal battle when the german patent office ruled the words smart and book could be used. Smart technologies and innovations in design for control of. Sep 14, 2010 this video shows a full demo of the always innovating smart book, featuring a mobile internet device, a tablet, and a netbook in one single device. Touch book from always innovating harbors removable tablet. The main difference between the two products is that the computing core of the smart book is only a mid, not a real mobile phone like the atrix. Mar 02, 2009 always innovating launching touchscreen netbook one of the most eagerly anticipated presentations at demo 09 is the touch book, which runs on an arm chip and has a detachable and optional keyboard. License one of our multiple designs and we will accompany you. The always innovating smartbooknetbook etbe russell coker. In september 2010, always innovating introduces the smart book which is the evolution of the touch book and provides similar features with better performance. The series will include conference proceedings, edited collections, monographs, handbooks, reference books, and other relevant types of book in areas of science.
Fastest arm 1ghz chip from texas instruments always innovating is using the most advanced cuttingedge arm technology. You cant tell from the photos, but it is extremely light its almost weird, but dont worry we got used to it pretty rapidly. While it does resemble the original at first glance, within the case lies a removable mobile device which doubles up as a handset for making voip phone calls. Always innovatings smart book breaks up into a bluetooth. Mar 02, 2009 the always innovating touch book is expected to go on sale at the end of may, beginning of june, and the manufacturers are taking preorders now on this new combination netbook touchscreen pc. Part of the smart innovation, systems and technologies book series sist, volume. Your roadmap for innovating faster and smarter in a networked.
Always innovating smart book takes allinone computers to the. Always innovating launching touchscreen netbook cnet. Well its now in production and has all the promised features and has. Innovative approaches to solving modern challenges of water supply as. Published on sep 14, 2010 this video shows a demo of the always innovating smart book, featuring a mobile internet device, a tablet, and a netbook in one single device. Aug 08, 2010 always innovating touch book, part 1 first impressions written by branko on aug. Items ordered from always innovating may be subject to tax in certain states, based on the state to which the order is shipped.
Mar 02, 2009 netbooks with tablet pc functionality arent new, but always innovating have turned a new page with their 8. Always innovating smart book is a tablet, netbook, phone. This means that if you break one part you can replace it without replacing the entire system handy if you break the keyboard the cheaper part. Rather than run windows xp or some variety of linux as many current netbooks do, always innovating decided to develop its own operating system. Need an affordable custom tablet, or a settop box for your project. Always innovating smart book vereint drei gerate in einem. Always innovating touch book supposedly available this month. Aug 02, 2009 the always innovating touch book a hybrid netbook tablet which we knew was very nearly on its way, is now, apparently, on its way. Innovation is creating value from ideas, and northern ireland has always been good at that. It provides features which are a close match for the tablet pc with optional keyboard that i advocated in my post about the lenovo u1 2. Its been over a year, as of this writing, since the original version of always innovatings touch book started making its way into customers.
The always innovating smart book might be the ultimate allin. Book depository books with free delivery worldwide. Designed by always innovating, a company situated in the city of menlo park, in california, usa, it was launched at the demo conference in march 2009. Always innovating smart book is a netbook, tablet and. This video shows a full demo of the always innovating smart book, featuring a mobile internet device, a tablet, and a netbook in one single device. Smart innovation, systems and technologies springerlink. Additionally, the smart book is the first device to feature an extractable mid mobile internet device out of the tablet. Marvell smart, smartbook reference design ces 2010 at ces unveiled, marvell let us play with a smartbook reference design apparently called smart. The gadget is designed to work as both a netbook computer and a tablet, thanks to a. Thanks to outstanding texas instruments chip, the fastest arm chip on the market in production, with the 3d and video coprocessor, the smart book will leave you breathless.
Always innovating smart book photos, specs, and price. Jan 15, 2011 it is worth mentioning that this concept is not brand new and that a smaller company called always innovating ai has a similar, even more modular product. One interesting thing about the always innovating touch book is that you can order the keyboard and extra battery part separately from the main computerdisplay unit. In march 2009 the always innovating company announced the touch book. Gregoire gentil inventor and entrepreneur tennis inout. Always innovating is set to release a new convertible slate aimed at changing the way we view both netbooks and tablet computers.
Gregoire is a serial entrepreneur with five startups in twenty years. Motorola atrix vs the always innovating smart book solas blog. The company adds that the smart book will be able to run ubuntu, android, and even chrome os some day in the future. Sep 17, 2010 always innovatings smart book breaks up into a bluetooth keyboard, tablet and mid september 17, 2010 if always innovating didnt ship their ambitious touch book detachable netbooktablet combo last year, id suspect this new product theyre touting is all vaporware. Android, chrome os, and ubuntu united in one platform pcworld.
Always innovating smart book is a netbook, tablet and smartphone in one. If an item is subject to sales tax, in accordance with state tax laws, the tax is generally calculated on the total selling price of each individual item, including shipping and handling charges, giftwrap charges and other service charges, less any applicable discounts. Always innovating allinone smart book video dailymotion. Always innovatings touch book now shipping engadget. Always innovating updates touch book, calls it smart book. Hello, im gregoire gentil and im the founder of always innovating. It comes with a detachable keyboard, similar in concept to the. The always innovating smartbooknetbook always innovating have an interesting netbook that can be detached from its keyboard 1. Sep 16, 2010 always innovating will feature a custom user interface, too. We are committed to providing each customer with the highest standard of customer service.
Im honestly not sure why youd want to switch between these four operating systems, but i. Mar 02, 2009 always innovating claims its device weighs less than two pounds and has a battery life of 10 to 15 hours. Thats correct if you were smart enough to preorder. Always innovating launching touchscreen netbook video cnet.
This video shows a full demo of the always innovating smart book, featuring a mobile internet device, a tablet, and a netbook in one single. Sep 14, 2010 this video shows a demo of the always innovating smart book, featuring a mobile internet device, a tablet, and a netbook in one single device. Sep 16, 2010 the smart book is the swiss knife of mobile devices as the demo video shows. Jun 26, 2009 we featured the always innovating touch book back in march 09 when it was just a concept and we were excited about it then. The focus of the contributions in this book is on the interplay of pedagogy, technology and their fusion towards the advancement of smart learning environments. Always innovating call it the swiss knife of electronics and looking at the device breakdown image below you can certainly see why that description is apt.
Mar 12, 2017 always innovatings new smart book device is so much of everything thats its almost hard to describe. Apr 27, 2011 also compatible with always innovating s own touch book and smart book hardware, superjumbo is a single image that provides four operating systems fully optimized for the thirdgeneration omap. In march 2009 the always innovating company announced the. Jul 02, 2009 always innovating has taken a completely different approach to the burgeoning and some might say cluttered netbook market with their touch book tablet laptop thing. It takes the current netbook you know and love and breaks it down into pieces, allowing you to take what you need or.
Sep 17, 2010 always innovating has recently introduced its latest creation, the smart book. Dec 04, 2019 always innovating s smart book may just be the most flexible mobile device yet. Always innovating smart book takes allinone computers to. Always innovatings smart book the swiss army knife of. Jan 09, 2012 always innovating, the folks behind the smart book tablet have done it again at ces 2012. Always innovating touch book, part 1 first impressions. Innovations in smart learning elvira popescu springer. Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. If an item is subject to sales tax, in accordance with state tax laws, the tax is generally calculated on the total selling price of each individual item, including shipping and handling charges, giftwrap charges and. The new gadget is called hdmi dongle and is an entire system on the dongle that can be plugged into your. Always innovatings smart book breaks up into a bluetooth keyboard, tablet and mid if always innovating didnt ship their ambitious touch book detachable netbooktablet combo last year, id suspect this new product theyre touting is all vaporware. In march 2009 the always innovating company announced the touch.
See the slashgear article here and the product page here about this brilliant device the smart book is an ultramodular, ultramobile computing device, which integrates an ip phone, a tablet and a netbook into one, linux based machine. Always innovating allinone smart book full video youtube. Local companies are competing globally with smart business ideas like noncontact digital thermometers, nitritefree bacon and intelligent bike lights. Super jumbo also runs on always innovatings hardware including the touch book and smart book. Marvell smart, smartbook reference design ubergizmo. Smartbooks were advertised with features such as always on, allday battery life, 3g, or wifi connectivity and gps all typically found in smartphones in a laptop or tabletstyle body with a screen size of 5 to 10 inches and a physical or soft. Book smartphone, touch book tablet, smart book netbook a always innovating os operacni system a ruzne kombinace komponent. The touch book is a portable computing device that functions as a netbook, and a tablet computer.