Thanks xStainDx. Lenovo, a subsidiary of Chinese largest computer maker Legend, is projected to market the world’s first notebook with two displays. The laptop code-named Vela will be launched sometime in Q4 2004 and will be based on Intel’s next-generation mobile platform internally called Sonoma.
The innovative Vela notebook will feature 15.4” main display, just like an ordinary mobile computer, but will also come equipped with a 4.4” by 2.4” display on the front side of the case. The secondary screen will allow performing tasks typically done on PDAs, such as email checking, appointments planning and other of the same kind.
In fact, Lenovo will not be the only notebook maker to add secondary screen to its laptops. The additional display is a part of Intel’s new design conception named Florence. While the concept of a laptop with two screens seems to be fresh and exciting, the idea to enable certain functionality when the notebook is closed has been around for some time. Certain notebooks by ASUSTeK Computer can play MP3 audio files when the computer’s lid is closed. This kind of additional capabilities allow notebooks to address markets where PDAs and Tablet PCs have been from the beginning. Viability of such approach is not clear at all.
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The innovative Vela notebook will feature 15.4” main display, just like an ordinary mobile computer, but will also come equipped with a 4.4” by 2.4” display on the front side of the case. The secondary screen will allow performing tasks typically done on PDAs, such as email checking, appointments planning and other of the same kind.
In fact, Lenovo will not be the only notebook maker to add secondary screen to its laptops. The additional display is a part of Intel’s new design conception named Florence. While the concept of a laptop with two screens seems to be fresh and exciting, the idea to enable certain functionality when the notebook is closed has been around for some time. Certain notebooks by ASUSTeK Computer can play MP3 audio files when the computer’s lid is closed. This kind of additional capabilities allow notebooks to address markets where PDAs and Tablet PCs have been from the beginning. Viability of such approach is not clear at all.
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I'll leave you to decide exactly how good it is; the first comment on the page is a bit... depressing!
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,544860,00.asp (that's October 2002, folks)
Quoting the story:
"This über notebook has dual 13.3-inch displays, so you can view two portrait-oriented documents—such as two Web pages—side by side. Or you can view one document that stretches across both displays."
http://www.xentex.com/voyager/
it will never challenge the PDA market people use them because they fit in the pocket not because it has small screens. and I don't see any challenge to the TabletPCs.
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