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Colossal Kno tablet features twin 14.1-inch displays

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On June 3, 2010, 7:05 PM

If Microsoft trampled your hopes and dreams with the cancellation of its once promising dual-screen Courier project, a little-known device by the name of "Kno" might lift your spirits. The jumbo-sized tablet packs two 14.1-inch 1440x900 displays hinged together at the hip – both of which carry their own battery, offering up to eight hours of runtime.

All of that amounts to around 5.5lbs – or over three and a half times heftier than the iPad, which some people complain is too heavy. That said, the Kno is largely aimed at academic users who are likely to place it on a desk. With twin 14-inch screens, students could effectively replace a backpack full of textbooks, not to mention their laptop, which likely weighs around five pounds itself.

The company is reportedly working with education publishers such as Cengage Learning and McGraw-Hill. The "digital textbook" is powered by an Nvidia Tegra 2 SoC, has 16GB of storage space, and runs a "browser-based operating system on top of embedded Linux." Pricing is still unknown, but the company has said it's aiming for well under the $1,000 mark.


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  1. June 3, 2010 8:38 PM
    Guest said:

    song? Anyone know the song?

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  2. June 3, 2010 8:47 PM
    tipstir
    tipstir, TS Ambassador, said:

    Two big just like a netbook or laptop without keyboard. If it was $299 maybe on a good day?

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  3. June 3, 2010 9:31 PM
    Guest said:

    Song is from Band:

    Queen - I've Got To Break Free

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  4. June 4, 2010 1:31 AM
    Guest said:

    This thing looks sweet but will probably cost to much and not work as well as it does in the video. I really would like a phone that was like that but had the screens with very little between them.

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  5. June 4, 2010 11:42 AM
    jacob007 said:

    Battle of vaporware

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  6. June 8, 2010 12:53 PM
    Guest said:

    I want to break free by Queen

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