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This is the prototype of the Kno a Linux based dual screen textbook replacement shown by californian startup Kakai at at the 8th Annual Conference of D: All Things Digital, otherwise known as D8

Features known:

Two capacitive touch screen IPS displays (1440 x 900) of 14.1-inch
weight around 5.5 pounds.
Tegra 2 chip
16GB of storage
Bluetooth
Wi-Fi

full internet browsing
Flash 10.1 support
support for most types of e-Book formats

Clamshell

The Device has 2 reasonable sized screens in a clam shell form factor, a smart design for a device which children are thought to be carrying around in their backpacks.

The Kno is heavy, and it probably has not much future as a luxury item, but for students it may well be what they need. Replacing a backpack filled with heavy books this could prevent anybody from taking the wrong books to school.

Big device

The Kno is really huge. It's not much of a portable, but as students would need to place it on a table to work from it as they would in a school it may just fit right.

The Kno will be hooked up to an online store for purchasing books. The reason it’s so large is that it needs to display already created textbook materials. Stylus input will allow for students to make annotations, highlights and sticky notes.

The developers want to price the device below $1000 and it will be available for pre-order in October.

HD Video

The Kno will also feature HD video, I guess I want to go back to school as soon as this is common teaching material. This would make school more fun for me.

Kno Movie from Kno, Inc. on Vimeo.

More info at Kno.com

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