Lenovo's tablet with a real pen, Acer's monster laptop, Samsung Galaxy S3 watch August 31st was press day one ahead of the IFA event in Berlin, which means vendors lining up to show off their latest efforts in (mainly) consumer electronics. Acer kicked off the madness, unveiling the "world's first laptop with a curved screen," though you should think twice before letting the 8 kg Predator 21X gaming …
1980 wants their keyboard back!
"There is some haptic feedback but it is still a flat hard surface and fatiguing to use. Still, many users will only do occasional typing and it is an innovative device."
Sounds like a ZX80 and similar, except without the clicky metal discs.
I have a hatred of even occasional typing on touch screen, even if so called "haptic".
If I understand the new Yoga laptop correctly you're supposed to be able to use the space used by the keyboard as a graphics tablet with the input being shown on the screen?
But why would anybody want that when they can draw directly on the screen itself with something like an ipad pro or surface pro?
As for this:
Another twist is that the pen includes actual ink, allowing you to write or draw on a paper notepad clipped to the device. Your input is automatically transferred to the tablet.
Wacom already tried this concept with the Bamboo Spark. Reviews weren't that good if memory serves. Why would this pen be any better?
1980 wants their keyboard back
- IP claim disallowed, it isn't beige or brown.
I think it'd be far more attractive if the keyboard/touchscreen pad could display more than just a generic qwerty layout, but other than that it is a breath of fresh air regardless of its shortcomings. Unfortunate that the mass market dislikes innovation, this will no doubt be shelved within a year in favour of the generic surface/ipad design like so many other alternate takes, just like the Asus padfone was in favour of the fonepad (or was it the other way around).
We've got flight sims and driving sims, so as nobody has seen fit to write a hovercraft driving sim, I feel this laptophovercraft is an excellent new innovation. Yet again, the hardware manufacturers are forced to compensate for the failure of software industry to address vital problems...
Surely this add-on would be better with a body by Hasselblad and a lens by Zeiss like the real thing though that would cost tooooo much in licensing fees.
Surprised that a well worn scribe would resort to straightforwardly transcribing marketing material. Was he promised a Hasselblad?
Especially since Hasselblad usually outsourced its lenses design and production. But all of them are find a new revenue stream in licensing their brands to phone makers - but it may just tarnish the brand itself, in the long run, and make it less valuable, when it gets printed on too many so-so devices.
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... it would be a wicked transportable workstation. All that RAM and SSD would make it fly for all sorts of devel task. Plus the (no doubt) awesome screen would be good for high-end CAD.
And there would be a degree of ironic cachet to pulling out that bonkers monster in a meeting with other techies!
For those having a computer you can lug around seems like a decent idea... though this laptop is far from replacing a desktop. After all that display has a to low resolution.
For actual portable desktop replacements, there's obviously companies like Ariesys.
http://www.ariesys.com.tw/Portable_Computer.htm
They also seem to have models with multiple screens.
Isn't it just a backlit fixed display with the touch surface being read for keypresses? A truly virtual keyboard would have software defined display and you'd be able to change the keyboard 'nationality' in software. With a suitable API you'd be able to develop your own 'keyboard', customised for various applications.
"Reminds me of Tron (1982 version)."
Kind of yeah, has a vibe like the sddm 'futuristic' theme, which is sort of an updated 70's sci fi look.
I'll be on the watch for detailed reviews of the new yoga, I'm kind of interested in something that does pen input but isn't just a tablet, long term typing issues aside, at least I wont be able to get biscuit crumbs in between the keys,the crunch as I type makes my teeth itch
Methinks a spec for a round screen should only list the number of pixels at a diameter, and naturally pixels should be 1:1. What if 1.39" refers traditionally to the diagonal of a square 0.98" on a side, ordinarily having 160,000 pixels, out of which merely a large fraction are included for the round face? I know its unlikely, but I CBA to go and check...
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