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Cavelion · 05-29-2009, 05:04 AM

E-top:

Features:
Two screens:
Size: both screen 15.4 inch wide screen, capable of displaying one full A4 sheet, and some extra screen-estate to provide easy access to buttoned functions.
1 Screen: LCD or OLED (Full colour display)
1 Screen: E-ink (16 grey levels, and hopefully in the future a color version!)

The E-ink screen would provide us with a touchscreen keyboard, E-book reading, News paper reading, ... and also reading things in full daylight!
The LCD-screen is there to provide us with the traditional usage of a normal laptop.

Can run for a full business/school day on a charge (equal to 12 hours or more): even in the most demanding situation.
Swift replacable batteries

Bookform with a twist.
Can be used in the landscape variety like any laptop. (E-ink screen is virtual keyboard)
Can be placed flat on a table in open bookform. (Dual screen: E-book and tablet mode)
E-ink slides/folds over the LCD screen (protecting it!): Single screen E-book mode
LCD Screen slides/folds over the E-ink screen (protecting it!): Single screen tablet mode
Can stand up straight in a portrait variety. (Least required)

Wireless B/G/N support.
Solid State Disk (60GB or more)
Flashcard (SDHC variety at least) reader
(No CD/DVD/...) and if provide of the slotin variety!
Bluetooth, speakers, webcam and microphone, earphone support (bluetooth and normal with wire and plug)
Ports: HDMI 1.3 or later, 2 x USB2/3 port, E-Sata port, Gigabit Ethernet link, Firewire 800 port. (This can be debatted on, and are more of extra's than actual requirements!)

Rugged: to withstand the harshness of school life!
If possible: no moving parts!

Dual driven: Intel or alike x86 processor driven normal laptop mode, and ARM-processor or alike to drive E-Book, low power mode (if providing huge energy savings benefit!)
If battery can sustain LCD + E-ink for 12 hours or more, the latter is possibly not required and decent economy modus on the regular laptop would suffice.

Software features:
Open source: preferably Linux like (Ed)UBuntu.
Handwriting recognition, and if possible multilanguage speech recognition aswell.
Text-to-Speech
E-book reading
Note taking and exchanging!

Cavelion

05-29-2009, 05:04 AM	#13
Cavelion Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 118 Join Date: May 2009 Device: BeBook1	Pure hardware requirements! E-top: Features: Two screens: Size: both screen 15.4 inch wide screen, capable of displaying one full A4 sheet, and some extra screen-estate to provide easy access to buttoned functions. 1 Screen: LCD or OLED (Full colour display) 1 Screen: E-ink (16 grey levels, and hopefully in the future a color version!) The E-ink screen would provide us with a touchscreen keyboard, E-book reading, News paper reading, ... and also reading things in full daylight! The LCD-screen is there to provide us with the traditional usage of a normal laptop. Can run for a full business/school day on a charge (equal to 12 hours or more): even in the most demanding situation. Swift replacable batteries Bookform with a twist. Can be used in the landscape variety like any laptop. (E-ink screen is virtual keyboard) Can be placed flat on a table in open bookform. (Dual screen: E-book and tablet mode) E-ink slides/folds over the LCD screen (protecting it!): Single screen E-book mode LCD Screen slides/folds over the E-ink screen (protecting it!): Single screen tablet mode Can stand up straight in a portrait variety. (Least required) Wireless B/G/N support. Solid State Disk (60GB or more) Flashcard (SDHC variety at least) reader (No CD/DVD/...) and if provide of the slotin variety! Bluetooth, speakers, webcam and microphone, earphone support (bluetooth and normal with wire and plug) Ports: HDMI 1.3 or later, 2 x USB2/3 port, E-Sata port, Gigabit Ethernet link, Firewire 800 port. (This can be debatted on, and are more of extra's than actual requirements!) Rugged: to withstand the harshness of school life! If possible: no moving parts! Dual driven: Intel or alike x86 processor driven normal laptop mode, and ARM-processor or alike to drive E-Book, low power mode (if providing huge energy savings benefit!) If battery can sustain LCD + E-ink for 12 hours or more, the latter is possibly not required and decent economy modus on the regular laptop would suffice. Software features: Open source: preferably Linux like (Ed)UBuntu. Handwriting recognition, and if possible multilanguage speech recognition aswell. Text-to-Speech E-book reading Note taking and exchanging! Cavelion