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Re: Does anyone recommend the Smart Book from Always Innovating



> Hello,
> 
> 2011/11/13 Goswin von Brederlow <goswin-v-b@web.de>:
> > I'm considering buying a Smart Book from Always Innovating [1]:
> > 
> >    *  1GHz ARM cortex-A8 DM3730 with video and 3D acceleration
> >    * Numonyx 512MB RAM + 256 MB NAND
> >    * 8GB microSD card
> >    * 1024x600 8.9" capacitive touchscreen
> >    ...
> > 
> > Does anyone have one and can recommend it?
> 
> I have seen one long time ago, it was a nice feature to detach
> keyboard from screen, but the plastic case seem very cheap and it did
> not boot after battery went dry, we had to open it and extract the
> battery to recharge it with an external power supply. Battery was
> holding inside with some kind of adhesive tape. It really looked like
> a home-made device based around a beagle board.
> 
> http://www.slashgear.com/always-innovating-touch-book-gets-unboxed-first-im
> pressions-mixed-2052980/

That's touchbook, not smartbook. SB seems really like a vaporware.

M


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