Spring Designs has introduced Alex, the first e-book based on the Google Android carrying full browsing capabilities as well as dual screen interaction technology, the Duet Navigator. The Alex combines the ability to read on a monochrome EPD screen while displaying the dynamic hyperlinked information on the secondary screen in full color. Alex is the first Google Android-based e-book device to provide full Internet browsing over Wi-Fi or mobile networks such as 3G, EVDO/CDMA and GSM.

There is no word yet on when the Alex would be made available since Spring Design is still in talks with major content providers. Hopefully something definite would come out at the end of the year.

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Samsung has more phones to offer this year and it looks like it’s not willing to stop. And T-Mobile USA is going to get some of those new Samsungs for you. The Samsung Gravity 2 features dual keypads and it will be available in pink/red and orange/graphite. It will be available before Q4. The Sasmung T349 will arrive on May 20 and it will offer you 20 keys for all your messaging needs.

An unnamed touchscreen phone will offer a 3 megapixel camera and the already famous TouchWiz interface. The phone will also arrive in the fourth quarter. Another unknown Samsung handset will be featuring an extra external tiny screen and a 0-9 keypad and a larger internal display and a full QWERTY keyboard and a d-pad. Last but not least, the I7500, Samsung’s first Android device is coming to T-Mobile in November.

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We’ve seen the V12 dual LCD concept laptop before and we knew that the Italian designer is working with an undisclosed partner to make the laptop available to the public. The partner is Estari, an American company, and we might see this laptop arrive to us soon. Called the Canova, the dual-screen laptop might be available soon and it will cost around $400 when it will get launched.

via estari

Tags: Canova, dual screen, Estari, Italian, laptop, Laptops, Mobile News, Portable Devices

Buying a laptop which comes with an extra LCD is like saying you should have better gotten a bigger laptop in the first place. Lenovo has a ThinkPad notebook, the W700 which is coming with a 10.6 inch LCD. Those buying one will be those people not happy with a a 17 inch. Yes, the W700 has a primary 17 inch WUXGA display and an additional 10.6 inch WXGA LCD. What do you think? Interested in one? We have no idea how much it costs and when it comes. But we like the idea.

via NotebookReview

Tags: dual screen, Laptops, Laptops, lcd, Lenovo, Mobile News, Thinkpad, W700

I don’t know if you remember the dual touchscreen concept laptop we’ve shown you a while ago but we today we have confirmation that it was actually made by a big laptop manufacturer. Asus has a dual touchscreen laptop which might see the light of day in the first quarter of 2009.

The laptop will use Windows 7 of course, but other features are not known yet. And I might come up with a few reasons against such a fast release for the unnamed prototype. I’d definitely want to touch it though!

Tags: ASUS, dual screen, Laptops, microsoft, touchscreen, Windows 7

This I like, a dual display laptop. I don’t exactly know how I’d be able to use the slide out keyboard. On second thought, looking at that second display might be tiring. It’s surely useful. Think of it as increasing your screen size. Isn’t that going to improve your efficiency?

The laptop has been designed by Electronic Keyboards. They are on the right track but maybe they could consider swiching thing around to make it actually easier for us to use the keyboard. I am thinking, and apparently I am not the only one, at a large trackpad/second screen in front of the keyboard. Come to think of it, I think I’ve seen some rumors about a future Mac looking like that!

The laptop available isn’t available yet so we’ll be waiting to see who’s going to pick up the idea and build it.

via Engadget

Tags: dual screen, Laptops, Laptops, Notebooks, Portable Devices