Laptop keyboard parts to reveal a second screen
SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. -- A laptop that will ship this year, according to the maker, features a keyboard that parts like the Red Sea to reveal a second screen. While split, the keyboard still functions. Is the world ready for this laptop design?
It's called the Ergonomic Dual Screen Split Keyboard Notebook Portable Personal Computer Executive and, according to the Ergonomic Keyboards site, it goes on sale this year to OEMs. The patents are for sale, too.
No, these aren't going to take over the market. But I've reported before on the coming age of dual-screen laptops, where the keyboard of a clamshell laptop will be replaced by another touch-screen. The problem with this vision is that people may hesitate to give up their physical keyboards.
Will the industry start experimenting with "missing link" or "transitional" laptop form factors where the systems have both two screens and a physical keyboard? If so, this idea is interesting.
What do you think? Would you want a laptop like this?
(Thanks to technabob)
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