Kohjinsha brings up dual screen netbook. But, is it any good?

Japanese folks from Kohjinsha just showcased an interesting concept mini laptop: the dual screen netbook. It is in fact an ordinary looking device, but behind the regular 10 inch screen hides another one that easily slides open when needed, making the available workspace twice as big.

On the inside there’s the AMD Neo MV-40 processor, up to 4 GB of RAM and a 160 GB hard-drive. On the outside, construction looks decent, although like all the Japanese concepts, this gadget is a little bit blinky. I noticed however there’s a decent sized touch-pad and a chiclet style keyboard.

But let’s get back to the screen, the main attraction of this device. Yes, it looks pretty interesting and might be useful sometimes, when working with excels or multiple apps at the same time. However, remember that this is a netbook, hence theoretically a device meant for regular users that don’t do fancy stuff on their mini computer. Not to mention that the dual screen makes the device thicker, heavier, slightly more fragile and definitely more expensive.

Dual Screen netbook concept from Kohjinsha

And speaking of price, Kohjinsha announced their device will come into mass production by the end of the year for around 100.000 yen in Japan. Based on previous experience, if it will come to the US, should cost around 600-700 bucks. Pretty expensive…

For more details, watch the following video:

Source: Gizmodo

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Last updated: April 14, 2011 | Published: October 29th, 2009 | See the comments or add yours!