Jun 8 2010
MSI has recently introduced a mini laptop computer having a convertible keyboard, the Sketch Pad and Wind Pad on May 30, 2010, during the Tai Pei press conference that preceded the Computex 2010 show. A sensor pad reveals when the convertible keyboard is flipped over. This pad is utilized for input with a stylus pen akin to the iPad technology of Apple release in April 2010.
The largest hurdle faced in the design by MSI is related to space, since a pen sensor pad and a key board can occupy a large space. To solve this problem a rotating keyboard was developed, whose rotating mechanism is akin to Intel’s Classmate Nobillis Convertible that was launched during early 2009 for the education market.
MSI note book
Mini laptop PCs were the market’s smallest computers until the iPad was launched. Since then the mini computers world is not , as mini laptop makers, such as Asus, MIS, Acer, Hewlett Packard, and Dell are in a hurry to incorporate the touch pad tablet technology.
MSI has not revealed the date consumers could buy the Wind Pad. The Wind Pad incorporates an Intel Atom processor, a battery capable of holding a maximum of 8 hours of charge, in-built global positioning satellite gadget and 3G wireless Internet, high definition video output, and a ten inch screen.
The Wind Pad 110 is capable of running on the Android Operating System of Google. Designed for Windows 7 it will be shipped during 2010. A release date is yet to be declared for the Android tablet.
In Seattle, about a day after the introduction, founder of the One Laptop Per Child non-profit organization, Nicholas Negroponte announced a new tablet computer’s development having an in-built video camera, touch screens and Wi-Fi Internet, and unlike the Apple’s iPad, it will have plug-in type of peripheral ports for a mouse or keyboard. Marketing initiative is vital to keep their price under $100 that may be achieved by selling them in sufficient quantities to the education market and the healthcare industry. According to Negroponte the initial versions will run Google’s Android Operating system, while future versions will function on Linux