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<\/a><\/p>\nEvery now and again, we hear about a dual-display device and yet, none have taken the market by storm. That should tell you a few things. Either the market for a this configuration isn’t there or nobody has done it right yet. Option three would be a combination of both, but I still think there hasn’t yet been a product that shows both the benefit and need of two screens in mobile device. The closest dual-display unit I can think of that has a chance of selling a fair number of units is the nearly-$500 eDGe reader<\/a> — it provides eInk on one side and a full-color LCD for Google Android on the other. So I didn’t have high hopes when I saw the Smartbook Blog share thoughts on a dual-screen MSI concept netbook<\/a>.<\/p>\n In truth, the theory is better than the reality. For while the prototype ran Windows 7 (Microsoft\u2019s most touchscreen-friendly operating system to date), the UI still isn\u2019t particularly finger friendly. Furthermore, the concept\u2019s Atom CPU and integrated graphics struggled to keep up with web page scrolling, and the resistive screen wasn\u2019t responsive enough to facilitate touch typing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Those opinions illustrate one of the challenges that Microsoft continues to have in the mobile device world as we move away from the mouse and closer to a full touch experience. Even with its native touch integrations, Microsoft Windows 7 is still a desktop environment. Windows simply isn’t designed for a full touch experience, although the most recent edition is the closest yet to reaching that target. And I’m not trying to pick solely on Microsoft here. I’d make the same case against Mac OS X. Although I installed Apple’s operating system running on a touchscreen device<\/a>, it ultimately was more trouble than it was worth.<\/p>\n Even if the real-world experience is lacking, I like the idea of that MSI is putting forth. By offering a second display and onscreen keyboard, you gain flexibility. The base can be used for text entry, for additional viewing space or other features. Turn the device on its side and you can enjoy a richer web experience with a 1200 x 2048 display resolution — minus the annoying bezel in the middle, that is. The challenges of onscreen typing might improve with a capacitive display like the one Apple is using in the <\/a>iPad<\/a>, but I’m not sold on the typing experience for that device either. I’ll have to get my fingers on it next month to see for sure, but in all\u00a0likelihood, I’d probably rely on a Bluetooth keyboard for any input over casual use.<\/p>\n Related research on GigaOM Pro (sub req\u2019d):<\/strong><\/p>\n Report: The Future of Netbooks!<\/a><\/p>\n Every now and again, we hear about a dual-display device and yet, none have taken the market by storm. That should tell you a few things. Either the market for a this configuration isn’t there or nobody has done it right yet. Option three would be a combination of both, but I still think there […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":670,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-350110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/670"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=350110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350110\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"