Asus showcases dual screen notebook in CeBIT

Asus’ dual screen notebook comes with no physical keyboard at all.

CeBIT is an excellent platform to showcase your innovation, and we all know Asus has never been more than a hair’s breadth away from core innovation. You do not have to look far – just look at the over 20 models of Eee PC and the W90 with 18.4-inch screen, for example. Now they are showing off this latest dual screen notebook with no hardware keyboard at all. It is quite possible that one of the screens will have an on-screen keyboard. But whether it will give equal typing comfort and pleasure is a judgment we should hold back till someone of us lays his hands on it. It better be quite responsive.

As part of the “Community Designed PC” project initiated by ASUS and Intel, the concept is still a work-in-progress which requires continued feedback. ASUS is thus taking the opportunity to encourage users to participate in the development of this concept notebook. Additional information regarding this concept can be found at WePC.com.

The OLPC project has a similar concept model called the XO-2 netbook which could be available in 2010, but the project has been suffering from unfortunate budget constraints. No such problem with Asus though, and it is good to see them working on a commercial model. Why, we like the touch-keypad on iPhone!