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My interest is piqued: As proof of our commitment: from the start we treated our own internal app developers as third party developers. A developer-friendly en

My interest is piqued: As proof of our commitment: from the start we treated our own internal app developers as third party developers. A developer-friendly environment is in our blood. We’re powered by the WebKit browser engine, so if you can build a website, you can build a Kno app. Also, don't miss the photos on the home page. This thing is enormous. Engadget has a hands on: http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/kno-dual-screen-tablet-appears-at-d8-we-go-hands-on/ http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/02/kno-dual-screen-tablet-ap... (edit)

exit 16y ago
where do i navigate to physical specs / pictures of people actually using it? those seem suspiciously absent.
- raimondious 16y ago
  Updated my comment with a link for you.
- donw 16y ago
  Judging by the size of the device, I'd say that this is likely a good source for the physical specs of the people using it: http://www.bodybuildingpro.com/bestbodybuilderever.html http://www.bodybuildingpro.com/bestbodybuilderever.html Seriously, that thing is huge, and is easily larger than anything I needed to carry for an upper-division math class, other than the 'Advanced Engineering Math' course. The book for that was so expensive because it came with sherpas and a mule team. But I digress... I'd like to see how they avoid the doom of nearly every other attempt at electronic textbooks: publishers that are totally unwilling to distribute their books in electronic form. Apple and Amazon have enough clout between them with the Kindle and iPad to bring the heavy guns to the negotiating table; the verdict on the Kno remains to be seen.
tcdent 16y ago
Judging by the pictures linked above, I think they went too big with it. It's more of a coffee table book than a textbook.
- sliverstorm 16y ago
  It looks unwieldy, but it does need large pages. I can't tell for sure, but the active area of the screen seems to be comparable in size to my larger textbooks.
- sh1mmer 16y ago
  Are you trying to learn or surf youtube on the couch? If they are trying to go application specific for learning I'd rather have a big ass device that kicks ass with textbooks, than suffer a 9" screen. If you compare it to the text book load of a student now it's a huge improvement. Also since one of the screens is for note taking, you are also remove that additional stuff as well. While a device that large seems counter-intuitive, it's made for purpose not general computing.
  - tcdent 16y ago
    This device would be amazing for consuming media on the couch. I'm questioning its usability in a typical students day. Reducing it to 9 inches is taking it to the extreme, even 11 or 12 inch displays would still be perfectly adequate and cut down on it's size and weight.
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KingOfB 16y ago
The kno wins just for the press pics: http://www.engadget.com/photos/kno-press-pics/#3036339 http://www.engadget.com/photos/kno-press-pics/#3036339 Everyone's full of envy and all the guys run around in their underwear! Seriously wonder what they were thinking with those pictures.
czhiddy 16y ago
> from the start we treated our own internal app developers as third party developers I'm not exactly sure what this means. In the Android/iPhone world, I can see this as meaning no use of private APIs. That gives 3rd party app writers a more even footing in the AppStore at the cost of no API dogfooding whatsoever.

exit 16y ago

where do i navigate to physical specs / pictures of people actually using it? those seem suspiciously absent.

raimondious 16y ago
Updated my comment with a link for you.
donw 16y ago
Judging by the size of the device, I'd say that this is likely a good source for the physical specs of the people using it: http://www.bodybuildingpro.com/bestbodybuilderever.html http://www.bodybuildingpro.com/bestbodybuilderever.html Seriously, that thing is huge, and is easily larger than anything I needed to carry for an upper-division math class, other than the 'Advanced Engineering Math' course. The book for that was so expensive because it came with sherpas and a mule team. But I digress... I'd like to see how they avoid the doom of nearly every other attempt at electronic textbooks: publishers that are totally unwilling to distribute their books in electronic form. Apple and Amazon have enough clout between them with the Kindle and iPad to bring the heavy guns to the negotiating table; the verdict on the Kno remains to be seen.

tcdent 16y ago

Judging by the pictures linked above, I think they went too big with it. It's more of a coffee table book than a textbook.

sliverstorm 16y ago
It looks unwieldy, but it does need large pages. I can't tell for sure, but the active area of the screen seems to be comparable in size to my larger textbooks.
sh1mmer 16y ago
Are you trying to learn or surf youtube on the couch? If they are trying to go application specific for learning I'd rather have a big ass device that kicks ass with textbooks, than suffer a 9" screen. If you compare it to the text book load of a student now it's a huge improvement. Also since one of the screens is for note taking, you are also remove that additional stuff as well. While a device that large seems counter-intuitive, it's made for purpose not general computing.
- tcdent 16y ago
  This device would be amazing for consuming media on the couch. I'm questioning its usability in a typical students day. Reducing it to 9 inches is taking it to the extreme, even 11 or 12 inch displays would still be perfectly adequate and cut down on it's size and weight.

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KingOfB 16y ago

The kno wins just for the press pics: http://www.engadget.com/photos/kno-press-pics/#3036339 http://www.engadget.com/photos/kno-press-pics/#3036339 Everyone's full of envy and all the guys run around in their underwear! Seriously wonder what they were thinking with those pictures.

czhiddy 16y ago

> from the start we treated our own internal app developers as third party developers I'm not exactly sure what this means. In the Android/iPhone world, I can see this as meaning no use of private APIs. That gives 3rd party app writers a more even footing in the AppStore at the cost of no API dogfooding whatsoever.