. The backlit keyboard with ambient light control and large multi-touch touchpad make light of productivity tasks, too. But how useful would that really be? Imagine a laptop that learns your work routines and can conserve battery life to anticipate an upcoming video conference. With the 11-inch ScreenPad Plus, it should be far more usable for its intended audience: content creators. The ZenScreen runs with a 15. And they'll be twice as good as today's laptops. Some companies have already released dual-screen laptops that have a second screen.
Computex 2019: Asus has launched the ZenBook Duo and ZenBook Pro Duo, featuring two screens and top-of-the-line specifications. That it's more than a mere prototype designed to build press hype and collect design awards I'm looking at you, Razer. The notebook also comes with Amazon Alexa voice assistant support. It can automatically adjust the keyboard location depending on where the user places their fingertips, or automatically switch to stylus mode when a stylus touches the lower screen. This time around, the designers wanted to experiment with an even bigger screen. Pricing will be announced closer to launch.
Both notebooks were first introduced at Computex trade show earlier this year. Lenovo's flexible screen Lenovo teased at Computex a laptop that's a lot like Asus's Project Precog: the upcoming. Please check with your supplier for exact offers. This demo won't become a product; it's more of a reference design and example to the industry. Pricing for the ZenBook Pro Duo and the ZenBook Duo has not been announced yet, but Asus says both will be available in the third quarter of 2019. It all happens thanks to two magnets which can switch between pull and push modes.
But if you're really hurting for screen real estate, it might all be worth it. New technology emerged this week that brings the fuzzy future of dual-screen laptops into focus. Asus says the secondary screen is integrated with the primary screen, and has the built-in ScreenXpert software that supports a number of apps, tools and utilities. For the ability to bring your home or office dual-screen setup along with you, this is far from the worst way you could spend 250 clams. But Asus is also trying something brand new in the dual-screen laptop space.
It has been designed to accomplish a number of tasks — it works as a toolbar displaying app icons and helps to multitask between various apps. Project Precog likely named after the precognitives from the film Minority Report will ship with Microsoft Cortana and Amazon Alexa built in, and can function in 4 different configurations: stand mode, book mode, tent mode and flat mode. By adding a second screen to a laptop, you transform what it is, how it works and what you can do with it. Hinge test: Tested up to 10,000 flipping cycles, each cycle is tested from 5° to 140° to 5°to 350°, then back to 5°, each flipping cycle contains 2 open and close swings, resulting a total 20,000 cycle open and close test. The concept is similar to , which also has a smaller screen below the regular screen and above the keyboard. They'll be better tablets, because they can work just like today's tablets, with twice the screen space.
Chen did not say anything on if Asus was working on a foldable laptop concept. Advertising Speaking to over a phone call from Taipei, Jonas Chen, Country Product Manager, Consumer Notebook, Asus India, said the idea behind a dual-screen laptop is to solve productivity issues with two screens. After a number of internal discussions, Asus settled with the existing design of the ZenBook Pro Duo, which has a spacious screen built into the keyboard deck. However, it is not yet clear whether these dual-screen laptops will appeal to the core audience. Imagine being able to have a chat window open while playing a game in full screen, or being able to take notes on the secondary screen yes, it supports styluses and one is included while watching a full-screen video.
But even though they are much more capable, the basic form factor remains the same. That's a lot of Ks for a small, thin laptop. Of course, having the touchpad near you is good for mousing, and it's hard for two things to be in the same place, so most laptops stick the touch pad front and center and the keyboard where it fits. Project Precog implements a novel dual-screen form factor for versatility, expandability and increased productivity. If you're keyboarding properly, your wrists shouldn't be anywhere near the 'wrist rest. The is clearly not an exception: it comes in a celestial blue aluminum chassis with reflective edges that looks extremely stylish. The unit is small, thin and light, with battery life enhanced by the low-power bottom display.
But he seemed open to the idea. Asus's demo revealed the magic pixie dust that will make the world safe for dual-screen laptops - Artificial intelligence A. Ultrabook, Celeron, Celeron Inside, Core Inside, Intel, Intel Logo, Intel Atom, Intel Atom Inside, Intel Core, Intel Inside, Intel Inside Logo, Intel vPro, Itanium, Itanium Inside, Pentium, Pentium Inside, vPro Inside, Xeon, Xeon Phi, Xeon Inside, and Intel Optane are trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the U. The Wi-Fi-only version weighs only 1. Both screens are also touch-enabled for normal Windows operations. I don't know about you, but I already want one.
From the demonstration video I've embedded below, it looks like apps can be dragged virtually anywhere on the two screens to fit the user's preferences. We look forward to a fruitful collaboration that will allow both Bahri and Ertiqa to lead by example on reducing the carbon footprint of businesses and fighting climate change. It can also act as a computer control panel, allowing users to close any open windows and applications. An array of sensors can predict where your fingers will rest and adapt input devices accordingly. The ScreenPad Plus can be used like a regular secondary display under Windows to extend the desktop space.