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Kno Tablet Price and Release Date Announced
November 9th, 2010
While I don’t own a tablet like the iPad, I do think that they are cool to use and definitely make reading books and watching media fun. The Kno tablet is aimed at students and designed as a modern-day replacement for textbooks.
What’s good is that it’s in a reasonable price range. It will cost $599 (USD) for the single-screen 16GB model and $899 for the dual-screen version. It will start shipping before the December 20, 2010. Add $100 to either model, and you’ll get 32GB of storage instead. At $599, the Kno is $100 more than the WiFi-only iPad, but it’s a lot bigger at 14.1 inches. It’s basically got twice the screen real-estate of an iPad. And if you go for the dual-screen, you’ve quadrupled your usable screen size.
The Kno has a color touchscreen and will be able to run a browser and learning apps, but it’s competing more with the Kindle DX than the iPad, in my opinion, since it’s focused on displaying interactive textbooks for students. It’ll also include apps for research, note taking, and organization. While smaller, less functional e-Book readers and tablets don’t make much sense for full-time use, this larger one sure does. Plus, textbooks on the Kno should be 30 to 50 percent cheaper than printed editions.
I’m only interested in what format of e-Books the Kno can easily display, because I already have thousands and I’m not interested in a closed platform.
[Kno via TechCrunch]
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Feb 12 2011 Dec delivery HA HA still not here
My son is in 6 grade and heard of this and wants me to get it for him he states it will help him with books n notes so he does not have to bring books n notebooks cause it would be done all on the kno. My question is that true and is there extra charges that apply?
There are always extra charges. Take the iPad for example. You have to pay for most apps, except the free ones. This can become problematic. Also, I’d be surprised if your son’s books were all available in ebook format. This is something more suited for a university or college student, not a 6-grader.
His school might not even allow tablet computers during class time.