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发帖数: 3492 | 1 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 08:20:40 PDT
Five and a half years ago, a company by the name of Axiotron unveiled the
Modbook, a MacBook that had been converted into a pen-based tablet by
repackaging the internals into a new casing to yield the one-piece tablet
form factor. Two years later, Axiotron introduced the Modbook Pro based on
a similar concept, but delays in delivering its products ultimately led
Axiotron to fade away.
Earlier this year, one of Axiotron's founders returned with a new company
carrying the Modbook name, and today the company is announcing the new
generation of Modbook Pro products.
Built from a unique enclosure conversion kit, the Modbook Pro incorporates
and completely encases the original hardware of a new Apple MacBook Pro 13.3
-inch base system. Its Wacom digitizer delivers 512 levels of pen pressure
sensitivity — more than any other tablet computer on the market. And its
ForceGlass screen provides an etched, paper-emulating drawing surface.
The result is a sleek tablet computer run by a powerful Mac base system,
with a highly sensitive pen interface and a natural drawing surface, all
fused into one device you can take with you and use anywhere.
The Modbook Pro components connect to the original MacBook Pro through one
of its two USB 3.0 ports, with the entire assembly being enclosed in a new
casing for an integrated OS X-based tablet solution that also supports
Windows 7.
The Modbook Pro is scheduled to launch in "early fall 2012", with pricing
and retail partners yet to be announced. |
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