Toshiba Libretto W100 Review: A dual-screen innovatory laptop!

Amidst the dawn of revolutionary changes in the field of laptop technology, Toshiba, the Japanese manufacturer, has once again made a significant and innovative move in this theme. The launch of the world’s first dual-screen laptop, the Toshiba Libretto W100, has made all of us hats-off in front of this manufacturing giant.

The Toshiba Libretto W100 laptop features a keyboard-free look, which seems to have shaped a dream to reality, as no one could have ever imagined that one day a keyboard-free computer would exist! But now, it does, and along with it comes a virtual keyboard, which can be used on the will of the user, in the landscape mode. In the portrait mode, the laptop will feature as an e-reader, and will enable the user to work on both the screens simultaneously, paving the way for menu navigation and drag-and-drop applications between screens with ease and comfort.

The Toshiba Libretto W100 laptop is actually termed as the sub-notebook, and is actually a hybrid in terms of features, between the tablet devices and the laptop technology. In terms of specifications, this device scores well with two 7 inch (diagonally) multi-touch screens supporting the 1024 x 600 pixels resolution, this can be comfortably used both horizontally and vertically. There is also provided, a “soft” track-pad, which even enables the user to type, click, or browse, whatever the user wants.

Featuring a clamshell design with a black metallic finish, the Toshiba Libretto W100 laptop weighs even lesser than two pounds, and thus making it lighter than lightest laptops available. Thus, this device does accompany ultra-portability and greater convenience in its bag. In terms of capabilities, this device will run on the Windows 7 Home Premium operating system, and utilizes the touchscreen features of this OS. The laptop shall be powered by an energy-efficient 1.2 GHz Intel Pentium U5400 Processor.

The Toshiba Libretto W100 laptop measures 202 x 123 x 30.7 mm. with a weight of only 840 gm. and will be providing wireless capabilities ranging from connectivity to Wi-Fi 802.11n hotspots, to the Bluetooth v2.1 and webcam. Accompanied by an USB port, and a built-in memory reader, the laptop does provide sufficient connectivity options to the user. This does provide a startling picture of how much features have been crammed by Toshiba on this light-weight device.

Other specifications of the Toshiba Libretto W100 laptop include the 2 GB DDR3 RAM, and 62 GB SSD. Provided by a 3.5 mm audio output and a Micro SD card reader, the device even offers an optional 3G adapter for connectivity. To get the best output and efficient utilization of this feature-rich and novel device, Toshiba has even included the LifeSpace suite of software.

Thus, the device seems rather new and revolutionary, and is quite appealing from its novelty and features. With the radical change in this field, Toshiba has actually given the users an innovative option, which one is of not much aware on how to use, but would definitely like to shift to, once they become familiar with the usage and adaptation of the device. The device is to be available in stores from August, 2010 and would apparantly have a price tag of $1100.