Dual-touchscreen
A dual-touchscreen is a computer or phone display setup which uses two screens, either or both of which could be touch-capable, to display both elements of the computer's graphical user interface and virtualized implementations of common input devices, including
This approach is similar to that of the Nintendo DS handheld game console's construction, in which user-generated actions are initialized on the lower resistive touchscreen while the resulting graphical displays are executed in the upper screen. The same approach was adopted on its successor unit, the Nintendo 3DS and a similar concept was created for Nintendo's eleventh home console, the Wii U, with its controller's resistive touchscreen used in the same fashion as the lower part of the DS/3DS, and the secondary screen connected to the console.
Use in products
- In 2004, Italian design firm V12 Design designed a prototype dual-touchscreen laptop known as the Canova.[1]
- In 2007, Pennsylvania-based company Estari released its 2-VU laptop, initially for the United States military before a public release.[2]
- In 2008, the
- In May 2009, The .
- In March 2010, the liquid crystal display(LCD).
- In January 2010, Micro-Star International (MSI) showed a prototype of a dual-touchscreen netbook at Consumer Electronics Show (CES).
- In June 2010, Toshiba released the Libretto W100 dual-touchscreen notebook running Windows 7.[7]
- In January 2011, NEC announced the LT-W Cloud Communicator, a slate with dual touchscreens that unfolds like a book and runs Android 2.1.[8]
- In March 2011, Acer released the Iconia 6120 dual-screen touchbook notebook running Windows 7.[9]
- In April 2011,
- In April 2011, Sony announced the code-named S2, since renamed Sony Tablet P, running Android 3.1 Honeycomb, and scheduled for release in autumn 2011.[11]
- In April 2013, 4.1 Jelly Bean.[12]
- In October 2017, 7.1 Nougat.
- In 2018, IPS display and one E Inkdisplay.
- In February 2019, LG announced an optional second screen for the LG V50.[13]
- In March 2019, Samsung Electronics announced a dual-touchscreen foldable smartphone: the Samsung Galaxy Fold.
- In October 2019, Microsoft announced two dual-screen devices: the Surface Duo and Surface Neo. The Surface Duo launched on 10 September 2020.
- In October 2020, LG released the LG Wing running Android 10.
- In September 2021, Microsoft released the Surface Duo 2 running Android 11.
- in January 2023, Lenovo announced the Yoga Book 9i dual-touchscreen notebook running Windows 11.
- in January 2024, Acer announced the ZenBook Duo dual-touchscreen notebook running Windows 11.
See also
References
- ^ V12 Designs’ Dual-Touchscreen Notebook Coming within Two Years
- ^ Dual-screen laptop sees double - CNET
- ^ XO-2
- ^ First Look: OLPC XO-2
- ^ ASUS Flipbook from physorg.com
- ^ Tech news: For the smarter kind of bookworm
- ^ Toshiba Unveils New libretto Concept PC with Dual-Touch Screen Design
- ^ Hands On: NEC LT-W Dual-Screen Tablet
- ^ Acer Releases Dual-Screen Iconia "Touchbook" | TechCrunch Archived 2011-04-07 at the Wayback Machine. Crunchgear.com (2011-03-29). Retrieved on 2013-12-09.
- ^ Kyocera Echo review. Engadget.com. Retrieved on 2013-12-09.
- ^ Sony Announces S1 And Dual-Screen S2 Android Tablets | TechCrunch Archived 2011-05-01 at the Wayback Machine. Crunchgear.com. Retrieved on 2013-12-09.
- ^ Low, Aloysius. "NEC Medias W N-05E review: NEC unveils bizarre dual-screen Medias W N-05E". CNET. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
- ^ "The LG V50's Dual Screen is a half-step towards a foldable phone".