08.01.2009 09:50 Uhr, Quelle: Hardmac.com

MacWorld Expo : ModBook Hands On

Yesterday, The Woz himself (aka Steve Wozniak) unveiled the product which was tagged by many websites as a vaporware, the ModBook. The ModBook is a MacBook with a grafted touch screen and a radiofrequencies and pressure-sensitive pencil. In other words, it is like working with a screen/tablet, but with a MacBook. You simply need to purchase the kit from Axiotron (1299 USD), and you can install it yourself on your MacBook (only the plastic models, does not work with unibody yet). Once installed on the MacBook enclosure, you simply use the pencil as a mouse pointer, pressing on the screen to click, etc. The pencil features programmable buttons, for setting up some special/dedicated functions, such a the right-click. There is a button on the top left corner of the ModBook enclosure to switch the MacBook on/off, and another button let you switch

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