Japanese company King Jim has taken a unique approach to providing its users with a full size keyboard even on a smaller 8 inch laptop systems. The solution they have come up with is to provide a two-piece keyboard that clips together to provide a full sized QWERTY keyboard that measures 12 inches in width.
The Portabook XMC10 keyboard can be easily broken into two and then stored inside the laptop when not in use, as shown in the image below, the system measures roughly 8 x 6 x 1.3 inches when folded with the keyboard inside.
The pocket-sized system is powered by an Intel Atom x7-8700 processor supported by 2 GB of RAM and is equipped with 32GB of eMMC 5.0 storage. Connectivity is provided by both wireless 802.11b/g/n and Bluetooth 4.0.
As explained the system is fitted with an 8 inch display that is capable of providing users with a resolution of 1280 x 768 pixels and is also equipped with 1 x micro USB port, 1 x USB 2.0 port, 1 x HDMI and VGA port. The Portabook XMC10 is now available to purchase priced at roughly $740.
Source: Nikkei : King Jim : Gizmodo : Liliputing
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