Dual displays on new Kohjinsha Netbook Prototype

Over at CEATEC 2009 in Japan, Kohjinsha has on display a prototype netbok running Windows 7 Home Premium with dual 10.1-inch displays. It uses AMD Athlon Neo MV-40 which run at the clock speed of 1.6GHz; has 4GB RAM (max), 160GB HDD, built-in TV Tuner and Bluetooth 2.1+EDR. It also features a fingerprint scanner.

Nothing is known about its release date. Chances are that it won’t ever be released

Arbor M1255 Portable Tablet PC has Netbook innards

Arbor, tablet PC maker from Taiwan has churned out a portable medical tablet PC, the M1255. It comes with an 12.1-inch resistive touchscreen and an Atom processor that runs at a clock speed of 1.6GHz. The display has resolution of 1024×768. This netbook tablet is packed with full of security features: fingerprint scanner, RDIF reader and 2D barcode reader. It comes with only 60GB of hard drive storage and 1GB of RAM.

It also has WiFi and Bluetooth radios built-in.

[Arbor M1255 official webpage]

Fingerprint MOD for Dell Mini 9 netbook

Although Dell Mini 9 is not latest and greatest anymore, but that did not stop the modders from putting in a fingerprint reader into it. rich2871, a member at Dell mini forum has come up with a mod where he has put in a fingerprint reader into the small body of Mini 9, which he can converted into a hackintosh.

However, keep in mind that you will have to do some cutting to make space for the fingerprint reader and after doing that your warranty will be voided.