Toshiba libretto W100: Dual 7” screen device picks up where Courier left off

Toshiba hasn’t finished announcing new devices just yet, we’ve already seen the AC100 smartbook, but now we’ve got something much more interesting, the libretto W100. The W100 has a form-factor similar to that of the Microsoft Courier before it was canned. The W100 comes with two 7-inch (1024 x 600) multi-touch capacitive displays in a clam-shell design with brushed aluminium finish and will run Windows 7 Home Premium.

The libretto W100 is powered by a 1.2GHz Intel Pentium U5400 processor, 2GB RAM and a 62GB SSD. Other features include a 1.0MP HD webcam, Wi-Fi (b/g/n). Bluetooth 2.1 , one USB port, a microSD memory card slot and 8-cell battery.

The two displays can work independently or together, depending on how you want to use them. It will also include a built-in 3D accelerometer, so that you can easily flip between portrait and landscape mode. The libretto W100 features six virtual keyboard modes (with haptic feedback) plus a virtual touchpad.

The libretto W100 is a tribute to the company’s 25th Anniversary of “laptop innovation”. Whilst Toshiba talks of this being a concept PC in its press release, the company is actually releasing the libretto W100 to retail in limited quantities. It won’t be cheap though, costing $1,099 and will be available in late summer.

Toshiba libretto W100 Technical Specifications:

– Dual 7.0-inch diagonal multi-touch displays (1024 x 600)
– 6-mode virtual keyboard with haptic response
– Windows 7 Home Premium operating system
– Intel Pentium U5400 processor (1.2GHz)
– 2GB DDR3 memory
– 62GB Solid State Drive
– 1.0 megapixel HD Webcam with Toshiba Face Recognition
– 802.11 b/g/n wireless
– Bluetooth 2.1+EDR
– MicroSD card slot
– One USB 2.0 port
– TOSHIBA Bulletin Board, ReelTime and PC Health Monitor software
– 8-cell battery
– 7.95″ (W) x 4.84″(D) x 1.2″(H)
– 1.8 lbs.