You would think that integration of touch on the monitor would add to convenience but there are times when it just frustrates you. If you do not get used to the touch keyboard typing will be tedious. Performance as a notebook is where the Acer ICONIA dual screen laptop truly disappoints.
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The only way to take advantage of the 2 touchscreens while watching a movie is use the second screen for the controls through the videos app in the Acer ring. mkv format and the movie played without any hiccups. The midrange and vocal output is good but the speakers lack bass. In terms of audio, the speakers on the device are average performance-wise. Plus, it's very inconvenient trying to read text on an inclined screen and then text on a flat surface. This will reduce the amount of scrolling you do on a particular page but the experience of reading the information feels disjointed. The visual representation looks a lot like tweet deck.Īnother way in which you can use the dual screen is by expanding the web browser on both the screens. This app integrates your social networking and YouTube streams under one roof. Here, the Social Jogger app deserves special mention. The ring feature also offers one touch access to your music, movies photos and web browsing. Although this feature isn't a game changer, the availability of the option is nice. You also have certain essential optionssuch as screen brightness, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, screen saver, hibernate, sleep, shut down, etc. For instance, one swipe of the finger and your browser pops up, or draw the symbol "D" to show the desktop. You can customize and assign specific gestures to launch certain programs or applications. Practically, it's a bit buggy, which is to say that the applications crashed sometimes. Conceptually, the Acer ring is a good idea. You also have the option to put custom skins on the keyboard display, which is nice.Īs mentioned earlier, upon touching thesecondary display with 5 fingers, the Acer ring launches. The trackpad could have been bigger and had a different feel to distinguish it from the rest of the surface. So many times while navigating, this reviewer's finger subconsciously left the track pad with resulting confusion about why the mouse wasn't moving. There is no way to distinguish whether your finger is on the trackpad or not.
The trackpad on the device is very disappointing. Especially since we are used to a physical keyboard. In fact, the experience feels rather odd. The keys are well spaced out and you do get an audio feedback for every key you press a key but the experience isn't the same as a regular keyboard. Typing on the keyboard takes some getting used to. A nifty feature - put all 10 fingers on the display to launch the keyboard, put 5 fingers on the display to launch the Acer ring. Its response is fabulous,much better than expected.
The bottom touchscreen, however,is an entirely different story. The overall experience of touching the monitor to launch, close or perform any action feels quite inconvenient and after some time this reviewer's arm started hurting with the effort of keeping it up to use the touchscreen. The close, maximize and minimize icons along with the scrolling bar have been increased in size to make the touch inputs more responsive but it's the little things such as trying to control the volume/navigation on VLC, clicking on File, Menu, etc. The touch response on the upper display is pretty bad. The upper display is a standard touchscreen where as the lower display has gorilla glass making it scratch resistant. An upside - the device houses one USB3.0 port.Īre two 14-inch screens better than one? Well, yes and no.īoth the displays have a resolution of 1366x768. It doesn't even house a card reader, which is an extra accessory available with the device.
The device is quite thick and you'd expect such a thick device to house a CD drive at the least but it doesn't. Open the lid and instead of seeing the usual keyboard, you will find two 14-inch HD touchscreens screens. The device is quite heavy, weighing in at over 2.5 kgs. So is the Acer ICONIA dual screen laptop just another trophy for your 'show off' wall or does it pack in some utility as well?Ī standard briefcase style box contains the device along with the manuals, CD, charger, a power filter adaptor and an external card reader. Put simply, the device looks like two 14-inch tablets glued together on a hinge. In fact, apart from the power button and the display keyboard button, there are no physical buttons on the device. The device has two touchscreens and no physical keyboard whatsoever. Make way for the touchbook - Acer's new dual touchscreen laptop.
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