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KNO platform lands digital textbook deal with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

, Aug 7th 2012 Discuss [0]

There's a huge benefit to going digital with textbooks compared to traditional print textbooks. Not only are digital textbooks significantly smaller and easier to handle than a traditional print textbook, they can also be changed and upgraded much more easily than a print book that would need to be reprinted to change the information. One of the biggest benefits of digital texts for education is the ability to add 3-D models and video to make learning more interactive. Read The Full Story

Kno licenses edu-tablet hardware to Intel amid $30m investment round

, Apr 8th 2011 Discuss [0]

Education tablet specialists Kno have reportedly found someone interested in taking their hardware business off their hands: Intel. According to AllThingsD, Intel is looking to license the Kno hardware design, and rather than building tablets itself will offer the designs to OEM partners. Read The Full Story

Kno mulling tablet hardware business split

, Feb 21st 2011 Discuss [0]

Kno is reportedly considering selling off its education tablet hardware business and instead concentrating on offering software and services across the iPad and Android based slates. According to AllThingsD's sources, Kno is in talks with two major consumer electronics manufacturers, after having decided that the sudden bloom of the tablet market means the company's own end-to-end solution is no longer so important. Read The Full Story

Kno dual-screen tablet pre-orders to ship in 60 days?

, Feb 17th 2011 Discuss [6]

The Kno tablet has been one of the tablets that has teased for over a year now. The tablet has already seen a couple ship dates announced and then missed so we are all a bit skeptical at this point on the Kno. This is the tablet with two screens that is being marketed to students as a textbook replacement. Read The Full Story

Kno Dual-Screen Tablet hands-on

, Jan 7th 2011 Discuss [5]

CES 2011 may be the year that tablets took over, but there’s still nothing quite like Kno‘s vast dual-touchscreen clamshell. Resolutely targeted at students rather than a general audience, the Tegra 2 based machine pairs two 14.1-inch panels with both finger and stylus input. We grabbed some hands-on time; check out our first impressions after the cut.

Video demo after the cut

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Gynormous Kno dual screen and single screen tablets ship today

, Dec 21st 2010 Discuss [0]

Tablets are really hot right now with the iPad having the vast majority of the market. The device has taken a big bite out of notebook sells according to some analysts. There are other tablets on the market though with notables like the Galaxy Tab and others. A new choice in the tablet market is shipping today with the single and dual screen version of the Kno tablet heading to buyers. Read The Full Story

Kno price educational tablet: $599 for single screen, $899 for two

, Nov 9th 2010 Discuss [3]

Educational tablet manufacturer Kno has priced its single- and dual-screen eponymous tablets, and confirmed that there will be limited availability of each by the end of 2010. The 14.1-inch single-screen Kno is priced at $599, while the dual-screen Kno - which has a pair of 14.1-inch touchscreens - is $899. Read The Full Story

Kno Planning on Releasing a Single-Screen Tablet

, Sep 27th 2010 Discuss [0]

Kno's existence has been an interesting one. Since their rebranding from Kakai to Kno, the Kno dual-screen tablet has been something of interest to a lot of people. Featuring two 14-inch displays, Kno specifically targeted the dual-screen tablet device to the educational market, hoping that students would pick it up instead of a laptop or netbook, as well as other tablet competitors. After being shown off at D8, and then getting confirmation of funding earlier this month with pre-orders set to kick off by the end of the year, news that the company is planning a single-screen tablet, to launch along side the dual-screen version, are interesting. Read The Full Story

Kno dual-display tablet gets funded: launch by end of 2010

, Sep 8th 2010 Discuss [1]

The Kno dual-display education tablet is on track for a launch before the end of 2010, after the company announced it has secured $46m in new funding.  According to Babur Habib, CTO and Kno co-founder, the company will begin "beta testing this fall and ultimately for the first customer ship later this year." Read The Full Story

Kakai Kno Features Dual 14-inch Touchscreens, Gets Showcased at D8

, Jun 2nd 2010 Discuss [0]

Yes, D8 is still going on. It didn't end after the interview with Steve Jobs. And sure enough, there's still some pretty interesting things happening. Just as we told you a few days ago, Kakai's Kno dual-screen tablet still exists, and it was just officially shown off on the stage at D8. There's a couple misgivings about the tablet right at the start, but truth be told, that's because the Kno tablet isn't like the iPad. That's not a bad thing, though. Read The Full Story

Kakai dual-display education tablet to graduate as Kno June 2nd

, May 14th 2010 Discuss [0]

Speculation last month about the dual-display education focused tablet by startup Kakai has been restoked today, with AllThingsD reporting that the company - now rebranded Kno - will be demonstrating the clamshell device at their "D" conference on June 2nd 2010.  The tablet is believed to run Linux and have a Courier-style book form-factor; it's apparently meant to "feel like a mix of a notebook and a textbook." Read The Full Story