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Use the Nikiski like a laptop, with a see-through glass touch pad that stretches almost the whole width of the base.
Touch it with a finger and it's a trackpad, put your palms down on it to type and the larger base of your hand doesn't register as a touch so you still get a wrist rest.
Close it, turn it over and the touch pad turns into a touchscreen layer to enable you to browse a slimline view of key information such as new emails. Despite the Metro look of the notification tiles in the interface that appears through the bottom of this glass touchpad, the prototype isn't running Windows 8, and the first version will launch this year running Windows 7.
"We're hoping to get the product out sooner and then we'll move to Windows 8," Intel's Peter Adamson told TechRadar. Although he didn't give a release date, to make it worthwhile shipping before Windows 8 comes along, we're expecting to see the first model by spring or early summer.
Some rumours put Intel's next generation Ivy Bridge chips on the market as soon as April or May, although we don't know what processor Nikiski will have.
Not an Ultrabook yet
The white prototype Nikiski device will not be an Ultrabook, according to Adamson. An Ultrabook version, more like the slim black prototype shown at Computex, will follow later in the year.
This first Nikiski will be priced "close to $699."
We spotted USB 3 ports, a memory card slot and an HDMI connector on the sides of the wedge-shaped chassis. Adamson is responsible for the Nikiski app, and was guarded about the final features - currently it shows details from your calendar, email, Facebook news feed and more, with Metro-style notification numbers for new messages since you last looked at the app.
Source: Tech Radar
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