Intel shows off its four screen laptop

Intel recently showcased at the IDF (Intel Developer’s Forum), a concept laptop code named “Tangent Bay” in order to show what can be done with a little bit of creative experimentation.

It has been hailed as the world’s first multi touch multi screen concept notebook and it takes multi tasking into a whole new dimension.
The laptop used in the demo had three small OLED (organic light emitting diode) touch screens positioned below the main 15 inch display.
David “Dadi” Perlmutter demonstrated to those in attendance one of the extra screens displaying a music play list, one with a photo slide show and one with a calculator. Each of which could be manipulated using touch. Cool!
“These are great ideas, I do hope that they eventually end up in the market,” said Perlmutter, executive vice president of the Intel architecture group.
There are no limits either, Intel showed that it can zoom and scroll and shift the content from one screen to another quickly and easily and you can view applications within applications. It does bring into question why we would want multiple screens?
I don’t have to think too much to answer that, more screens means more applications to view simultaneously. Simple!
Ok so this was only a prototype, that’s not the point, it’s the functionality of it that’s interesting. How convenient would it be to make use of multiple screens?
Intel Mobile Product Line Marketing Manager Renuka Awasthi gives a great example. You could be searching for a holiday deal and can open up a calculator, a weather site and a chat session at the same time. I’m sure you can think of many more.
“There’s no limitation to the applications you can run on the auxiliary screens,” according to Awasthi. “People value additional display real estate.” Yes we sure do.
So what prompted Intel to come up with this idea?
Apparently they designed it after a study revealed that heavy laptop users, a bit like myself probably, often have multiple applications running at once, perhaps even as many as twenty to thirty, which if are not on display, makes it difficult to keep track of them. I couldn’t agree more.
Intel is apparently hoping that manufacturers will take up the concept and run with it.
Me, I’m wondering what effect it would have on my battery life.