Compal

Compal, a leading contract maker/ODM of notebooks and other mobile devices, has developed a prototype of a foldable hybrid tablet that can be equipped with a hardware keyboard. The design concept of Compal’s FlexBook resembles Lenovo’s ThinkPad X1 Fold that is due to be released in the coming months, but it is unclear whether the FlexBook will ever be commercialized. Compal’s FlexBook looks like an ordinary 13-inch tablet with landscape orientation that features two speakers located on its lower side, two USB-C connectors, and volume buttons on a side. Yet the tablet can be folded in half as it is equipped with a foldable OLED display as well as a ‘zero gap lay flat hinge’. When half-folded, the device can be used as...

CyberpowerPC's Compal PBL21: The Shark's New Teeth

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16 by Dustin Sklavos on 7/11/2011

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66 by Jarred Walton on 1/3/2011

CyberpowerPC's Compal NBLB2: Affordable Gaming

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36 by Dustin Sklavos on 12/21/2010

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