Tablet maker Kno plans to launch a single and a dual-screen 14.1-inch tablet before the end of this year, the company has announced.
The single-screen version of the tablet will go for $599, while the dual-screen variant will be significantly more expensive at $899, but still shy of breaking the $1,000 mark.
The tablets are primarily aimed at students, and, according to Kno's co-founder and CEO Osman Rashid, the 2010 launch will be limited and mostly aimed at 10 college campuses across the U.S.
However, Kno is also currently accepting a limited number of pre-orders for an initial shipment that is expected to reach the customers by the end of the 2010.
As far as content goes, Kno will sell digital textbooks through the Kno bookstore, which will also be accessible on every Kno device. Kno claims the bookstore will include tens of thousands of the most popular textbooks and supplement materials; the company is working with major publishers such as Cengage, McGraw Hill and Pearson, Macmillan, Bedford, Freeman & Worth, Holtzbrinck and others.