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This is something that every tech user will want. Good job! Get it patented as soon as possible!

amazing concept!

Ok… That's frikin awesome.

Bento Book laptop/tablet/Smartphone hybrid concept could be the next big game changer. #concept #laptop #tablet

That's just awesome! Totally wantit… RIGHT NAO!!!

Very feasible.
I like it.

I would love to see portable technology take a step in this direction.
It even leaves possibility for future upgrades. I approve.

This is something that every tech user will want. Good job! Get it patented as soon as possible!

amazing concept!

Ok… That's frikin awesome.

Bento Book laptop/tablet/Smartphone hybrid concept could be the next big game changer. #concept #laptop #tablet

I dig it.

That's just awesome! Totally wantit… RIGHT NAO!!!

Nuclear fusion would be nice too.
Good design, push the borders. And dream with your eyes wide open, hope you get it to market.

Very feasible.
I like it.

I would love to see portable technology take a step in this direction.
It even leaves possibility for future upgrades. I approve.

great concept…love the expandibility

I dig it.

I really hope they make this. I want one now!

This is awesome!

Nuclear fusion would be nice too.
Good design, push the borders. And dream with your eyes wide open, hope you get it to market.

great concept…love the expandibility

Just wow………….it is a matter of time when all the company's would be running in this direction

I really want this. Modern technology has hit a road block that people want a device that can do it all. Problem is no one wants a computer sized phone and when the tablet became popular, people wanted a device to everything AND what their tablet does. If the smallest block is also a phone this could revolutionize the way we use technology. I'll be waiting to see it in stores. (:

I like the idea, but I am not so sure about the aspect ratio of the tablet's screen for the following reasons:

-a 21:9 screen would be incredibly long, and very akward to hold, exspecially in portrait. I mean when the xoom tablet came out (it has an aspect ratio of 16:10) most people (myself included) really liked the aspect ratio and felt its was better than the ipad's (4:3). A small few however did feel it was awkwardly long however, if some people (not many, but some none the less) felt that that was to long, imagine taking it and stretching it so it is about 1.5 times longer, once again this tablet would just feel way to akward to use.

Beautiful, incredible, elegant, well-thought-out.

Genius.

I want one right now. You need to just go and do it ASAP.

I really hope they make this. I want one now!

I WANT ONE!!
Can we leave emails for when you open pre-order

This is awesome!

Do you have, or will you have an affiliate program?
Do you wholesale the Bento Book products?

This is the best thing I have seen in Years..!

Just wow………….it is a matter of time when all the company's would be running in this direction

I really want this. Modern technology has hit a road block that people want a device that can do it all. Problem is no one wants a computer sized phone and when the tablet became popular, people wanted a device to everything AND what their tablet does. If the smallest block is also a phone this could revolutionize the way we use technology. I'll be waiting to see it in stores. (:

I like the idea, but I am not so sure about the aspect ratio of the tablet's screen for the following reasons:

-a 21:9 screen would be incredibly long, and very akward to hold, exspecially in portrait. I mean when the xoom tablet came out (it has an aspect ratio of 16:10) most people (myself included) really liked the aspect ratio and felt its was better than the ipad's (4:3). A small few however did feel it was awkwardly long however, if some people (not many, but some none the less) felt that that was to long, imagine taking it and stretching it so it is about 1.5 times longer, once again this tablet would just feel way to akward to use.

Beautiful, incredible, elegant, well-thought-out.

Genius.

I want one right now. You need to just go and do it ASAP.

I WANT ONE!!
Can we leave emails for when you open pre-order

Do you have, or will you have an affiliate program?
Do you wholesale the Bento Book products?

This is the best thing I have seen in Years..!

Youve done it you though of a way to combine Chrome. Honeycomb and ginger bread you are a genius

Want it

Holy shit imagine the price on that thing… 1.5 grand maybe?

At the very least. And you'd get one hell of a laptop for that money – this just seems to be a very hard way of getting there.

I really like this, as a concept, but as a practical, real-world device, I think we have a touch of Emperor's New Clothes Syndrome.

디자이너분 한국인이세요?ㅎㅎㅎㅎㅎ

Youve done it you though of a way to combine Chrome. Honeycomb and ginger bread you are a genius

Want it

Holy shit imagine the price on that thing… 1.5 grand maybe?

i want that pc please i want to buy it

At the very least. And you'd get one hell of a laptop for that money – this just seems to be a very hard way of getting there.

I really like this, as a concept, but as a practical, real-world device, I think we have a touch of Emperor's New Clothes Syndrome.

디자이너분 한국인이세요?ㅎㅎㅎㅎㅎ

디자이너분 한국인이세요?ㅎㅎㅎㅎㅎ

i want that pc please i want to buy it

I would love to see one of these someday, I would save up just to have one

looks so impressive tho i dont think it would be satisfied, it will probably be too slow, pick up random strokes.. this technology is basically ahead of itself.. hence it would not be able to accommodate most creative individuals.. so it's cool, but not realistic

I CAME RAINBOWS

does any one know where i can get one of these, or when they come out if there not out yet

I would love to see one of these someday, I would save up just to have one

looks so impressive tho i dont think it would be satisfied, it will probably be too slow, pick up random strokes.. this technology is basically ahead of itself.. hence it would not be able to accommodate most creative individuals.. so it's cool, but not realistic

I CAME RAINBOWS

does any one know where i can get one of these, or when they come out if there not out yet

Problem with designs like this is that they are very clever and cool looking, but fail to take into account realistic, inherent negatives. Just to address the hardware, for instance: is the "cool factor" of an all-touch keyboard going to be enough to overcome the lack of physical keys and motion when typing? What kind of custom connectivity is the dock going to use to communicate between its parts – to say nothing of the custom connectors? (And don't just say "Bluetooth" – that's no panacea.) What good is a solar panel that small going to do for charging what will need to be a pretty beefy battery – not to mention that it will be covered up by the user's palm most of the time that the unit is in use? How WILL the charging be handled through those tiny contacts?

And let's not even get started on the software integration…

Most of all, what is going to convince the world that they need to shift to the connectors, etc. shown here? I suppose an Apple might do it, as they're used to going it alone, but I have trouble imagining more than one manufacturer ever supporting this as more than a one-off.

I suppose things that seemed as unlikely at the time have happened though…

super…

Problem with designs like this is that they are very clever and cool looking, but fail to take into account realistic, inherent negatives. Just to address the hardware, for instance: is the “cool factor” of an all-touch keyboard going to be enough to overcome the lack of physical keys and motion when typing? What kind of custom connectivity is the dock going to use to communicate between its parts – to say nothing of the custom connectors? (And don't just say “Bluetooth” – that's no panacea.) What good is a solar panel that small going to do for charging what will need to be a pretty beefy battery – not to mention that it will be covered up by the user's palm most of the time that the unit is in use? How WILL the charging be handled through those tiny contacts?

And let's not even get started on the software integration…

Most of all, what is going to convince the world that they need to shift to the connectors, etc. shown here? I suppose an Apple might do it, as they're used to going it alone, but I have trouble imagining more than one manufacturer ever supporting this as more than a one-off.

I suppose things that seemed as unlikely at the time have happened though…

super…

Would having the phone and tablet in place at the same time as the battery recharge the two, AND power the whole thing? Or would you need to charge those separately? (and if so, what happens if one stops working while you're busy?) Also how would the processors work together to make it worth using it as a laptop? It'd also be a nightmare to build a working OS and programs for this. (That could work in docked and/or undocked modes)

Otherwise, it's a very cool concept and design, and I bet it'd be ideal for frequent travelers — not having to carry a phone, tablet, AND laptop everywhere you went. Since I'm still in high school, it'd be nice to be able to use my own settings and files at school instead of shuttling between my personal computer and the ones at school with a flash drive (and if you don't get the same computer twice and accidentally save things onto the computer instead of the share drive, I can't tell you how hard it is to pick up where you left off)

Very cool design, I like how it's able to be used in multiple ways with multiple purposes

You would buy them separately…

It would just standardize the shape of phones and tablets that various providers produce.

The concept is very appealing yet has a serious problem. You've mentioned as the tablet becoming a keyboard to "create contents". But you're missing the point why laptops or desk tops actually are suitable for creating contents. It's not because you have a standalone keyboard but it's because you have a "physical keyboard". A touchscreen keyboard is just can't be compared to a physical keyboard in terms of creating contents. A keyboard should give the right amount of tactile and auditory feedback or else you would always have to be looking at the keyboard to type or have to deal with so many mistyping.

Would having the phone and tablet in place at the same time as the battery recharge the two, AND power the whole thing? Or would you need to charge those separately? (and if so, what happens if one stops working while you're busy?) Also how would the processors work together to make it worth using it as a laptop? It'd also be a nightmare to build a working OS and programs for this. (That could work in docked and/or undocked modes)

Otherwise, it's a very cool concept and design, and I bet it'd be ideal for frequent travelers — not having to carry a phone, tablet, AND laptop everywhere you went. Since I'm still in high school, it'd be nice to be able to use my own settings and files at school instead of shuttling between my personal computer and the ones at school with a flash drive (and if you don't get the same computer twice and accidentally save things onto the computer instead of the share drive, I can't tell you how hard it is to pick up where you left off)

Very cool design, I like how it's able to be used in multiple ways with multiple purposes

excuse me, can you explain, why modular architecture is more eco-friendly? thanks.

Utterly brilliant design, the metaphoar of modular mobile computing and a bento is the best I ve seen on Yanko in a while! Congrats!

The concept is very appealing yet has a serious problem. You've mentioned as the tablet becoming a keyboard to “create contents”. But you're missing the point why laptops or desk tops actually are suitable for creating contents. It's not because you have a standalone keyboard but it's because you have a “physical keyboard”. A touchscreen keyboard is just can't be compared to a physical keyboard in terms of creating contents. A keyboard should give the right amount of tactile and auditory feedback or else you would always have to be looking at the keyboard to type or have to deal with so many mistyping.

excuse me, can you explain, why modular architecture is more eco-friendly? thanks.

Utterly brilliant design, the metaphoar of modular mobile computing and a bento is the best I ve seen on Yanko in a while! Congrats!

What a great design! Personally I'd love to have one of these but, being a total space case, I feel like i might loose/misplace one aspect of the whole package (leave the battery on a table somewhere or forget the phone etc) leading to either a huge drop in productivity or complete lack of functionality. Any ideas how to work around this prospective problem? It might be interesting to have the dock "page" a missing element- make it beep or something… or maybe track the phone or tablet with gps from the dock.

Of course that's just me and, frankly, I'd buy this anyway in a heartbeat.

Also, very nice to see that you respond to all your comments and feedback so well, Its nice seeing a designer who can accept criticism (rather than babying their design and their ego) and respond to peoples concerns/questions with informative comments. you give me hope.

Sadly this doesn't resolve any of the "Bulk" that most tech users have to deal with. Its just re-arranging a set of iPad and iPhones. Technology that already exists. This isn't forward moving in any concept of the word.

What I would like is a rollable/foldable paper thin display. and an interface that can create embossed tactile interface for touch interfaces. That would be a real innovation.

What a great design! Personally I'd love to have one of these but, being a total space case, I feel like i might loose/misplace one aspect of the whole package (leave the battery on a table somewhere or forget the phone etc) leading to either a huge drop in productivity or complete lack of functionality. Any ideas how to work around this prospective problem? It might be interesting to have the dock “page” a missing element- make it beep or something… or maybe track the phone or tablet with gps from the dock.

Of course that's just me and, frankly, I'd buy this anyway in a heartbeat.

Also, very nice to see that you respond to all your comments and feedback so well, Its nice seeing a designer who can accept criticism (rather than babying their design and their ego) and respond to peoples concerns/questions with informative comments. you give me hope.

Sadly this doesn't resolve any of the “Bulk” that most tech users have to deal with. Its just re-arranging a set of iPad and iPhones. Technology that already exists. This isn't forward moving in any concept of the word.

What I would like is a rollable/foldable paper thin display. and an interface that can create embossed tactile interface for touch interfaces. That would be a real innovation.

This really is brilliant. I've said multiple times that the next evolution of netbooks would be like the badly-excuted Atrix, where there'd be a modular element where a phone/media player would act as both the external memory and the touchpad of the computer. But this is a much-inspired step forward.
You could add a physical keyboard attachment for ease of use, nostalgia, and personal preference. The trackpad doesn't have to be a phone or media player, it could be a touchscreen eReader a la "Kindle 5", and actually the same with the keyboard/tablet (although that's an awkward size for an eReader). Low power touchscreens could be used for either.

However, it isn't perfect. There's no power outlet on the Bento Book shell, which I think was mostly oversight, and no place to stow that stylus, although if you make it small enough it'll go into the shell edge.
I'd love to see the Bento Laptop also be able to trancend laptop-ness. You already hinted at it with the use of the tablet as a wireless keyboard for other devices, but why not go all the way? Give the Bento Shell a way to stand/connect/have power on its own (AC, not battery), and suddenly you have a true desktop replacement, one you can literally recombine into a laptop and stow.
Another use of this style is to actually fold the screen of the laptop down and into a larger tablet, with the rest of the elements inside it for storage, charging, and docking/item use; you could use the traditional tablet-nettop rotating hinge, the Dell Thinkpad X201 hinge, or something clever you design yourself. Although, a rotating screen would also solve the desktop replacement issue above, as the screen could simply rotated, then prop itself up.
But still, brilliant design.

Very intriguing concept. I love the idea. Honestly, if I was a venture capitalist I would invest in this just to see a prototype. If anything, it's the best hub for your tablet and phone anyone has thought of yet because they don't just sit there hooked up to a chord while you use your main computer.

A few problems that come to mind:
1. If your phone or tablet breaks the whole thing is awkward or useless.
2. Mobile devices and computers run different operating systems so mobile ones can operate with low battery usage.
3.It will feel weird if one of the devices is not there.
4. If you get a call, you have to take apart your computer.
5. It's heavier than a usual computer because you have to have cases for each individual part instead of one single box housing all of the components and the tablet and phone will have speakers as well.

Questions:
1.Can you still use your trackpad while you are syncing your music with your computer? Because my ipod becomes totally useless when it is syncing. That's all the hard drive can do at once is sync so it is unlikely that it could still be a viable trackpad unless it somehow switched over to being just a display while connected to the case.
2. Will it be more expensive than the individual components are usually combined?

Recommendation:
1. Have tactile feedback, obviously, for the tablet keyboard to make it feel more like a real keyboard.
2. Use very lightweight materials and cut out unnecessary parts.

This really is brilliant. I've said multiple times that the next evolution of netbooks would be like the badly-excuted Atrix, where there'd be a modular element where a phone/media player would act as both the external memory and the touchpad of the computer. But this is a much-inspired step forward.
You could add a physical keyboard attachment for ease of use, nostalgia, and personal preference. The trackpad doesn't have to be a phone or media player, it could be a touchscreen eReader a la “Kindle 5″, and actually the same with the keyboard/tablet (although that's an awkward size for an eReader). Low power touchscreens could be used for either.

However, it isn't perfect. There's no power outlet on the Bento Book shell, which I think was mostly oversight, and no place to stow that stylus, although if you make it small enough it'll go into the shell edge.
I'd love to see the Bento Laptop also be able to trancend laptop-ness. You already hinted at it with the use of the tablet as a wireless keyboard for other devices, but why not go all the way? Give the Bento Shell a way to stand/connect/have power on its own (AC, not battery), and suddenly you have a true desktop replacement, one you can literally recombine into a laptop and stow.
Another use of this style is to actually fold the screen of the laptop down and into a larger tablet, with the rest of the elements inside it for storage, charging, and docking/item use; you could use the traditional tablet-nettop rotating hinge, the Dell Thinkpad X201 hinge, or something clever you design yourself. Although, a rotating screen would also solve the desktop replacement issue above, as the screen could simply rotated, then prop itself up.
But still, brilliant design.

Very intriguing concept. I love the idea. Honestly, if I was a venture capitalist I would invest in this just to see a prototype. If anything, it's the best hub for your tablet and phone anyone has thought of yet because they don't just sit there hooked up to a chord while you use your main computer.

A few problems that come to mind:
1. If your phone or tablet breaks the whole thing is awkward or useless.
2. Mobile devices and computers run different operating systems so mobile ones can operate with low battery usage.
3.It will feel weird if one of the devices is not there.
4. If you get a call, you have to take apart your computer.
5. It's heavier than a usual computer because you have to have cases for each individual part instead of one single box housing all of the components and the tablet and phone will have speakers as well.

Questions:
1.Can you still use your trackpad while you are syncing your music with your computer? Because my ipod becomes totally useless when it is syncing. That's all the hard drive can do at once is sync so it is unlikely that it could still be a viable trackpad unless it somehow switched over to being just a display while connected to the case.
2. Will it be more expensive than the individual components are usually combined?

Recommendation:
1. Have tactile feedback, obviously, for the tablet keyboard to make it feel more like a real keyboard.
2. Use very lightweight materials and cut out unnecessary parts.

This just made it to my wish list

This just made it to my wish list

This reminds me the concepts of modu from Israel.
Google is now trying to buy the patents of this company.
modu failed its IPO in the Tel-Aviv market and ceased existence. shame as this was a real fantastic innovative company. probably ahead of its time…

This reminds me the concepts of modu from Israel.
Google is now trying to buy the patents of this company.
modu failed its IPO in the Tel-Aviv market and ceased existence. shame as this was a real fantastic innovative company. probably ahead of its time…

AHH cheesy! who would name a product LUNCH BOX? "check out my lunch box laptop!" it's not a lunch box. okay, so it's Japanese and many Americans think it's a cool random word…but seriously. just because you're inspired by something like a suitcase, and make something with a suitcase shape, would you seriously name it Suitcase Laptop? it's such a common, widespread word.

Where can I pre-order???

AHH cheesy! who would name a product LUNCH BOX? “check out my lunch box laptop!” it's not a lunch box. okay, so it's Japanese and many Americans think it's a cool random word…but seriously. just because you're inspired by something like a suitcase, and make something with a suitcase shape, would you seriously name it Suitcase Laptop? it's such a common, widespread word.

Where can I pre-order???

Some of the best vaporware I've seen to date…

Some of the best vaporware I've seen to date…

how much will one of these cost us?

how much will one of these cost us?

Well done! I've been preaching that this is the way tech would go, when folk all started getting smartphones. More recent times have left me scratching my head about the inclusion of tablets into the gadget collective. This is a real neat solution to my quandary and to everyone's myriad data pockets spread across their devices.