IBM ThinkPad TransNote
The IBM ThinkPad TransNote is a notebook computer by IBM.

Features 
The TransNote consists of a leather-like folio case which contains a computer on one side and a paper notebook on the other side.

Specifications 
It has a 600MHz Pentium III, 10GiB HDD, CompactFlash dock and a PC Card slot.

The battery pack uses flat Samsung 103450 cells.

Reception 
Computerworld called it a "failed design" because it tried to blend a large 3M digitized pad with a tiny underpowered laptop in the same product. PCQuest viewed it as an attractive choice for people who travel a lot. TechRepublic called it one of the 25 "unique and bizarre breakthroughs" in laptop innovation.

Awards 
The TransNote won a Gold iF Product Design Award in 2002 in the product discipline. The TransNote was the winner in the PC category of the PC Magazine Awards for Technical Excellence in 2001.

Further developments 
IBM announced the discontinuation of the TransNote in February 2002, intending to discontinue it at the end of the year.

References

External links 

 Transnote.info on the Internet Archive
 Laptop.pics
 Japanese TransNote brochure

IBM laptops
ThinkPad