Always Innovating is preparing to release an interesting machine called the Touch Book that is something of a hybrid between a netbook and a UMPC. Size and specs-wise it is a lot like a netbook — which the company in fact bills it as on their page — but features a unique removeable display that can be used as a portable tablet.

The above-mentioned product page is pretty aggressive and borderline arrogant in how it compares the machine to other netbooks, saying all netbooks until now were engineered in the same way, with the “power-hungry” Atom, an ugly case, and outdated 90’s OS. That is a bit unfair on many netbooks that have attempted to present themselves as something fresh but is an effective and eye-catching way to promote the Touch Book.

The Touch Book has dimensions of 9.4″ x 7″ x 1.4″ and weighs 2lbs with the keyboard. Powered by an ARM Texas Instruments OMAP3 chip and not an Intel Atom processor, which you probably guessed after reading the previous paragraph, Always Innovating’s new machine also sports an 8.9-inch 1024×600 display.

The specifications list doesn’t say how much RAM the Touch Screen has but storage-wise it comes with an 8GB micro SD card, and also features the usual WiFi and 802.11b/g/n and Bluetooth along with six USB 2.0 ports and a battery which they claim can last an impressive 10 to 15 hours on a charge due to the energy-saving processor.

The display itself is expected to sell for $299 or with the keyboard will be priced at $399. According to the official pre-order form the first units will begin shipping in May or June this year.