Asus to Ship Eee Keyboard by End of April
Asus to Ship Eee Keyboard by End of April
Posted 04/12/2010 at 5:09pm
| by Ryan Whitwam
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When Asus first showed off the Eee Keyboard , no one actually expected it to ship. It was more an exercise in engineering than a product people would buy. But after a number of delays, the Eee Keybaord is on its way to shipping later this month. Asus really promises to ship it this time, and we're willing to believe them for now.
The Eee Keybard is basically a netbook's chipset in a keyboard form factor. There is an integrated 5-inch 480x800 resolution capacitive touchscreen display in place of the number pad. It has an Atom N270 and runs Windows XP. Though, Asus has added a skin to XP making it more finger-friendly. Users will also find 1GB of RAM and the option for either 16 or 32GB SSDs. The real star here is the addition of Ultra-Wideband (UWB) for wireless audio and video. The Eee Keyboard will come with a small receiver to plug into a TV or monitor allowing the signal to be streamed from the safety of the couch.
In its original form, the Eee Keyboard didn't make much sense for anything. With the UWB technology, it has at least a shot at being a passable media center PC. The price is expected to be between $400 and $600. Anyone going to take one of these for a spin?
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Havok
April 12, 2010 at 6:01pm
I swear I saw this on Tested.com...?
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monkeykid753
April 12, 2010 at 5:50pm
It has all the functionality of a Mac but $1000 less... It actually does like like the Mac keyboard with a small version of the display built in (and no resolution change either!). But I'm actually looking for a new keyboard now, but this is way to expensive... Any suggestions for a good keyboard? I'm thinking of getting the Logitech K305 (I think that's what it is). I just got a M705 Marathon mouse... and I love it!
BTW, does this have any vents?
My exploding trick: Any iPad/Phone/Mac get a lot of silly putty, then clog up the speakers on iPad and iPhone or vents (if they exist) on an iMac and wait for a few minutes... then BIG BOOM!!!!
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