Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 26th Jun 2009 21:26 UTC
Hardware, Embedded Systems The ASUS Eee Keyboard, which we drooled over before, has officially been announced - it will be released August 2009. "Asus has confirmed that its Eee keyboard, originally shown at CES, will be arriving in August. The company's marketing executive, John Swatton, revealed the news while launching a bevy of new laptops." Me? Want.
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Comment by darknexus
by darknexus on Fri 26th Jun 2009 23:38 UTC
darknexus
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2008-07-15

I've always liked the computer-in-a-keyboard idea, and wondered why it never really caught on more than it has. It saves a great deal of space as compared to a traditional tower or desktop and, if done right, would still be easy to maintain and get at the internals as well as to replace the keyboard top should that ever become necessary. It woudl allow more computer internally than something like the Mac Mini too yet while saving space even as compared to something like the Mini or the Eee Box. The whole idea has always just made sense to me, hopefully Asus can catch on with this.

RE: Comment by darknexus
by zlynx on Fri 26th Jun 2009 23:48 UTC in reply to "Comment by darknexus"
zlynx Member since:
2005-07-20

I think that computer in a keyboard has caught on. The laptop computer market segment has been growing much faster than desktop for a while now.

What I think will make this a winner is the wireless HDMI connector. If that works as it is supposed to, this will be the perfect machine for living rooms everywhere.

Comment by Mark Williamson
by Mark Williamson on Sat 27th Jun 2009 01:47 UTC
Mark Williamson
Member since:
2005-07-06

This brings me back to my first computers ... I wonder if someone can program the mini LCD screen to look like an audio tape drive spinnging whenever the cursor changes to "hour glass"!

You mean like this
by Gone fishing on Sat 27th Jun 2009 06:32 UTC
Gone fishing
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2006-02-22
RE: You mean like this
by Glynser on Tue 30th Jun 2009 14:58 UTC in reply to "You mean like this"
Glynser Member since:
2007-11-29

...nobody claimed that ;)

In fact, in the old OSnews article, the similarity to machines from the good old homecomputer days was also mentioned ;)

32GB of hd content
by vivainio on Sat 27th Jun 2009 08:22 UTC
vivainio
Member since:
2008-12-26

It has Wi-Fi, Ethernet, speaker, mic, and a 5-inch touchscreen display, as well as a 32GB SSD to chuck all that HD content on to.

I wonder whether they are being sarcastic about 32GB and HD content.

Linux...
by garf on Sat 27th Jun 2009 13:20 UTC
garf
Member since:
2009-01-02

I wonder how well it will run linux....

Edited 2009-06-27 13:29 UTC

Cool...
by Tuishimi on Sat 27th Jun 2009 14:12 UTC
Tuishimi
Member since:
2005-07-06

...ahead of schedule!

I wonder how these will sell? Probably hobbyists will want these more than anyone else...

Keeeboard
by qroon on Sun 28th Jun 2009 17:29 UTC
qroon
Member since:
2005-10-21

Someone here in OSNews have suggested this, so I'll repeat. Call it a KeeeBoard ;)

RE: Keeeboard
by Glynser on Tue 30th Jun 2009 14:59 UTC in reply to "Keeeboard"
Glynser Member since:
2007-11-29

Yeah I remember that, that would be a really cool name