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Asus Eee Keyboard PC Should Arrive in May or June for $400-$600
Gizmodo ^
| Tue Mar 3 2009,
| Adam Frucc
Posted on 03/03/2009 3:52:04 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Asus's amazing-looking Eee Keyboard, which is a home theater PC stuffed inside a keyboard, complete with wireless HDMI and a secondary touchscreen, is dropping in May or June. And for only $400-$600!
Asus CEO Jerry Shen says they're working on two models, one wired and one wireless. The wired version will run about $400 while the wireless should run somewhere south of $600.
There's still no hard info on specs, such as processor or hard drive, but hell, a wireless keyboard/computer combo with a built-in touchscreen? I almost don't care what the specs are, I just want one.
The keyboard is packing a 5-inch built-in display, a 1.6 GHz Atom processor, 1 GB of RAM, 16/32 GB SSD, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth. As far as ports, it's got wireless HDMI, 2 USB 2.0, VGA, HDMI, and audio in/out. [Reg Hardware]
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: hitech
To: Las Vegas Dave; ShadowAce
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
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posted on
03/03/2009 4:00:51 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Will bankrupting America lead to socialism?)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Asus has been putting out some great products. I picked up one of their small laptops for less than $350. Runs XP and all it really doesn’t have is an on-board DVD/CD-ROM drive.
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
What do I do with this thing?
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posted on
03/03/2009 4:20:12 PM PST
by
corkoman
To: corkoman
What do I do with this thing? Ping me when you find out!
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posted on
03/03/2009 4:21:00 PM PST
by
conservative cat
(America, you have been PWNED!)
To: rdb3; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; GodGunsandGuts; CyberCowboy777; Salo; Bobsat; JosephW; ...
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posted on
03/03/2009 4:25:42 PM PST
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
The display on the right is a touchscreen?
It wirelessly drives an HDTV?
That’s hot.
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posted on
03/03/2009 4:27:33 PM PST
by
Petronski
(For the next few years, Gethsemane will not be marginal. We will know that garden. -- Cdl. Stafford)
To: ShadowAce
complete with wireless HDMI
Sick.
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posted on
03/03/2009 4:29:43 PM PST
by
bamahead
(Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master. -- Sallust)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Yeah, but who wants a computer from Anus?
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posted on
03/03/2009 4:29:59 PM PST
by
Still Thinking
(Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
To: corkoman
What do I do with this thing? You use it to give yourself tremendous eye and neck strain, so that you end up looking down and to the right permanently.
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Big deal! I
had one back in 1981...
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posted on
03/03/2009 4:37:01 PM PST
by
PugetSoundSoldier
(Indignation over the sting of truth is the defense of the indefensible)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Kinda like the Boombox version of a Blackberry....
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posted on
03/03/2009 7:46:14 PM PST
by
Mygirlsmom
(The First Black President of the US has sold me and my children into slavery.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; Swordmaker; ShadowAce
The thing looks like somebody grafted my iPod Touch to the right side of my Mac wireless keyboard.
Could this design be any more derivative if it tried???
That said, it's a cool idea.
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posted on
03/03/2009 8:46:59 PM PST
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
To: conservative cat; corkoman
It is a computer that transmit the images to a HDTV via wired or wireless means. So instead of having a full computer (tower, monitor and etc.) you just have the keyboard. You can use any HDTV that has a HDMI port. Think 40-50” TVs as your monitor.
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posted on
03/03/2009 11:50:05 PM PST
by
neb52
(Currently Reading: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams)
To: SunkenCiv
To: martin_fierro
Looks like another chiclet key product, but at least it appears to be full size. Thanks martin.
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posted on
03/04/2009 4:36:18 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
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