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Eee Keyboard delayed
Author: Gareth HalfacreePublished: 6th November 2009
The Asus Eee Keyboard is now not due to ship until early next year, but will come with an upgrade to a capacitive touchscreen.
While the original specification of the Eee Keyboard was supposedly going to be available some time in May, Asus has stated that the novel device will now not be making its way into eager hands until the start of next year. According to The Register, this is due - in no small part - by a last-minute decision to swap the 5" resistive touchscreen panel located at the right-hand side of the keyboard with a capacitive version, allowing for better responsiveness and gesture support - although there's no mention of multi-touch support.
Another change to the design is that the keyboard will now ship with an external WiFi antenna, after Asus discovered that the metal body of the keyboard was shielding the internal antenna too much to get a decent signal. If you're still hoping for a neater version, fret not: Asus is also planning a cheaper, plastic-body edition of the Eee Keyboard which will return to the original design of a integrated antenna.
The original hardware specifications remain unchanged: an Atom 1.6GHz processor coupled with 1GB of RAM and 16 or 32GB of storage space. Asus has declined to confirm or deny any changes to the original price, which saw the standard edition likely to hit our shores just shy of £300.
Are you looking forward to the Eee Keyboard, or do you struggle to see the point in what is a glorified netbook with a tiny screen in an odd location? Share your thoughts over in the forums.
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if so, there is a chance i would be interested...
Beat me to it!
But once I found out it was a whole PC, I can't see it selling. No one with a HTPC wants a large keyboard (although I know you you still need one hidden somewhere for the odd situation). Also, I don't think these will be useful in offices, normal nettops are cheaper and you just know you'll spill coffee on it one day. Finally, they're just not powerful enough for us geeky people, who are probably the only people who'd know how to use the screen.
So all that's left is people who want a PC in their spare room for guests or the kitchen, but then they'd go the cheaper option.
This reminds me so much of what a modern Amiga would look like in an alternate reality where they still reigned.
IF it could handle 1080P and the uncompressed audio wirelessly to a hidef TV that would make this simply amazing.