If you can fit a whole computer, keyboard and screen into a tiny, fold-up 7″ box, why not squeeze one into a keyboard?
And here is another great surprise from Asus!
Its Eee PC-in-a-Keyboard is exactly what it sounds like, as it put an entire PC fitted inside of a keyboard.
It also has a small touchscreen display in place of the number pad on the right.
The Eees will be available for $400 and $600. One more thing: Is it just us, or does everything come with an Eee brand on it these days? It’s certainly helping out the alphabet’s second vowel, although as the English language’s most popular letter, it doesn’t really need it.
The specs include:
- 5 inches Touchscreen display
- VGA and HDMI output (optional wireless video capability)
- 1.6Ghz Atom Processor
- 1GB of Ram
- 8GB or 16GB SSD Drive
According to the source, two new Eee PC-in-a-Keyboard models will be available. This is a nice twist on the usual all-in-one pc.
The company chairman Jonney Shih said the firm was shooting for a second quarter launch for the the device, which incorporates a fully fledged PC and touchpad into a standard five-inch deep keyboard. This could mean May, he said, before opting for June as a surer bet.
He also said they were considering bringing OLED screen technology to its Eee notebooks, and said that it expected that 10ih screens would become the norm on the cultish devices, though smaller screens would continue to have a role in emerging and niche markets. Women, in particular, were more likely to opt for a smaller screened, more mobile device, he claimed.
