Eee Keyboard Hits Snag, Launch Delayed

[DainBramaged]

It looks like we'll have to wait a little bit longer for Asus' Eee Keyboard, which was was supposed to launch in October. That didn't happen, nor does it look like we'll see the keyboard this month because it hasn't yet passed wireless regulation testing in te U.S. and Europe. How long that will take is anyone's guess, and it's up in the air whether Asus will manage to ship the Eee Keyboard in time for the holidays.

Perhaps turning lemons into lemonade, Asus said it will use the delay to its advantage by beefing up the hardware specs. The company plans to swap the CPU for one that is faster, and it will get a new OS too. On top of it all, the Eee Keyboard will add capacitive touchscreen capabilities. All this while still checking in around the $500 mark.

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/eee_keyboard_hits_snag_launch_delayed



Featuring wireless HDMI, it's a "fully functional PC" with full QWERTY and a mini secondary touchscreen.

Asus was vague as to if/when we'll actually see the Eee Keyboard come to market (though we're pretty sure it's a semi-real product), but it's a fantastic concept for a home theater PC if we've ever seen one. Through wireless HDMI you could potentially make any television into your monitor (complete with audio playback) without having some huge PC taking up space.



http://gizmodo.com/5124985/eee-keyboard-an-entire-touchscreen-home-theater-pc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9r-y3HeNle0

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

1. I used to have something like that,

It was a 333mhz Celeron and slower than shit, but I had it hooked up to a TV for a few years till the power brick melted. Neat enough idea.