Fido-Dido touchscreen installed in Eee PC 900 complete with video

It seems adding a touchscreen to the Eee PC 900 is all the rage these days, and one lucky modder installed the Fido-Dido version with what look to be woot-worthy results. He notes that there's no additional bulge, and a test video shows that the new screen is as responsive as one could hope. If you're the owner of a Eee PC 900 and want to get your hands or stylus on your screen (or you're just a curious little bugger), check the glorious video of the Fido-Dido in action after the break.

[^ @ Jul 10th 2008 1:02PM]

NICE

[Metkis @ Jul 10th 2008 1:06PM]

Whoa, someone likes breathing helium!

[Paris @ Jul 10th 2008 1:43PM]

I thought he used one of those devices that change the tone of your voice.

[ShadowKain @ Jul 10th 2008 1:11PM]

So? Ive seen many of these, while the swap is neat, its been done many times already. Yawn. Engadget story not worth of a post.

[Scott @ Jul 10th 2008 1:21PM]

Yet you took the time to read it, and comment negatively.

Epic fail.

[kjb434 @ Jul 10th 2008 1:34PM]

The various versions are great to hear about.

One, it says there may be a market for this which means that future iterations might be considered to have one.

Two, each installation is a little better. This one doesn't show that the computer was tampered with.

[Grindboy @ Jul 10th 2008 1:40PM]

Erm... Actually we've been waiting some time for fido-dido's 900 touch screen kit. I agree there have been other touch screen mods for the 900, most notably JKKmobile's mod but he got his 8.9inch touch screen kit from "industrial sources" so we can't replicate his mod.

[Josh L @ Jul 10th 2008 1:26PM]

I am going to start a charitable not-for-profit group.

I will call it "Tripods for Bloggers" because apparently even though one is tech savvy enough to mod a touchscreen into a laptop, they still can't figure out how to get a goddamn tripod for their cameras.

[OneLove @ Jul 10th 2008 3:53PM]

You don't have to be tech savvy to take out some screws, plug in a new part and then put the screws back in.

[Dee @ Jul 10th 2008 1:27PM]

I swear the first time he said "e-e-e pc" i thought the audio was skipping cause I was listening and watching :)

Cool mod though.

[Scentedflame @ Jul 10th 2008 1:33PM]

This is so boring that I have to say something about it.

[Mark @ Jul 10th 2008 1:38PM]

WTF is a "fido-dido" touchscreen? Can you guys please stop posting these damn Eee Touch mods until someone uses a touchscreen that is readily available, not some crap out of chinese sweatshop that you have to order on ebay.

[Phoenix @ Jul 10th 2008 1:51PM]

The point of THIS is that it's the first KIT based one and not something you need to track down and modify yourself.

AFAIK... I could be an idiot

[LongshotX @ Jul 10th 2008 1:40PM]

What is the obsession with the EEE?

[The_Steven @ Jul 10th 2008 2:10PM]

If we had to explaine it, you wouldn't get it...

...but basically, if someone could mod their wristwatch to surf the net, people would line up to do the same thing.

[Sean @ Jul 10th 2008 1:55PM]

Shame they couldn't make the real one with a touch screen.
Oh hell don't give them any ideas there are too many as it is.

[Jacob Crowther @ Jul 10th 2008 3:21PM]

Sweet. Now put one in my macbook pro...

[Wardriver83 @ Jul 10th 2008 4:32PM]

"There's the front view; no bulge. There's the side view; no bulge. Here's the Asian guy making this video; no bulge."

[Marc-O @ Jul 10th 2008 7:12PM]

Awesome ! Totally called for !

[霽月瀛台 @ Jul 10th 2008 10:38PM]

Effort is appreciated.
But what is the advantage of a touch screen over the keyboard for such a tiny computer?
Personally, I feel no convenience of using a touch screen while the keyboard is just beside may palm.

[JohnM @ Jul 11th 2008 12:47AM]

Let this guy explain it to you...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wVhW6a9i7Y

[霽月瀛台 @ Jul 12th 2008 3:20AM]

a pen and a man

[skulldriveshaft @ Jul 11th 2008 1:15AM]

oh 7-Up why did you give fido dido away?

[istoba @ Jul 11th 2008 1:19AM]

"no bulge"