ASUS Eee Keyboard rumored for October, Ion-based Eee Box and Eee Top even sooner
By Thomas Ricker 
posted Aug 21st 2009 7:34AM
posted Aug 21st 2009 7:34AM
It's not official, but we'll take whatever information we can get when it comes to the launch of ASUS' all-in-one Eee Keyboard PC with 5-inch LCD. After seeing rumored launch dates come and go, out pops another, this time from DigiTimes and its Taiwanese industry sources who tend to be pretty accurate with hometown ASUS' plans. The date? October, with a price set to run between $400 and $500. DigiTimes also claims that the NVIDIA Ion-based Eee Box should arrive in September as will that 20-inch Eee Top. Eh, could be... those dates certainly jibe with what we've already heard.
I would love an EEE Box with ion, wifi and a TV tuner. £250 and in black please.
Wtf picture placement
just what i thought!
This device will change the landscape.
it will?
more like change the portrait
How hard would the ee box be to set up.
I don't know for certain but I always assumed the point was that it just needed power and then there was just a single cable for your monitor?
As hard as it would be to connect it to the outlet, the screen, as well as some sort of controller, like a keyboard or mouse, or maybe if you fancy, even both!
It would be nice if it could fold in half to further reduce the size of it when travelling, At least I would like it to fold. I can see this being good for elderly folk.Plug in,turn on, Get doing whatever it is that old people do on computers nowadays....
I foresee a new YouTube series: Does it fold?
Needs a C= logo. Load up a Commodore 64 emulator on this baby, paint some shape characters on the keys and I'd be in C64 nostalgia heaven. Anyone else remember The Hobbit? I loved that game.
God dammit, I came here specifically to make C64 comparisons but you just had to go steal my thunder didn't you.
I like the idea, however would I be able to find a purpose for such product? Any ideas how could I use this at home?
Can i use this as just a kick butt keyboard? i want to put this on my gaming machine with stats, steam messenger and other stuff powered by the eeepc keyboard and my gaming rig powering the game.
or you could just grow up and stop playing games?
In theory its possible. You just need a pc to pc usb cable, and then a program that simulates keyboard. Shouldn't be too hard on linux but not trivial either.
i think the better idea would be if they released another model say in the $100 to $150 range. this new model would look exactly the same but be just a keyboard with the touchscreen as a secondary display. this secondary display could have all kinds of widgets attached to it temp readings, game profiles, fan speeds, instant messengers, all your steam stuff, even browser functions to look up walk throughs while in game. if they made the widgets easily programmable the possibility are endless. now id put up my money for that.
Remote desktop into your desktop with the Eee Keeeyboard.
I'm also hoping that the keyboard can switch modes; switchable to either drive the built-in computer, or function as a bluetooth keyboard for another device. It's a pretty obvious feature... I would be amazed if it ships without that capability.
by using software like synergy, you can get the keyboard/mouse on 1 computer to control another over the network
works great on windows and linux
Whatever happened to the Eee TV?
You know, that 42" 1080p display w/ PC built right in?
Guess they'll wait for Apple to do it first.
Asus releases this contraption, but they decide not to release a new Eee pc with ion? WTF?
i would love this if i could use it as a keyboard with my other computer it dint have that LCD and it could be powered by USB and the monitor connection was USB too
So... like a regular USB keyboard?
Have the fact that this _IS_ a computer ever struck you?
Yeah Doc except it has a full PC in it.
I hope either the Box or Top have both a Digital TV tuner and DVD Blu-Ray!
REAGAN, TEAR DOWN THIS CONVERGENCE WALL!
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Ugh, I'm growing tired of Atom processors. I'm also growing tired of ION, simply because it's Atom's in them. How about a new platform with CULV-processors and nVIDIA GeForce 9400M? Is that so hard, or is it too much of a win to outrank your already existing products? *Sigh*