http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/ Engadget Comments for ASUS retools Eee Keyboard, swaps in capacitive touchscreen http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/Nov 4th 2009 12:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/Nov 4th 2009 3:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/
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Off the top of my head i can see this being handy for college students. Easy to move in and out of dorms etc.]]>Nov 4th 2009 3:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/Nov 4th 2009 3:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/Nov 5th 2009 12:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/Nov 4th 2009 3:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/Nov 4th 2009 3:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/Nov 4th 2009 10:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/
for an example of a person that might want a complete computer taking up no more than the space a keyboard, with a nice touchscreen, for netbook prices:

college students, soccer moms, teens, young children, older individuals..... anyone that needs a low-power consumption, low-footprint, relatively inexpensive secondary machine.... the list goes on.

it's a small computer built into a keyboard. there are many uses. stop being dense.]]>Nov 5th 2009 4:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/Nov 4th 2009 3:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/
How would you feel if one of the touchscreen's app was a numeric pad?

I'm not saying it is, but it certainly could be, and I think would eliminate that problem.]]>Nov 4th 2009 3:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/
U try to enter data with a touchscreen 10key numeric pad even 1/4 as fast as you can with a standard 10 key, and get back to me. With a normal 10 key, you can feel the keys and know where your fingers are at. With a touchscreen, not so much.]]>Nov 4th 2009 3:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/Nov 4th 2009 3:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/Nov 4th 2009 3:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/Nov 4th 2009 5:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/Nov 4th 2009 5:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/Nov 4th 2009 7:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/Nov 4th 2009 7:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/You know this thing will be close to $1000 and it only has the performance of a nettop.]]>Nov 4th 2009 3:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/Nov 4th 2009 3:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/Nov 4th 2009 3:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/Nov 4th 2009 3:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/Nov 4th 2009 3:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/Nov 4th 2009 3:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/
Also, you may miss that windows key...]]>Nov 4th 2009 3:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/Nov 4th 2009 3:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/
@N900: Indeed, Sony did first put a chiclet keyboard into a laptop. I have been searching their site and it seems like there is a bluetooth keyboard, the VGP-BKB1, that Sony put on their SonyStyle.com website recently.

http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&productId=8198552921666005675&tab=featuresTab#additionalImage1%22]]>Nov 4th 2009 3:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/I'm using the smaller, numpad-less version right now plugged into my laptop which is running Windows 7.

And Oli D, the "command" key on the Apple Keyboard functions as the Windows key on a Windows machine.]]>Nov 4th 2009 3:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/Nov 4th 2009 4:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/Nov 4th 2009 4:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/Nov 4th 2009 3:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/A thing running a modern GUI'ed OS without out-of-the-box simple programming forced upon you can't compare.
The OLPC is more reminiscent of those old computers I think.
]]>Nov 4th 2009 5:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/I imagine in theory you could install MSDOS on this and then add qbasic in the autoexec.bat, but why?]]>Nov 4th 2009 5:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/
@N900: Indeed, Sony did first put a chiclet keyboard into a laptop. I have been searching their site and it seems like there is a bluetooth keyboard, the VGP-BKB1, that Sony put on their SonyStyle.com website recently.

http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&productId=8198552921666005675&tab=featuresTab#additionalImage1%22]]>Nov 4th 2009 3:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/
1) Concept stage: "That's awesome! Asus had better get this out as soon as possible, or my head will explode!"

2) Production stage:
=a= "Can it output 720p?"
=b= "Resistive touchscreen blah blah iPhone blah."

3) Release announcement: "And the point of this is what?" "That's stupid." "Something about OSX."]]>Nov 4th 2009 4:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/
Also: Can I use it as a BT keyboard for my iphone?
(Just kidding, I don't have an iphone)
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I'd buy this in a heartbeat if it were just a keyboard and multi-touch panel and ~$100.]]>Nov 4th 2009 4:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/Nov 4th 2009 4:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/Nov 4th 2009 4:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/video-asus-eee-keyboard-running-moblin/]]>Nov 4th 2009 5:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/Nov 4th 2009 6:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/Nov 4th 2009 5:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/Nov 4th 2009 6:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/Nov 4th 2009 6:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/04/asus-retools-eee-keyboard-swaps-in-capacitive-touchscreen/
You can't use it on your HDTV in your living room, because you'll need to have an HDMI cable tethered from your keyboard/computer to the flat panel.

You really gain nothing in terms of space on your desktop, because you'll need to get external drives to make this thing fully functional. And again, lots of cables between this and the drives and display.

Really, the only use for this thing is if you want the power of a netbook with a full-size desktop monitor. I remember the TI-99/4A, Commodore 64/128, Amiga 600 days, and let me tell you: It wasn't really that great having the keyboard built onto the desktop computer. All that meant was that when your keyboard broke or got cruddy, you had to send the whole computer in for repair/cleaning instead of just buying a new damned keyboard.

And I won't even mention the details of people spilling drinks on their keyboards and what it could mean for this thing. I love ASUS, but this seems pointless. ]]>Nov 4th 2009 10:29PM