CES Hands On: Eee Keyboard

The Eee Keyboard has been floating around since about last CES. According to PC Mag, it is now slated to ship next month for $500 to $600. It’s on display here at CES. I got a chance to play around with the device, though only on the small screen, there was a larger screen connected to one unit, but the large display wasn’t working when I was there. The small screen did have some apps to play around with, though.

The screen itself was capacitive, and was quite responsive. I was able to get around without very much lag not matter what screen. From the small screen just about everything is accessible: all types of media, web apps, a few games, file directory, a few dedicated apps and even the full Windows XP desktop. The Windows desktop didn’t display in its entirety, but moving a finger to the edge of the screen panned in that direction. It wasn’t a great experience, but it doesn’t seem like the Eee keyboard’s tiny screen was meant for any sort of trip into the Windows desktop.

The typing on the keyboard wasn’t bad, about what you’d expect from any Eee machine with the chiclet-style keyboard. Based on my limited experience, it doesn’t seem anything mind-blowing aside from the fact that it’s an entire netbook/nettop built into a keyboard. But, if that novelty it worth $500 to you, go for it when it apparently launches next month.

Read [PC Mag]

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