Presumably there will be a wireless HDMI dongle so you can pop down by any screen, plug in the wireless dongle and use that screen with your keyboard computer ("keyPad"? "netboard"?).
As for iterations, when I can fold it and put it in my pocket ...
It's a little nostalgic coming from C64/Apple II days having a keyboard+computer in one, but this doesn't make sense anymore. Once you consider the cost of a display, why not just get a netbook or a nettop with display? Even in a developing market, this is pointless.
Because you can just hijack any display you want (with permission of course). I mean, I've got an extra monitor. Want to hook it up to the TV? take it down and connect to the TV. Going to visit a friend? Bring it over connect to their TV.
It's really not a netbook, so much as a portable desktop.
Just to be clear, that's not really a Commodore-branded machine. Some hoaxer took pictures of another company's product (an all-in-one keyboard-computer meant to be used for Point-of-Sales systems) and threw up a poorly designed website claiming it was made by Commodore.
From article, emphasis added: "Apple's iMac has long embodied the notion of an entire PC crammed inside a monitor, but this is the first time we've heard of someone trying it with a keyboard."
When you realize that
1. C64 was designed to connect to a TV
2. That hasn't been feasible for a while since monitors have been so much higher-res than TV
3. But now we have HDTV
Who would connect this to their HDTV, and then use it within the 6' distance of the VGA/HDMI cable? I did that once with my 42" LCD and it felt like my retinas were melting. Typically, one would connect a PC to an HDTV for couch computing. Therefore, nettop and a wireless keyboard/mouse makes much more sense.
I read it... it really isn't much of an article, more like a list of specs.
Anyway, if a wireless video dongle for a TV is the primary video output it is going to fail as a portable device.
Also, if the built in screen is not for primary use... what exactly is it for? it seems to have a bunch of icons on it which I would assume are applications?
In all seriousness, this is awesome, but...at a price $100 higher than the entry-level iPad, it's hard to justify. I was super-excited for that Optimus keyboard, too, but at the end of the day, they're both keyboards, even if they do crazy stuff on top of it.
I like this. I'm thinking: what if the iMacs shipped with a keyboard like that, basically one with an integrated iPod Touch style device where the numeric keypad usually goes?
I suppose the most obvious use would be for programs to delegate some controls onto that touchpad. For instance, sliders for an audio mixing program. The rest of the time it could just be a keypad or collection of shortcuts. Or maybe a good place for notifications/readouts like newsfeeds, tweets, system monitoring, etc.
I have for years contemplated buying a mac mini to hook up to my plasma TV, but I just haven't been able to justify the cost when I can just hook my laptop up to it. When I heard about this Asus keyboard/computer a couple years back I got pretty excited, especially about the wireless transmitting to a display.
Now I own an iPad and the appeal of surfing the web on my plasma greatly diminished for me. As for watching internet video like Hulu, I think I'm just gonna get myself one of these Henge (http://www.hengedocks.com/) docks and save myself the $600.
it does look weird, but if you put your hands on a real keyboard and imagine a screen where your mouse would be, I think it would actually be less annoying than it seems at first glance.
I wish someone would just make an electronic wifi typewriter. Full-size laptop chassis, 7" screen, space for spare batteries if you want. The bare-bones model with 4 hours battery life and a 400mhz processor could easily clock in at $100. For $200 on top of that in batteries and solar, 20 hours would certainly be in reach.
This has been in development for well over a year. Very disappointed it's going to hit at a whopping $600. That's way overpriced for an Atom CPU. This was supposed to be $400 originally, I think.
Is there an extremely lightweight screen to go with this? I'd love to have a very lightweight computer that I can carry around. I would then Remote Desktop onto the beast running at home.
