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Asus EeeKeyboard finally ready for shipping

By | May 12, 2010, 2:48am PDT

Summary: After months of delays and announcements regarding the release, the Asus EeeKeyboard is finally ready to ship and be yours. Asus has the fancy computer/keyboard package priced at $599, with free shipping on Amazon. That might not seem like such a low price for something that looks like just a keyboard, but it really does pack [...]

After months of delays and announcements regarding the release, the Asus EeeKeyboard is finally ready to ship and be yours.

Asus has the fancy computer/keyboard package priced at $599, with free shipping on Amazon. That might not seem like such a low price for something that looks like just a keyboard, but it really does pack a lot in there and can operate as a computer on it’s own.

There is a little 5-inch LED multi-touch display off to the side, but you can hook up a monitor to the EeeKeyboard to make use of the Intel Atom N270-powered device, running on Windows XP Home. Not to mention you can get your enhanced keyboard communicate with other devices via Wi-Fi and Bluetooth v2.1.

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Dogcatcher 12th May 2010
As I see it, the Eee Keyboard and the iPad are the opposite sides of the same portability coin.

The Eee Keyboard is for content creators, whereas the iPad is for content consumers.

I'm betting that the Keyboard will tap a heretofore unserved, maybe even unrecognized, market for those who need/want to do their work on a full-size keyboard.

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