PC Gadgets – Asus Eee Keyboard PC

At CES 2009, Asus had announced a new technology, known as the Eee Keyboard PC or Eee HTPC Keyboard.

Essentially, this new gadget was a full PC housed within a multimedia keyboard and included a 5-inch touchscreen display. Both a wired and wireless version of the keyboard PC were to be available for purchase this summer.

Asus CEO Jerry Shen anticipates that the wired keyboard PC will be about $400 while the wireless model could be anywhere between $400-$600. Shen was not eager to provide exact pricing due to the current economic conditions but indicated that pricing will be competitive with other notebook computers.

The specs on the Keyboard PCs are as follows:

• Self-contained PC / keyboard combo with integrated 5-inch touchscreen display
• OS: Windows XP Home Edition
• 1.6GHz Intel Atom microprocessor
• 1GB of DDR2 DRAM
• 16GB or 32GB SSD
• Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n
• Bluetooth 2.0
• Ultra Wideband HDMI
• USB 2.0 x2, VGA, HDMI, headphone and mic ports
• Weight: 2 lbs

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