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Asus Eee Keyboard Confirmed For October!

By Danny Allen on September 14, 2009 at 9:45 PM

Hell yes. Asus has finally committed to an October US and European arrival for its entertainment-PC-in-keyboard. The sleek device has a 5-inch touchscreen and uses Ultra Wideband HDMI (with receiver) to connect to your TV. I want it on my coffee-table.

The Eee Keyboard’s netbook-like specs include a 1.6GHz Atom processor, 1GB of DDR2 RAM, 16- or 32GB solid-state hard disk, 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and HDMI.

The official confirmation backs up DigiTimes’ “industry sources” who not only claimed that October looked likely, but estimated the price should be around $US400-$500. Asus didn’t elaborate on cost, but fingers-crossed that it can keep things that low. And with Windows 7 debuting on October 22, hopefully the Eee Keyboard will ditch XP altogether (though it may have a Mobilin Linux option). We’ve [PC World]

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