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Gutted Eee PC ditches the keyboard, turns into an awesome touchscreen handheld
Netbooks are going to be hot this year, with both Dell and Sony — among others — trying to get in on the Asus Eee PC and its success as a cheap, functional laptop for light computer use. So how about a net-tablet? That's basically what this modded Eee PC is, worked over by a Japanese modder who ditched the keyboard and turned the Eee into a handheld ultraportable tablet computer.
The end result is a fully-functioning UMPC that's only 1.68 pounds, with buttons on the face of it for simple navigation, and a stylus to interact with the touchscreen. It'd be interesting if the Eee PC's voice commands made it in, too.
There's talk about this being something of a prototype for an actual product. We hope so — we'd love to try it out. Check out the gallery below for more.
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By BoxerFanatic at 6:16 PM ON 02/06/09
This is getting close to what I have been asking for from Apple...
A macBook Air bottom case (maybe shrunk down to ~10 inches give or take), no keyboard or trackpad, just an open-faced glass screen with multi-touch. Glass from edge to beveled edge, aluminum bottom, with a very thin inactive border between the edge of the screen and the edge of the device, and a concave iPhone button for power/sleep/shutdown.
Full OS, with iphone's accelerometers and screen-based keyboard in landscape or portrait orientation, with WiFi, full Bluetooth, and 3G. (bluetooth would allow full keyboard and mouse, with the device in a stand, or with some sort of fold-out leg to prop it up...)
Solid state hard drive, no optical drive, just MagSafe power, and preferably 2 USB, a FireWire port, and a mini-DisplayPort outlet.
And it would be better than Vista with Tablet functions turned on, and more friendly than Linux.
By arc student at 11:23 PM ON 02/06/09
I agree with BOXERFANATIC all of that and ebook (like kindle) throw in a blue tooth head phone and phone capabilities and if its going to have a kick stand option use the laser projected key board for ease on a table.
this could eliminate my cell phone, my laptop, my ipod, and an ereader (that still lacks color). This would be the ideal personal portable device eliminating all the small gadgets and would be great for school and the office.
By Shadkilla at 8:10 PM ON 06/22/09
I want to do it! where can I buy this kit?
By Mr. Reeee at 11:08 PM ON 02/02/10
Wow! What an abomination.
It's look right at home in the 1980s.
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