Give me this combined with glasses that project the screen image and I won't touch a laptop ever again.
You might need a battery too :-)
The AntiPad
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#32It looks awkward with the screen on the right. I'd like to see one with a split ergonomic keyboard with the screen in the middle.
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#33It looks awkward with the screen on the right. I'd like to see one with a split ergonomic keyboard with the screen in the middle.
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.
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#35I 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.
Can anyone think of more innovative uses?
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#36$600?
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.
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#37It'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.
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
it does kinda make sense.
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#39It looks awkward with the screen on the right. I'd like to see one with a split ergonomic keyboard with the screen in the middle.
That's not the screen on the right. That's a touch pad.
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#40I seldom downvote, but here I could not resist to take a point from everyone who did not read the article and mistook the touch pad for the screen.