Eee keyboard specification confirmed

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By Stuart Turton

Posted on 12 Oct 2009 at 13:14

The Eee keyboard has taken a step closer to reality with the FCC publishing specs and pictures.

The Eee keyboard made its first appearance at the Consumer Electronics Show back in January, and is effectively an Eee PC stuffed into a keyboard.

Since that initial revelation we've heard only rumours of what's lurking beneath the case, however, the FCC has now published a raft of information including the user manual, specs and external shots.

The Eee keyboard follows the familiar netbook specification, and features a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 processor, 1GB of RAM, and either 16GB or 32GB of SSD storage. There's also a Broadcom AV-VD905 video decoder, which Asus claims will allow the Eee keyboard to output high-definition video.

This can be accomplished through the wireless HDMI unit, which connects to a small wireless receiver at the back of your television or monitor.

There's also the option to output through VGA, draft-n wireless and an Ultra Wideband antenna, with an effective range of 5m. According to the filing, people will be able to connect their Eee keyboard to two monitors simultaneously using UWB and either a VGA or HDMI.

The other neat feature of the Eee keyboard is the 5in 800 x 480 touchscreen display that sits to the right of the keys. The touchscreen is capable of displaying the full Windows XP desktop that ships with the unit, or a simple set of media hotkeys.

The company still seems to be struggling with poor battery life, which at the moment stands at around four hours - a three-hour increase over the model shown in January, but still way short of most netbooks.

There's still no word on price or availability, however.