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Is your Optimus Maximus feeling a little… dated? OLED keys just not quite doing it for you any longer? Looking for something a little different, and maybe a little smaller? That’s the Popularis, a product announced just about two years ago that the good folks at Optimus would like to remind you is still progressing quite nicely. Plans are to start production later this year with a release sometime in 2011. Like the Maximus, the Popularis will have full-color keys, but they are said to not be OLED-based this time, leaving us wondering. When it was initially announced the keyboard was set to retail for the bargain price of under $1,000 but, given the rate of inflation since then, we could be looking at an MSRP closer to $1,010. Better skip today’s Starbucks run.

Optimus Popularis keyboard is still on target, due next year originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 13 May 2010 08:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This isn’t the first keyboard assembly snafu we’ve seen and it certainly won’t be the last. But once again it’s time to point and laugh at Apple after its new Core i7-equipped MacBook Pro was accidentally fitted with three command keys in Japan. Funny, knowing Steve Jobs you’d think he’d opt for more ctrl.

MacBook Pro i7 in a ‘command’ performance originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 12 May 2010 05:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The second we heard the iPad had Bluetooth keyboard support we knew we’d see a laptop-style case emerge, and here we are, watching a rendered product video for the ClamCase, which triples as case, a stand, and a keyboard. Sure, we have our doubts that the Iron Man 2 footage and AC/DC track being used were properly licensed and the product isn’t actually real, but we’ve got a feeling iPad keyboard cases are going to be the playground for accessory manufacturers — and the trend is just going to intensify when OS 4.0 brings keyboard support to the iPhone. We’ll be honest, we can’t wait to see what happens when some of these companies let their freak-flags fly — check the ClamCase video and PR after the break.

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ClamCase iPad case magically turns your tablet into a laptop originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 05 May 2010 20:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It’s already gone up for pre-order and been unboxed, but ASUS has only just now really, officially “launched” its EeeKeyboard, completing a long, strange journey that began way back at CES 2009. Since then, we’ve seen the keyboard PC get a June launch date, run Moblin, get an August launch date, get gutted, hit the FCC, get an October launch date, hit the FCC again, get a capacitive touchscreen upgrade, get a price and a February launch date, get delayed, lose a space, and get a late-April launch date before now finally launching… in May. Thanks for the memories, ASUS.

[Thanks, Sal]

ASUS EeeKeyboard gets really, really official originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 01 May 2010 21:53:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jumpin’ Jehosaphat! After well over a year of false starts, delays, teases and purported prices, ASUS’ PC-in-a-keyboard is just about ready to ship to eager Americans. If you’ll recall, we heard a few weeks back that late April would finally bring about Stateside shipments of the EeeKeyboard, and amazingly, the price seems to have remained constant with what we heard back in January. A fresh product listing over at Amazon shows off a $599 asking price, and as for specs, we’re told that it’ll roll with a 1.6GHz Atom N270 CPU, 1GB of DDR2 memory, Windows XP Home, 802.11b/g/n WiFi, a gigabit Ethernet jack, Bluetooth 2.1, a 16GB SSD, HDMI out, integrated UWB receiver, a trio of USB 2.0 sockets and a 5-inch LED-backlit, multitouch display with an 800 x 480 resolution.Mum’s the word on a definite ship date, but hit up the source link to secure your place in line.

ASUS EeeKeyboard up for pre-order, priced at $599 in the States originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 21 Apr 2010 02:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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