Beyond the simple keyboard demo I'd been privy to in the months prior, this was a fuller look at the Flow, Connect and Extend concepts incorporated into the platform.
As you'd expect, the keyboard dock packs a second battery, though it also makes room for an optional 500GB hard drive to complement the SSD inside the actual tablet.
The keyboard was pretty weighty (a bit more than we'd have expected, even), but felt like pretty much any other keyboard otherwise.
Oh, we almost forgot -- they've boosted out the keyboard in favor of a more useful D-pad and A, B, X, Y button formation -- which is, needless to say, awesome for playing awesome games.
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And really, there wouldn't have been much of a downside if Acer went with that form factor instead: you'd get the cradle and keyboard in one piece, along with a built-in battery and a smattering of ports.
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"There's no way he'd be able to use a keyboard and mouse, " she said.
If I could get used to navigating via the numeric keypad with the num-lock key off, I'd be perfectly happy with the new keyboard.
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If you're interested in taking the mobile keyboard alternative for a test drive, we'd recommend you head to the company's site now to sign-up.
Thought you'd find the power button on the keyboard deck?
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Back when we reviewed the mid-range Transformer Pad TF300, many readers were upset to learn that they couldn't re-use their OG Transformer dock, meaning if they wanted to upgrade they'd have to buy a new tablet and a new keyboard, to boot.
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We'd also caution you that when the tablet is docked inside the keyboard the weight distribution becomes lopsided -- so much so that unless you angle the display just so the whole thing might tumble backward off your lap.
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You'll be familiar with the LG eXpo and its specs already -- which include a slideout QWERTY keyboard and 1GHz Snapdragon under the hood -- but we thought we'd go try the handset out for ourselves and tell you what we thought.
Yamaha PSR3000Yamaha's latest "home keyboard" models (if you were going to diss on them you'd definitely be calling them organs rather than synthesizers) come with the ability to hook up to a DSL modem and download new songs to pick out on said keyboard, karaoke tunes with lyrics to sing along to, or just muzak.
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Las Vegas, Nevada (CNN) -- A laptop with two touch-screens in lieu of a keyboard, tablets running an unfinished version of Google's Android, 3-D TV sets that don't require glasses.
If you're in a rush to jot down some fleeting bit of brilliance, you'd be best advised to forego the pen and smash away at that onscreen keyboard with your thumbs.
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Sometimes he'd say, 'here, have a seat, ' and he'd throw on a few stops, " referring to the knobs or tabs ranged near the organ keyboard that control the sound, "and let me play.
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