The keyboard can display key functions, macros and even health or mana bars thanks to this technology.
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Good thing too, cause those controls you see between the keyboard and display allow you to pick the unit up while in a traditional laptop config and continue navigating the display.
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The device has similar features to the iPad, letting users click on applications with their fingers and type on a virtual keyboard on the display.
We didn't know our smartphones weren't quite smart enough to need a guide to the interwebs, but the Foleo syncs to your mobile device, providing a full size keyboard and larger display for editing documents and triaging email (among other things).
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Sure, we could have display, keyboard and power supply available at home, the office, in a hotel room, whatever.
There are also questions over whether the Mac mini will work with very old peripherals, such as display, keyboard and mouse.
Both systems share the same 11.6-inch 1366x768 display, keyboard and trackpad.
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" The laptop also curiously features a small "gaming LCD" display above the keyboard, for providing "additional information about the system or applications.
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Unlike Lenovo's IdeaPad U110, the gloss factor wasn't an issue, as the matte keyboard and only slightly shiny display kept glare to a minimum.
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We actually have a sweet spot for the Lenovo IdeaPad U300s, despite the fact that it's one of the only machines in its price range missing an SD slot, higher-res display and backlit keyboard.
With a multi-touch display - no keyboard or mouse here -- housed in what looks in size and shape like a chic coffee table, the company hope that the table-style computer will change the face of computing at the office and in the home over the next decade.
The display is oriented very close to my face and the keyboard is tucked away so that I could comfortably touch the display.
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The features are sweet: The machine has a 13.3-inch display and a full keyboard.
Whereupon he had demonstrated several poses: from sitting informally beside the open keyboard with a favorite song on display to standing more formally beside the instrument.
Players will have seemingly endless ways to customize the keyboard to illuminate key bindings or display health bars, even use it as a hit indicator in RPGs or shooters.
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The Transformer series feature a detachable keyboard with a two-sided display panel that can be used for work on one side and film transmission or other entertainment on the other.
It features a 2.8-inch capacitive touchscreen display, the widest QWERTY keyboard available on a BlackBerry smartphone and a trackpad for easy navigation.
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Moreover, its 13.3-inch widescreen display and full-size keyboard means you won't notice you're using an ultra-light laptop until you fold it up.
Keep in mind that we've already seen this Frame Zero concept pictured above from Fujitsu and Acer's arch-rival ASUS has been showing off its dual-display laptop prototype with touchscreen keyboard for months.
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When fitted with a pico-projector, the Skinput system could display an image of a digital keyboard on a person's forearm.
It also features an exceptionally thin smartphone design with a slide out, full QWERTY keyboard and 4-inch Super AMOLED touchscreen display.
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The HP Pavilion dm3 includes a 13.3-inch diagonal HD(2) display, an island- style keyboard with optional backlit feature and a stylish and durable metal finish with soft-touch surfaces in matte black.
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Samsung is also introducing GALAXY Y Pro DUOS, which offers additional benefits for young professionals with the combination of a full QWERTY keyboard with a 2.6'' display, giving them more business-friendly experience with better flexibility and usability.
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The Sun Ray appliance effectively becomes the end node of the network, and its function is to display pixels on the screen, capture keyboard and mouse clicks, and send them back to the server.
Also, there is no sensing when the keyboard is closed, which means you can leave the display on inadvertently until it times out.
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The concept in question is quite simple: a primary LCD would be visible at all times, and when the occasion called for another panel or two, they'd simply slide into view, ready to serve as a number pad, or settings control, predictive text display, or even a full-fledged split keyboard.
Its sleek wide-screen display--uncluttered by an ugly chiclet-style keyboard--is ideal for surfing the Web or watching videos.
Every time you slide (nay, push) the display back, you can feel it rubbing up against the keyboard underneath.
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Windows 8, released in late October, can be controlled by touching a display screen, as well the more traditional use of a keyboard or computer mouse.
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