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Removable wireless keyboard/mousepad for laptop computers

190 points posted to Broadband and Mobility, Laptops by dlipton 04/28/07

What if the keyboard on notebook and laptop computers were modular and could pop out and then communicate wirelessly with the computer? That way people could place their laptop anywhere and then place the keyboard on their lap. The same applies to the mouse, either as part of the keyboard or just as a separate component.

Another benefit is that broken keyboards could be replaced without ditching the whole computer.

abhishekn
04/29/07		 It's already there in the ML1710
greygabe
04/29/07		 ML1710??? What's that? I know it's on the XPS2010
amri64
04/29/07		 Interesting....

2 slabs - 1 slab is the display, the other the keyboard/CPU. Attached, it's a notebook; flip it and it's a tablet; detach it and it's a slim desktop. So would that be a new catagory i.e. Detachable PC? M (mobile) DPC?

When detached, it'll need a cable to supply power from one slab to the other. USB perhaps? Also function as a video cable, with better transfer rates than IR, RF or Bluetooth?
bennish
05/01/07		 it is on that one xps, but we need it on smaller ones too.
gets my vote
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