OneBoard PRO+ Is A Mechanical Keyboard That Runs On Android

[pandp]

Have you seen this?
http://www.ubergizmo.com/2015/02/oneboa ... n-android/
I don't think palm support is good in this case.

[cookie]

The Idea of an integrated Android OS into the keyboard is quite smart, unfortunately it is ugly as fuck

[Muirium]

The OneBoard PRO+ is very similar to the CoolShip, a trainwreck of a keyboard PC that popped up on IndieGoGo two years ago. There are some very, very big differences, however. For starters, you don’t have to worry about whether or not the OneBoard will ever ship. It’s already being manufactured by Acooo and it’s available on a number of websites including AliExpress. It’s also got real Cherry MX switches beneath its keys, not those flimsy rubbery domes.

It also has one more trick up its sleeve. Not only can you use the OneBoard PRO+ as a standalone PC, but you can also plug it in to a USB port on your computer and use it as an ordinary keyboard. That’s a nice bonus, but you’ll have to wrestle with whether that justifies a retail price of $299. It’s not hard to find a decent mechanical keyboard and a separate quad-core Android HDMI stick PC for a lot less money.

http://www.geek.com/android/a-quad-core ... d-1614864/

$299 buys a lot more keyword than this!

[cookie]

Only downside, if you spill your drink into this thing, you are pretty much fucked!

[seebart]

The Idea of an integrated Android OS into the keyboard is quite smart, unfortunately it is ugly as fuck

ugly and expensive as fuck!

$299 buys a lot more keyword than this!

damn right.

[cookie]

Concidering there is a fully working computer inside, I think 299 is quite a fair price.
Well maybe not fair but tolerable, you pay for the idea! I'd quite like to see this inside a more elegant case and keyboard.

[matt3o]

Link with real information instead of gadget-blog-nonsense

http://www.banggood.com/OneBoard-Pro-Sm ... 66938.html

I actually find it an interesting concept. The price for all the features seems reasonable. I would not buy it of course.

[seebart]

Concidering there is a fully working computer inside, I think 299 is quite a fair price.

It will feature a quad-core Rockchip SoC clocked at 1.8GHz and will come with 2GB of RAM, 16GB of eMMC storage, and a SD card slot for memory expansion.

ok I was possibly too fast to judge...that kb has a pretty good layout. Don´t know about the hardware though.

[scottc]

I don't know, those 'Android sticks' with HDMI interfaces sell for something like 30 euro on Chinese sites. I agree with Cookie, though: you're really paying for the idea. Nice idea, though I'd never use it. Maybe it could make a nice cusotm laptop!

[Muirium]

My favourite single thing about keyboards, as a technology, is that they're free from obsolescence. My 1980s IBMs are every bit as good as a new Realforce, and a hell of a lot better than practically everything else out there, while the computers they originally plugged into are museum exhibits! I like a bit of emulation, but I don't keep nearly as many old computers around as I keep ancient keyboards. That's straight down to practicality: with a Teensy or new controller, these boards are still perfectly useful today. No ifs buts or asterisks. They're magnificent!

In fact, they're more useful than they ever were before the internet and I didn't have as many excuses to write so much!

[seebart]

My favourite single thing about keyboards, as a technology, is that they're free from obsolescence. My 1980s IBMs are every bit as good as a new Realforce, and a hell of a lot better than practically everything else out there, while the computers they originally plugged into are museum exhibits! I like a bit of emulation, but I don't keep nearly as many old computers around as I keep ancient keyboards. That's straight down to practicality: with a Teensy or new controller, these boards are still perfectly useful today. No ifs buts or asterisks. They're magnificent!

In fact, they're more useful than they ever were before the internet and I didn't have as many excuses to write so much!

true, one of the very few pieces of hardware that easily transcends centuries, I´m typing on my XT from 1984 right now.

[bhtooefr]

$300 for this? Mehhhh.

$100 for a Choc Mini, $60 for a WinBook TW700, and you've got in all likelihood more CPU power, albeit half the RAM, and you get a battery with it too, and the ability to run x86 desktop software.

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bhtooefr literally killed this thing with his summary

[Muirium]

I like Matteo's:

I actually find it an interesting concept. The price for all the features seems reasonable. I would not buy it of course.

What exactly have these poor bastards got to do to get our support?

In my case: don't even bother. The addition of a computer to a keyboard adds Moore's Law to the equation, and the outcome after a few years ain't pretty. Better adding a retro emulator of some sort, which shouldn't date too badly either. But soon enough, no matter what you pack in, it won't even get web browser support. My PowerPCs and 32 bit Intels are fast enough to render the web, but the devs aren't interested.

[matt3o]

don't forget

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[Muirium]

Cool. I'm still hunting for a 64 bit processor to go in the original IBM PC my XT came with. Some drop in card like that, right?



The keyboard works fine on my Mac Pro already, though…

[matt3o]

they called from the 80s, they want their haircut back

[Muirium]

You try telling that to John Carmack.



I for one welcome our 1980s overlords, with their clearly superior technologies and mysterious fashion sense.

[bhtooefr]

Well, there are Socket 478 Baby AT motherboards, and the Celeron D 350 is a EM64T-enabled Socket 478 Prescott...