Comments on: Touchscreen kit for Eee PC

By: joes

joes — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:32:51 +0000

I wonder if a standalone touchscreen kit can be used as a secondary input(like touch tablets are with the pen or without as seen on laptop “mouses.”)
That would be great for a computer I don’t want to jostle around and risk destroying the HDD — or other components…

By: austin picnkey

austin picnkey — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:47:32 +0000

I cant find a touch screen that will fit perfectly.

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 02:58:32 +0000

Awesome post.

I have an Itronix IX250 and a Fujitsu Siemens lifebook B2154, both with touchscreen – I find it so useful, i find myself prodding the crt of my benchtop pc and wishing i had touchscreen on that too.

It’s hard to imagine using touchscreen, but once you do you become quite dependent on it!

By: alex mccown

alex mccown — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:13:32 +0000

lol i bought mine … i have no idea waht i cost usd but all i know is get it b4 bush does something stupid agin and fucks up our dollar … agin

By: Orv

Orv — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:48:23 +0000

Not to pour cold water on anyone, but before you think “touchscreen, cool!” and spend money on this, you might want to think it over. I had an LG Phenom Express for a while, which was a mini-laptop with a touchscreen. It was very awkward to use. You had to take both hands off the keyboard any time you wanted to use the mouse — one to poke the screen, and the other to brace the screen so the machine wouldn’t fall over. Not very convenient, and your hands got tired quickly with nothing to rest your hand on while you moused.

By: Rool

Rool — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:48:02 +0000

Or you can buy this http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.12561
47 usd / 30 eur
It's cool to use on an eee

By: jai

jai — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 13:40:34 +0000

@3

Uh, your dollar isn't quite that weak, yet :)

That's Taiwan New Dollars. $2,350 TWD is roughly $77 USD at the moment.

Shipping may be a different story, though ....

jai.
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By: ethan

ethan — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 13:18:26 +0000

Price will go down, assuming that they also make one for the 900 series.

By: alex mccown

alex mccown — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:40:22 +0000

yah i agree with givaephuk if you can find a touch screen that can fit the eepcs screen it will be much much cheaper than fucking $200

By: givaephuk

givaephuk — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 09:35:09 +0000

its about $200 USD which is way too expensive considering you can buy solderless (4port hub & touchscreen) kits off ebay for $90 USD. Sure they require you pull out the mainboard of your EEE PC, but it’s still solderless, & doesn’t look that hard to do.

By: Arkaiser

Arkaiser — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 08:42:46 +0000

@ alex

It seems it’s around 340 bucks…

By: alex mccown

alex mccown — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 08:37:12 +0000

2,350 å … how much USD?

By: monster

monster — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 08:04:08 +0000

but how hard would it be to add touchscreen capability to the 900 series? i’m saving up to get a black one soon.

also, is it possible to use the trackpad and touch screen at the same time? if i have the 900 in my car i’d like to be able to tap the screen instead of using the pad