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Two Videos of E-Lead's Noahpad in Action

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the headed-for-the-circular-file dept.

Engadget has a couple of great videos depicting the new 'Noahpad' laptop offering from E-Lead. This laptop offers a new kind of touchpad that is integrated with the keyboard. An interesting idea to be sure, but I doubt I could ever get used to typing on something this strange.

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  1. They call that a keyboard? by KublaiKhan · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'm fairly sure I saw that same design on a recent list of 'worst keyboards of history'--I'm getting carpal tunnel just thinking about typing on that abomination. Not to mention it's one of those flat things of the same type as your typical McDonald's cash register of late '90s vintage--and the chief difficulty of that kind of keyboard, besides the anti-ergonomic layout, was that frequently used keys would wear away, and the contact would become exposed--and shortly thereafter, break.

    The designer should be either shot, or forced to use it.

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    In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
    A stately pleasure dome decree
    1. Re:They call that a keyboard? by ceoyoyo · · Score: 5, Insightful

      From the look of the video it was something a bit different... the trackpad appears to detect where your finger is (what letter you want to type) but to actually type it you seem to have to press the WHOLE half of the keyboard down for some reason. Watching the short bit where the guy was "typing" looked really painful. You can't type properly when the whole keyboard has to depress and then return for every keypress!

  2. Re:Blogtard Noise Machine by mevets · · Score: 5, Funny

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