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this looks lame!

Looks like it's going to depend on a side-connector, or be straight bluetooth. Not bad for writers!

And now that I've read the slides, I see that it's Bluetooth. In any case (no pun intended), I'd seriously consider it for writing on the road.

I would buy one of these but the price has got to be right.

No touchpad, obviously, so brush up on your keyboard shortcuts (or just touch the screen).

I think I would find myself instinctively trying to use the trackpad that isn't there. HA!

I have an app that converts my iPad into a trackpad for my Mac. Not sure if an app exists to make it an iPhone a trackpad to an iPad. If so, then just velcro your iPhone into place and voila, trackpad! If not, somebody write one!

Brilliant! Why didn't someone think of this earlier? It's a screen with a keyboard attached and the keyboard allows you to easily enter data which then appears on the screen and is stored in the flash drive. I'd certainly buy something like this.

burninBush, on 07 January 2011 - 03:56 PM, said:

wow that's one expensive track-pad... personally I hate track pads to start so when a laptop has one my first instinct is to turn the lil' bugger off and use this crazy thing called a wireless MOUSE.

Huh.

Now that is interesting. NOt sure how I feel about it since it is supposed to function as a tablet not as a laptop BUT.....

I like it. I would buy it.

ANd I feel a little dirty inside.

Just get an 11" MacBook Air and sell you iPad on eBay

flybynight, on 07 January 2011 - 03:43 PM, said:

That's alright. Now I've had my iPad for a while, when I'm using my MBP, I find myself instinctively reaching up to touch the screen! Jobs says that touch interface doesn't work on a vertical screen, but I think a combined keyboard/trackpad/touch screen could be amazing.

Tony1, on 07 January 2011 - 06:34 PM, said:

Except that just as an iPad with a keyboard isn't a substitute for a MacBook, a MacBook Air isn't a substitute for an iPad.

I think a lot of people are missing the point of iPad keyboards. From what I've seen, most people looking for a good iPad keyboard or keyboard case aren't trying to replace or "create" a MacBook. Rather, they have an iPad and love all the amazing iPad things it can do, but they want to be able to occasionally do some MacBook/laptop-like things (such as extended typing) for which the iPad alone isn't that great. Instead of trading in the iPad for a laptop (which won't be able to do any of those iPad things they love), or bringing an iPad and a laptop on their next trip, they just want a good iPad keyboard.

As for the price, $150 isn't cheap, it's true. On the other hand, a quality Bluetooth keyboard is $60 to $100, and a good hardshell iPad case is $25 to $60, so the ClamCase's price doesn't seem that outrageous if it turns out to be a quality product.