The keyboard on the 1000h is larger than that of the 701/900 in fact it is 83% of full-size. It has a small right shift key but apart from that isn't bad. The MSI Wind U100 is worth a look too, 5 hours battery life and a nice keyboard. , . and / are shrunk to fit, but if you bunch your fingers it's not too bad. The mininote has a 92% full-size keyboard and is rather nice, although performance isn't great. I find the 701's keyboard cramped to type on, but far less cramped than a mobile phone or pda. Regards, Kerry. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cheryl Homiak" <chomiak@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "speakup List" <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2009 4:29 AM Subject: Asus EEE PC > > Hi all. > > I'm looking at Asus EEE Pcs and had a question for which I haven't found > an answer. I know there are different models but what I'm concerned about > is: what kind of keyboard does it have if it's so small or does it come > with a keyboard we can use? For instance, my cell phone has a qwerty > keyboard that I can use but is painfully slow for me to type on since I've > never gotten good at the thumbs trick so I'm concerned as to whether I'd > manage ok with an eee pc. I imagine if you get one with bluetooth it > wouldn't matter because you could use a separate keyboard but of course > that immediately means carryint around one more thing. I didn't really > find anything about how one keys in though I did see something about an > onscreen keyboard which I'm assuming wouldn't be very accessible for us > out of the box. > > > -- > Cheryl > > "Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >