OK, I want this. Actually, I want to DO this.

[Luke122]

http://www.mydellmini.com/forum/dell-mini-9-hardware-upgrades/13639-dell-mini-9-tablet-project-complete-lots-pics.html

This guy took a Dell Mini 9 netbook, and modded it into a tablet. Awesome...

An EEEPC could be a good donor for something like this.. hmm...

[OvRiDe]

That my friend, is pretty darn cool!!

[Luke122]

Solderless touch screen kit, keyboard is removed, screen is flipped around and attached directly to the casing, brilliant.

[mDust]

It's cool....but is it useful now? He's now gotta prop the screen up and attach another keyboard to it...and that setup looks like s**t. I hope his OS has a nice and intuitive onscreen keyboard so he can actually go mobile. Other than bragging rights and briefly entertaining others, I don't see the point.

Maybe I'm missing something though, correct me if I am.

[Luke122]

The stand is only for desktop use. He's running Windows 7 on it, and apparently it's great with the touchscreen. Plus it's 100% portable, since it has wifi, bluetooth, and the battery still in it. You can carry it around and use it as a tablet, but with the stand and an external keyboard/mouse, you can use it as a desktop.

I'm sure his cardboard stand is only a prototype anyways. He says in the worklog that it's still in progress. He's going to add some additional cooling to it, as well as some other "goodies". :)

[Zephik]

That is awesome! I wonder if you could do this with a 1005HA?

And I wonder what's cheaper? Buying one of the new $500-ish Tablet Netbooks or building this? That or maybe just wait until the Crunchpad comes out, although that wont be until next year. Hmm.

Did he list a cost anywhere?

[crenn]

Personally.... I'd rather a hybrid model ;)

[Zephik]

Personally.... I'd rather a hybrid model ;)

The WHOLE hybrid model??

(I think I need some time away from Digg. LOL)

[Luke122]

The WHOLE hybrid model??



Accidentally the WHOLE hybrid?! All the place?!

[Zephik]

These kits are only like $85?? Too bad they don't have any for the 1005HA model. T_T

Still though, that's surprisingly cheap to me for some reason.

[Luke122]

I think that $85 is the touchscreen kit only.. just to be clear on that. :)

[Zephik]

So... are you saying they don't come with the touch screens? or?

[Luke122]

Ok whoa..

Lets get on the same page here. $85 is the touchscreen kit.. everything you need to add a touchscreen to a netbook.

Netbook not included. :D

[Zephik]

LOL Well DUH. $85 for a Touch Screen Netbook would be the greatest deal in the universe. lol

No wonder I was a bit confused about what you were trying to say. haha

Maybe it's just me then? I just thought $85 was a pretty sweet deal. I was thinking it would cost more like $150-$250.

[Luke122]

I think it depends on screen size. Touch kits for the old 701 EEEPC's were around 60-70$. Since the mini 9 = 9" screen...

[FuzzyPlushroom]

If it's screen-size-based, I can forget about touchscreenizing my 17" Inspiron 9400 with busted hinges. However, my friend has a Mini 9... could steal hers... hmm... nah.

Cool find, regardless.

EDIT: There's always our Eee 900A, too. That'd be spiffy.

[Zephik]

Here are the ones I could find with relative ease. I was redirected to that site via review/preview sites.

http://www.fidohub.com/buy.php?no=77

Then I found this one through googling...

http://www.touchscreens.com/products-addon.html

It's definitely cheaper if you own a netbook! lol

I wonder why there is no 1005HA model... I mean, its a fairly popular netbook if not THE most popular. I see people go into best buy and pick them over the competition all the time. Hmm. Maybe its too thin? :/

[x88x]

Unfortunately no 10" panels, but some 7", 8.9", and 9" models available nice and cheap, complete with USB interfaces:
7": $33.35 (http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.16124)
8.9": $53.52 (http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.15611)
9": $48.20 (http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.18490)

I'm pretty sure they ship worldwide too (for free! :D ).

EDIT:
Also, awesome mod; I saw it on hackaday a couple days ago. It's a very slick one.