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built in kickstand? http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2012/06/micros... kinda cheezy

Cover is a keyboard? http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2012/06/micros...

That's actually cool

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Cover as keyboard less cool without kickstand!

Exactly. Depending on how it feels to type on that keyboard and the weight of the device, this could be a fully functional laptop and tablet.

Yeah, cover as a keyboard is along the lines of Apple-like innovation. I think that's not a bad design decision, so long as it's a choice (i.e. SW keyboard is also an option).

It's windows 8, so the software keyboard is there.

I think that the cover will be sold separately. They announced it as "Surface Cover", and coming in different colors, it makes sense to be sold separately. So, there's no other option but to also have a software keyboard. If not, the possibility of detaching the cover would be worthless.

I have a "cover as a keyboard" too.

It's called the bottom half of my macbook air.

Please explain the downvote. I'm honestly not sure what the distinction between the two is.

It's just your Air isn't a touch-tablet.

And since most of the processing metal is in the keyboard half, I'd say it's cover-as-a-screen instead.

Your Air is not a touch-enabled tablet?

Serious question, in what way is your second picture not a picture of a more-or-less conventional laptop?

I'm asking because I find the "live blog" page incomprehensible.

theverge.com had a much better live blog.

Because it's basically a tablet, but the screen cover (3mm thick), that is attached with magnets and can be detached, is a full multi-touch keyboard.

It's a thinner ASUS EeePad Transformer - http://uk.asus.com/Eee/Eee_Pad/Eee_Pad_Transformer_TF101/

Well, something like that, but you also have an x86 version. (But the x86 is going to be more expensive than the ARM version)

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