If you're still scratching your head trying to figure out why the Noahpad has such a funky keyboard/touchpad, you're not alone. Fortunately the company has put out two videos showing the keypad in action. Unfortunately, it still looks a little crazy.

For one thing, it doesn't appear that you'll have any tactile response when you depress individual keys. While the combination keyboard/touchpad might be easy to use in mouse mode, I can't imagine it'll be efficient for touch-typing. In fact, if you watch through these demonstration videos, you'll note that you rarely see anyone actually typing on a Noahpad. Instead they're just kind of waving their hands across the top most of the time. When the demonstrator tries to hit an individual key, his hands move much more tentatively.

And don't get me started on the "1024 x 768" resolution display which really just appears to be a 800 x 480 pixel screen that allows you to scroll from side to side and up and down. In other words, you'll never be able to see everything a whole window at once, which will probably drive you a little crazy.

[via Engadget]

You're not alone if you've been having a hard time figuring out how the Noahpad's touchpad/keyboard works. Luckily the folks at Ultra Mobile Life put together a little video from the CES floor showing all the details and quirks.

I'm a bit turned off that there's no way to use the mouse and keyboard functions at the same time. You essentially have to hit a button to activate mouse mode every time you want to move the cursor and then hit the button again to start typing. I also think divided keypad will work well for thumb typers, but if you want to touch type it looks kind of disastrous. I can type just about as quickly on my Eee PC as I can with a full sized laptop, but I doubt I could do the same with a Noahpad.

The virtual on-screen keyboard that pops up when the keyboard is flipped around into tablet mode is interesting, but I imagine it'll take a while to get used to typing backwards. And since the keypad is virtual, you won't have the tactile feedback you get with a regular keyboard.

And finally, I'm still confused after watching this video about the screen resolution. He says 1024, but I kind of get the impression that what he means is you'll be able to view windows that take up 1024 x 768 pixels by sliding them around a standard 800 x 480 pixel screen.

[via jkOnTheRun]