OneGx 2 is a handheld gaming PC that’s also a mini-laptop with swappable keyboard layouts
Most of the handheld gaming PCs that have launched in the past few years have looked vaguely like a Nintendo Switch or Valve Steam Deck: there’s a display squeezed between a pair of game controllers and no physical keyboard.
But there are a handful of portable gaming PCs that do have keyboards for easier text input. The GPD Win 4 and AYANEO Slide, for example, have thumb keyboards that slide out from behind the screen. And the GPD Win Mini and Win Max look like little laptops with clamshell-style keyboards. One of the first entries in this space was the One Netbook OneGx mini-laptop that launched in 2020. Now One Netbook is preparing to launch a new model called the OneGx 2 that brings a few big changes to this little laptop.
The company hasn’t revealed official specs, pricing, or a release date yet. But in a teaser video posted to Chinese social video side Bilibili, One Netbook lays out some of the key features of the upcoming handheld gaming PC/mini laptop and promises that it’ll launch a beta testing program soon.
Like most modern handheld gaming PCs, the OneGx 2 features dual analog sticks with RGB backlights, action buttons, and linear triggers. But on this model, those controllers are positioned above a keyboard area.
Possibly the most intriguing thing about this keyboard is that there appears to be support for two different keyboard layouts. One is a split keyboard that allows you to type with your thumbs while holding the OneGx 2 in two hands. But you can also drop a more traditional keyboard attachment over the top of that split keyboard to give the little computer keys that are positioned more comfortably for ten-finger touch-typing.
It’s a little unclear how these two keyboards function from the promo video: I think it’s possible that the split keyboard is a capacitive touch keyboard while the full(er) sized keyboard has physical keys. But I could be wrong about that. Both keyboards are backlit.
Other confirmed features CNC aluminum body and a set of ports that includes USB4 Type-C, USB Type-A, and OCuLink.
There’s no word on the screen size or resolution, processor, memory, storage, or other features. But more details should be revealed closer to launch.
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