Exactly as planned, the R2H has just been officially launched for the German and Austrian market at a press conference in Munich. Its taken way too long to get here (six months in total.) but at last we can finally be sure of pricing and specifications for the European markets.
What do we want to know? Specs, Availability and Price, right?
Specs:
- 7” TFT WVGA Display (Auflösung: 800 x 480 Bildpunkte)
- Interface Touch Panel & Pen
- ULV Intel® Celeron™ M 900 MHz Prozessor - 768 MB DDR2-533 (256 MB onboard & 512 MB)
- 60 GB HDD
- WLAN 802.11 b/g
- Bluetooth 2.0 EDR
- Sicherheit: Fingerprint Sensor, ASPM – ASUS Security Protect Management, SSO – Single Sign On
- GPS Receiver und Europa Kartenmaterial (Microsoft AutoRoute GPS Map 2006)
- 3 x USB 2.0 Ports, 2 x Audio, Kopfhörer und Mic-In, 1x AV Out, SD Card Reader
- 1.3 Megapixel Web-/Videokamera
- Onboard 10/100 Mbps Ethernet
- MP3 Player
- Abmessungen: 234.2 x 133.0 x 28.0mm
- Gewicht: 960 Gramm
- Protection Bag
- Windows XP Tablet PC Edition und Microsoft Touch Pack
Optional accessories: Foldable keyboard and DVD drive.
Availability:
At the beginning of October in specialist shops.
Price:
R2H-BH039T Deutschland (Germany): € 999,00
R2H-BH039T Österreich (Austria) : € 1.033,00
The guarantee is 2 years (pick up and return) and can be extended to three.
Information is not on the Asus website yet. All information was received via a press announcement from ASUS Germanys PR company.
My opinion: Very good value. Especially with the included MS Autoroute Software (remember that AutoRoute 2007 will have UMPC enhancements. Hopefully an upgrade will be possible.) Will not compete with the Tablet Kiosk i7210 but will pull the average price of UMPCs down by at least $100. Base Samsung Q1 will have to be re-priced to compete.
I will try and find out if the launch also took place in other countries and post more if I find it.
Steve / Chippy.
September 27th, 2006 at 7:38 pm
Any mention of other international release dates?
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September 27th, 2006 at 8:00 pm
any mention about the MAXIMUM RAM ?
Included RAM is 768 MB DDR2-533 (256 MB onboard & 512 MB dimm)
but is it possible to change the 512MB dimm for a 1GB dimm ?
thanks
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September 27th, 2006 at 10:51 pm
Hi.
There is a 256+1GB option when you buy the device from some retailers. I’m not sure if its user-upgradeable.
Steve.
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September 27th, 2006 at 11:17 pm
Hey there Steve,
Did you get any hands-on experience with the R2H unit? In which ways, do you think it is better/worse then the Tabletkiosk 7210? I am in a real dilemma here trying to choose between the two but the difference is nearly 200 quid here in the U.K. (expected, i think). Will you be doing a video review of the unit soon? Take care
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September 28th, 2006 at 5:12 pm
Hi,
This time you seem to get a nice offer in The Netherlands: you can get one at http://www.mycom.nl for € 699,= INCLUDING VAT.
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October 3rd, 2006 at 8:26 am
How suitable is it with Microsoft’s new software?
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October 5th, 2006 at 11:37 pm
“How suitable is it with Microsoft’s new software?”
At the moment, no-one knows what Vista will act like on this UMPC but there have been succesful instalations on similar specifications machines. The outlook looks good.
Steve.
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October 5th, 2006 at 11:40 pm
“Did you get any hands-on experience with the R2H unit? In which ways, do you think it is better/worse then the Tabletkiosk 7210?”
I havent had any hands on with the R2H yet (maybe next week)
My feeling is that if the screen and wifi components are good, it could be a better unit. It’s certainly a great value package. However, there’s no docking station which limits is use as a low-end (office use) home pc replacement.
Watch out for the Q1b and reduced price Q1 before christmas.
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October 14th, 2006 at 2:22 am
Hi All.
Finally I got a hands-on
http://www.carrypad.com/journal/2006/10/asus-r2h-hands-on-its-loaded-in-more.html
Steve.
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