Tracing a Pocketables story right back to the source reveals some interesting news. Apparently a press representative for ASUS in Germany said that there would be a 10″ version of the Eee PC in the same shell as the original version. The 10″ screen news is old but the fact that it will come in the same shell as the original Eee PC is new to me.
Lets assume that they will bump it up to 1024×600 and offer it with Windows XP for the previously rumored price of $1000. Mmm. It doesn’t sounds so cheap but it would be smaller than its rivals and would still undercut them by price. Take the Averatec 1100 for example. Or the LG C1. It would look pretty cool too (scale mock-up image on the left.) I’m trying to get details through some ASUS contacts. Lets see what they have to say!
Update: ASUS responded and its bad news. See latest story.
The second item of Eee PC relevant news comes via JKK Mobile who reports on the PCI-E Mini SSD card that Sandisk have announced as part of the CES preview today. Its called the ‘Vaulter’ and comes in 8GB or 16GB versions. It would allow Eee PC users to expand the drive capacity internally. It will be launched in Jan at CES. Press release here.
