There’s a great article about the Eee PC over at Laptop magazine. CEO Jerry Shen responds to interview questions and talks about HSDPA, Atom, and all-day battery life. Having seen and heard about battery life on some Atom-based devices, notably the Hanbit Pad and the Clevo UMPC, I have no doubt that they can pull off at least a 7-hour Eee PC on a Silverthorne processor and perhaps a 6-hour device on Diamondville. ASUS appear confident that this will happen for May so maybe that’s a clue about the launch of Atom.
As the Eee PC 900 flies up the UMPCPortal product charts (I expect it to be #1 tomorrow) its clear that ASUS have an incredible brand with ‘Eee.’ They are setting the standards and covering all angles in their market. Others are simply following and trying to clear-up a few sales based on large storage and territorial availability. It will take something very special to beat it in sales numbers. As hard as I try, I really cant think of any feature that, if included in a competitors device, would take significant sales away from ASUS. Its the de-facto 2nd PC, mobile notebook and kids PC.
Eee PC 900 specifications here. (Plus links to latest news items.)
