ASUS T91 Pre-Production Hands-On from TechRadar

Posted on 14 May 2009, Last updated on 12 November 2019 by

T91_ScreenTurn_TouchMemo-420-75I haven’t been through this hands-on in detail yet but I wanted to highlight it ASAP to the readers here.

TechRadar have had time with a pre-production version of the ASUS T91 convertible netbook. This is the netbook that a lot of ultra mobile PC fans are looking at. It’s lightweight, very small and has an 8.9 inch convertible 1024×600 touchscreen.

The first thing I’m looking for on the report is battery life…. three hours and twenty minutes of video playback. I was expecting more considering that the Viliv S5 with it’s 24wh battery, can play video for 6hrs. Maybe the video was CPU-decoded? Maybe it’s just the big screen which will be adding a big drain on the battery.

Full specs and more links here.

I’ll update this post with my thoughts.

Update:
I wouldn’t really call this a review. No mention of screen brightness and battery life under normal use, keyboard quality, mousepad. I suspect this was just a 30 minute hands-on with the device but it gives positive vibes which is a good sign.

6 Comments For This Post

  1. Steve 'Chippy' Paine says:

    New article: ASUS T91 Pre-Production Hands-On from TechRadar http://cli.gs/XyXd4V

  2. Suppy says:

    Is there any chance to use it like a graphic tablet (like Wacom Bamboo Fun)?

  3. Chippy says:

    Not really. As it’s touch sensitive it reacts to any touch. Graphic tablets use a special pen.

  4. Vampirecat says:

    At least there’s a timeline for the release. But no mention of heat, speaker quality, sunlight readability.

  5. johnkzin says:

    Still no word on the Eee Linux (Xandros) variant for this one?

    Or if Eeebuntu will have an Ubuntu port for it?

  6. lil says:

    The release date? not yet

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