As JKK says, this could mean that the device is moving towards availability in the U.S.

I haven’t heard anything from ASUS in Germany yet but I’ve sent them a message to see if we can have a status update. Remember that the R50 is the smaller of the two tablets that ASUS will be launching and it will run on the Silverthorne processor with SSD and 3G included. I wonder if we’ll see any Eee-influenced change of branding or pricing? I doubt it.

See the specifications and previous news pages for the R70 and R50 by clicking on the images below.

R70 and R50 from ASUS.