McCaslin-based R2E is official. With HSDPA. For 1200 Euro!

That R2E that was spotted a short while back is now official. Asus appear to have announced it in Italy according to a translation of a notebookitalia.it news item

Its the same design as the original R2H but now includes the 800Mhz Stealey processor, the GMA950 GPU, 1GB of RAM and an 80GB drive. Its also sporting HSDPA (2100MHz)which, for the price of 1200 Euro, puts it right in the HTC Shift / Q1b HSDPA territory. The GPS is still included and they’ve retained the 800×480 screen. The R2E comes with Windows Vista Business. Availability is expected at the end of October.

Its a shame they didn’t take the opportunity to drop in the 1024×600 screen from the Q1U.

Full story at Notebookitalia.(translate link)