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Eee PC ‘Seashell’ 1008HA Image Set


JKKMobile will have a brief video of the 1008HA very soon but here’s the image set I took at the ASUS press Conference. Its a slick looking device but there’s no real info on specs at this stage. It looks like the battery is sealed-in too.

Full set of images in the gallery.

ASUS T91Go hands-on Video


We hit the ASUS booth today and WOW! About 30% of it was dedicated to the Eee PC brand. From keyboard PCs to Skype phones and every variation of netbook in between. Quite a sight to see.

Here’s a video of the ASUS T91Go the 3G/SSD version of the ASUS T91 [specifications]. The sky-lighting made it impossible to get a good shot of the user interface but you get to see the device from every angle. JKK does a good job of talking through it too.

ASUS Eee PC ‘Shell’


Initial thoughts on this news about an a new ASUS EEE device was that it would be just a keyboard, screen and battery ‘shell’ that you could slot an Eee PC module into. I can’t help thinking about a high-end Android MID/Smartphone that slots into the ‘shell’ to turn it into a netbook but i’m sure my thoughts are 12 months away from reality.

In reality (at least in Digitimes’ world) it’s going to be a thin 10″ netbook. If it’s light light light, I might raise an eyebrow otherwise, this will probably be the last you hear of it from me ;-)

ASUS Eee PC ‘Shell’ ultra-thin netbook launching in April? – Engadget.

Asus Eee 2G Surf on woot today for $159


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My favorite deal-per-day site, Woot.com is selling one of the original netbooks. Well, actually it is its sister site, sellout.woot.com, but the same concept applies.

Today only you’ll be able to buy a refurbished Eee 2G surf which features a 7″ 800×480 screen, 2GB of SSD space, 512MB of RAM, and an 800MHz Celeron processor. You can also choose the color you want, from black, blue, green, pink, or white.  Buy soon if you are interested, once it sells out it is gone for good.

Weekly Netbook Roundup 2/16


Welcome back to another edition of the WRN roundup, here is some interesting items from this week:

  • HP Mini 1000 accessories — Brad from Liliputing points us to an HP Mini 1000 [Portal page] site with accessories available for the Mini 1000. A few things are available to order today but the VGA adapter and Mobile Mini Drive still aren’t available yet. Check out our Mini 1000 MIE coverage here.
  • Sony Vaio P battery life: Standard vs. Extended — Jenn of Pocketables.net continues here thorough coverage of the VAIO P with tests of the 2- and 4-cell batteries. Click through for a full chart featuring the length that the batteries lasted while running different tasks. While the 2-cell battery probably won’t satisfy your daily computing needs, the 4-cell managed to last just over 6 hours browsing the web (with one hour of that taken up by playing a flash video).

Asus finally gives us some reasonable shift keys


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My biggest complaint about many of the netbooks on the market over the last year is that some of them can’t seem to get the keyboard right. Even when the size of the keyboard is reasonable, there can be some problems with key placement, the biggest offender being the incredibly annoying small shift key on the Eee line of Asus netbooks. For someone who really types on a keyboard, and doesn’t hunt and peck, the tiny shift key, which is often on the wrong side of the arrow keys, is a major annoyance. Missing the shift key is one thing, but accidentally hitting the up arrow key causes a whole slew of issues that really get in the way of serious typing.

A few sites got news that Asus would be switching up its keyboard arrangement, and now we can see concrete evidence of this from some of the models being shown at CES 09′. Several new Eee models are featuring the updated keyboard which moves the shift key to the left of the up arrow and increases its size. Some of the new models include the new Eee T101H 10″ ‘tablet netbook’.

[Liliputing]

ASUS Eee PC T91 Convertible. The PND Netbook?


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Update: Building a list of the specs and news references in the product database page.

An 8.9″ 2.1lb PC it’s not exactly the type of thing I’d like to have on my car dashboard but it seems that ASUS might be thinking that way. With GPS, touchscreen and an FM transmitter it looks like they’re going for the navigation option.

LaptopMag have a short article with information from the ASUS press event that took place at CES a short while ago.

I have a similar combination of convertible with GPS on my SC3 and I can honestly say that I’ve never ever thought about using it as a PND. There are far better solutions out there. Maybe ASUS will focus on the tablet element of this one though. At 1KG, it will work well for some.

Liliputing have some more pics and are saying that the device is due for launch in the 3-6months timeframe.

Related ASUS convertible item: The T83 from CeBIT in 2007 that never saw the light of day.

Update: Looks like there’s a 10″ version of this. The T101H

Eee PC 1000H Go. (3G built-in)


image If you can’t wait for the Samsung NC10 3G and don’t want the small keyboard of the Eee PC 901 Go then this might be one for you to keep an eye out for. Especially if you’re in Germany. The very popular 1000H (Windows XP, SATA 160GB drive, 1GB, 6-cell) is now available with 3G built-in. (HSDPA/HSUPA) At 503 Euros inclusive of tax, its not the cheapest netbook out there but its a lot cheaper than many other 3G notebook options. Just like the Samsung NC10, it’s got a good keyboard and excellent battery life meaning you’ll have no problems getting those PC-based jobs done when you’re away from the office. If you order today (Cyberport, Germany) it should be with you before Christmas. Sooo tempting!

More information, specification and links for the Eee PC 1000H here.

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