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ASUS T91 Eee Tablet Hits Online Stores for $500
Ahh, that's more like it. Early reports of lofty British pricing had us worried that the ASUS T91 convertible tablet would sell for nearly $700; now, online retailers are listing the 8.9-inch touchscreen Eee at a much more reasonable $500. More »
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By John HerrmanComment by mathew: Is it available without Windows? Windows is a dealbreaker. 3 Responses | Other threads
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Asus Wants to Walk in Apple's Shoes
There's no question, the Eee changed everything. But can Asus offer products that are on par with Apple design? According to Asustek vice chairman Jonathan Tsang, that's the aspiration. More »
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By Mark WilsonComment by dgaf8: wait a minute..they want to walk in apple shoes? So they want to sell less laptops???? 9 Responses | Other threads
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android
ASUS: Hey Guys, Forget You Ever Saw That Android Netbook, OK?
One of the early surprises of Computex was this delightful little Android netbook from ASUS, based on the ultra-efficient Snapdragon platform. Acer has since responded with a full-throated commitment to Android netbooks, but now ASUS is backing off. More »
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By John HerrmanComment by Kaiser-Machead: Would've just made more sense to stick with the tried and true Linux builds, be it Jaundiced Jackalope, Incestuous Ibis,... 12 Responses | Other threads
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netbooks
New Asus Eee Seashell Features 11.6-Inch Screen and 11-Hour Battery
We loved Asus' super-slim Eee Seashell, and it looks like Asus can see they might have a hit on their hands. In Asus' mind, that means it's time to bring on the new models, and the first seems to be an 11.6-inch Seashell with an alleged 11-hour battery life. More » -
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ASUS Demos Snapdragon-Based Eee PC With Android
In their continued quest to hash out absolutely every permutation of the netbook category, ASUS has created something pretty interesting: a passively-cooled Android netbook based on the ultra-low-draw Qualcomm Snapdragon platform. More »
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By John HerrmanComment by hired_geek: I know that Asus is officially said 'a-soos', but I still can't bring myself to say it like that! It... 2 Responses | Other threads
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Asus T91 (Convertible Eee) Arriving to UK Next Month
I find the Asus T91, spotted at CES, to be one of the most interesting netbooks coming to the market today. More » -
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iPhone vs Asus Netbook Extreme Typing Test
Crave UK's Rory Reid did a great experiment: Test the typing accuracy of the iPhone vs an Asus Netbook in a rally car racing at full speed. The video and the results will surprise you. More »
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By Jesus DiazComment by Ken_Darrow: A better test would be trying to type while having sex with Megan Fox or Amy Winehouse. 14 Responses | Other threads
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The Eee PC Gets a DVD Drive
Last week it was a rumor. Today it's a fact. The Eee PC (model 1004DN) will be the first Eee with a Super-Multi optical disc drive. More » -
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Asus Eees Getting Voice Recognition This Year
Who knows if it will work, but Asus wants to put "an end to the keyboard." So a variety of Eee products will roll out with voice recognition capabilities later this year. More »
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By Mark WilsonComment by Carmine Lavino: Is it just me, or does the above netbook look like it came from a Disney World theme park? 6 Responses | Other threads
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Asus Getting Rid of 8.9-inch Netbooks in 2009
If you like 8.9-inch screens, you might want to get one now. Asus has said that it'll be phasing out that size in 2009, since 10-inch models are dominating the market. More »
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By Elaine ChowComment by WGPSuicideRun: Can we just get rid of all of them? please? 12 Responses | Other threads
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netbooks
Intel Shipping Atom N280 Processors, Bringing HD Quality to Netbooks
Intel is now shipping their new 1.66GHz Atom N280 processors to PC makers—a chip should give netbooks a performance boost with HD video. More »
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By Sean FallonComment by Deaf Mute: I don't really understand the purpose of a netbook that plays movies.. I thought they were suppose to be used... 6 Responses | Other threads
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Give Your Eee PC 900HA a Touchscreen
As one of the few tablet lovers here, I'm going crazy waiting for the Eee tablet netbook. Maybe instead, I ought to just make my own out of Eee 900HA like these guys. More »
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By Elaine ChowComment by Luke Karmazin: This was done about a month ago. My 901A has this upgrade. My advice is to add the internal bluetooth... 1 Responses | Other threads
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diy
Humpback Eee PC Gets 15 Hours of Battery Life
Eee PC enthusiast Tenacious Dre has put together a 15-hour 12-cell cell battery for his overclocked netbook. I guess he won't try passing it through airport security, because the thing looks like an ACME bomb: More »
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By Jesus DiazComment by Hello Mister Walrus: I get more than 20 hours of battery life from my laptop. Sure, I have to lug around a car... 10 Responses | Other threads
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Super Talent SSDs Boost Netbook Flash Storage To 64GB For $169
Not a bad price at all on a mini-PCIe solid-state drive. These are intended for the Eee PC S101, but will work with any machine that can take mini-PCIe add-ons. More »
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By John MahoneyComment by spazztastic: Will this work for the Dell Mini 9? 4 Responses | Other threads
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Laser-Etching Hall of Fame: Eee PC Gets Tattooed With Every Super Mario Land Level
The Kotaku boys got a present in their email this morning—reader Chris engraved his Eee PC with every Super Mario Land level stretched sequentially on the case. Up close, it's even more beautiful. More »
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By John MahoneyComment by Undercloacker: EPIC!!!!love it, want it on my EEE hahahaha would give it a touch of smthing PS: BTW looks like the blind... 5 Responses | Other threads
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computers
ASUS D200 Is a Media Server, Touchscreen Nettop, Router, Box
Somewhere between the first EeePC and their awesome media-center-in-a-keyboard, ASUS became the Chuck Bukowksi of the gadget world: Drunk, unpredictable, prolific and occasionally brilliant. Then what of the Eee PC D200 touchscreen NAS-cum-router? More » -
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Eee Keyboard: An Entire Touchscreen Home Theater PC
We spotted some Asus keyboards last week, but none were nearly as potentially awesome as the official Eee Keyboard. Featuring wireless HDMI, it's a "fully functional PC" with full QWERTY and a mini secondary touchscreen. More »
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By Mark WilsonComment by RustyO918: I don't care how much it cost, this thing is amazing and I'm buying one. 21 Responses | Other threads
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Asus T91: Your 1-inch Thick Convertible Eee PC
The Asus T91 is an intriguing netbook from Asus. Just 2lbs in weight, it features an 8.9" convertible touchscreen display and Atom processor. Pricing/availability are yet unannounced. More » -
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Android On An Eee PC
Making good on Google's continued pledge to not limit Android to just phones, two guys at VentureBeat got Android up an running on their Eee PC 1000H. But a question comes to mind: why?
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By John MahoneyComment by BoinK: People thinking doing stuff like this that seems completely pointless is the people that hold back technology. Just because it... 5 Responses | Other threads
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netbooks
Spied Asus S121 Joins The 12-Inch Netbook Crowd
Germany's Eee PC News has spied what it believes is Asus's new S121—der maxi S101, if you will—stuffing an Atom-powered netbook platform into a 12-inch form factor. -
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GreenHouse 32GB, 64GB SSDs Upgrades Your Eee's Paltry Storage
If you got one of those 8.9-inch Eee PCs and found that the 12GB of included drive space just wasn't enough, don't despair! GreenHouse Japan has released two new SSD modules which sport 35MB/s reading speeds and 15MB/s writing speeds. The modules are specifically made to work with the 901 and 900 lines, and will cost $143 for a 32GB version and $292 for the 64GB one. [Greenhouse via Akihabara News] -
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Cow Dies Needlessly to Coat Eee PC in Horrid Leather Modding
There's just no excuse for this leather-clad Eee PC 901 mod. No excuse at all. No—not even the fine workmanship which means it's got an arguably professional-grade finish. A cow died needlessly for this, remember. Daisy, I think she was called. And it's just a tiny, crappy netbook. If you're going to mod anything into a leather-clad version we want to see a 150-inch plasma TV in shocking-pink nubuck. That would be a worthwhile use of skin. [EEEPCNews.de]
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By Kit EatonComment by 92BuickLeSabre: This would be better in Elephant. 9 Responses | Other threads
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diy
How To Hack an Eee PC and Install It in Your Car Dashboard
One of the great things about netbooks like the Eee PC is all of the potential for modification. This particular hack comes to us via a Russian Eee PC 701 owner who managed to turn it into a carputer for his Honda Fit. With the monitor in the dash and a wireless keyboard in the glovebox, the Eee PC transforms into an XP-driven media device with Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and (most likely) GPS. By the looks of things, making this hack work in your vehicle will be no easy task—and there isn't much to go on besides a series of photos that outline the build process. Still, if you are willing to give it a try, the images are available in the link. [Photofile and eee.pc.ru via Liliputing]
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By Sean FallonComment by Jrsy Devil's Food Cake®: Well I can see the first problem already. He put the the steering wheel on the wrong side when... 6 Responses | Other threads
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netbooks
Hands On Asus Eee S101, Just as Slim and Air-y in Person
We took a look at Asus's Eee S101 today, and as predicted, it's the prettiest looking netbook we've seen since the birth of the category. More » -
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Touchscreen Eee PC Due Early 2009, Will Run Windows 7 Later Says Asus CEO
After the DIY options, and initial hints, official word is out that there'll be a touchscreen Eee PC next year. And that's from none other than the CEO, Jerry Shen, himself. The guys over at Laptopmag got the low-down from Shen, who confirmed the machine will exist by "early 2009," and will actually be running Windows 7 by mid 2009. That's pretty interesting stuff, and though he wouldn't specify a form factor for the touchy Eee, Shen also spilled the beans on a few other aspects of the Eee success story. More » -
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Asus Recalls Worm-Infested Eee PCs From Japan
Asus has not so surprisingly decided to recall the Eee Box B202 mini PCs infested with the W32/Usbalex worm in Japan. The virus-y boxes are confined to the land of Gojira, since it was only on Eee PCs tailored for the Japanese market. The numbers in play are pretty sad, actually: Asus built a wimpy 4,500 boxes for Japan and only sold 300, so the damage is limited to a few unlucky saps, who will never buy Asus again. [Inquirer] -
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Asus Eee Touchscreen All-in-One Pops Up for Pre-Order, Looks Vaguely Apple-y
The many, many promises that Asus would release a touchscreen Eee by the end of this year have been fulfilled—by pasting an Eee sticker on a touchscreen all-in-one (also promised, though not with touchiness). This all-in-one touchscreen Eee, which you can pre-order in the UK for £399.99, is pretty hobbled: 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor, 1GB RAM, 160GB hard drive and 15-inch screen running Windows XP. I can only imagine how atrocious the touch experience is, but we'll find out on Nov. 20, or thereabouts, according to Play. And it only kinda apes the old-school iMac aesthetic. Update: It'll be called the Eee Top and it'll hit the US for just $450, which sounds like a deal. [Play via Engadget] -
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Asus Planning to Release Touchscreen Eee PC Within Six Months
Asustek executive Samson Hu has confirmed his company's plans to release a touchscreen Eee PC variant for sale by Q1 of 2009. It's not known whether the devices will look like the touch panel Eee mods that have been floating around or take the shape of a tablet, but we'll see in January when the first models are shown at CES. That's not all though — further announcements indicated that the Eee line is changing is some more subtle ways. More » -
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Asus Admits That a Virus Shipped With Some Eee Box Mini PCs
Asus has admitted to its Japanese customers that some of the Eee Box B202 mini PCs they shipped included a recycled.exe virus loaded on the D: partition. When the drive is opened, the virus (identified by Symantec as the W32/Usbalex worm) attempts to infect the C: drive and any removable drives attached to the system. So far, Asus has not confirmed that the problem is limited to PCs released in Japan, and they have offered no explanation about how the virus may have appeared on the drive. However, Reg Hardware believes they can confirm that other areas may be affected. Either way, it is probably a good idea to run a check if you picked one up. [Reg Hardware]
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By Sean FallonComment by daftrok: Is it a coincidence that the "D:" in D: Drive makes a frowny face emoticon? 3 Responses | Other threads
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Updated Eee PC 901 to Ship in October with Built-in 3G
In a stunning move, the folks at Asus appear to be adding a fairly significant feature to one of their netbooks—built-in 3.75G HSUPA connectivity to the Atom-powered 8.9" Eee PC 901—without spinning off another 5 different model designations. The 3.75G chip will be in all 901s that ship from October onward. More » -
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Full, Reliable Instructions to Load OSX on Eee PC
We've seen demos where clever ubertechie folk run OSX on the Eee PC, but in case you wanted to do it yourself, Wired has published a complete wiki detailing the installation process. It's still not a one and done installation—plan to get your hands a little digitally dirty—but at least you won't be digging through message boards full of guesses and contradictions to get the job done. Wired's instructions are clear and easy to follow, and they mention the caveats like that the sound doesn't work (bye bye, iPod fatto). Ignore such crippling limitations; you have a Mac mini-note to create. [Wiki via Lifehacker]
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By Mark WilsonComment by Crash Override 777: Why can't hackers make a one way easy step to loading OS X on PC hardware? What I want to... 6 Responses | Other threads
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Eee PC 1000H Price Drops Even Lower; $450 on Amazon, $360 on MWave
In case Asus' $100 price drop in July just wasn't enough to make up your mind on whether to spring for a new Eee PC 1000H, the mini-marvel's gotten even cheaper now. Amazon is selling an 80GB, XP-equipped 1000H for just $450. Mwave also has several in stock for either $450 (while supplies last) or, if you're willing to go for an open box product, an almost criminal $359. [Amazon and mwave via Liliputing] -
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OLPC Origin: Bittersweet Success and Future of the XO Laptop
When I met with Nicholas Negroponte not long ago, he laughed at the coverage he'd received through the past few years, including our own portrayal of Intel chairman Craig Barrett and him as Beavis and Butthead. Far more hurtful have been the admonitions of his own former staffers who feel he has mismanaged the OLPC project. Nearly every one of the original staff had abandoned the project by 2008, often in disgust. But Negroponte remains stalwart: "My elephant skin is the thickness of steel," he told me. Perhaps his resistance to criticism has been one of the project’s fatal flaws.
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Older Asus Eee PC Batteries Are Incompatible With 900A
There's a slight issue for Asus Eee PC owners who want to use their older batteries with the Atom-based Eee PC 900A revealed earlier this month—they won't work. That's because the tiny laptop uses a different connector (4400mAh, cheap) than its predecessors the 701 and 900. There's some good news, however, as jkkmobile notes the 900A's 8GB SSD implements a single pci-e card, not a split one; and the SLF flash should give you speeds comparable to the 900/901 4GB SSD. [HKPug via jkkmobile]
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By Jack LoftusComment by shenanigans61: Oh come on! All you need to do is a little soldering. Buncha pussies... ...kidding of course... more » | Other threads
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Asus' Ultimate Eee PC S101 Will Have 64GB SSD, $899 Price Tag
The shiny brown machine in the photo there is apparently the top-of-the-range Eee PC S101 that was shown in Asus' leaked presentation last month. It looks just a little bigger than the white 901 model next to it, and it will be about 0.87-inches deep, have a 10.1-inch LED-lit LCD, and have an Intel Atom purring away inside. What makes it "ultimate" is presumably in part its SSD: it'll come with either a 32GB or 64GB solid-state drive, and that's why the two models will cost around $699 and $899 when available in October. And they may not carry the "Eee" label, or so the rumor goes. [PChome.tw] -
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Buffalo's 32GB and 64GB SSDs For Eee PC Get Launch Date, Price
Asus's EeePC 901 has already proved itself very hackable but Buffalo's newest product won't require much modding: 32GB or 64GB replacement SSD's. Not much more to say, apart from the obvious: more storage, more impact resilient, longer battery life. The best bit? The 32GB SHD-EP9M32G is a mere $156, and the 64GB SHD-EP9M64G an equally neat $316. Available in Japan at first, mid-September. More » -
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MSI Wind With 6-Cell Battery Now Available
MSI is jumping the gun with its 6-cell version of the Wind laptop. Originally slated for a September release, the MSI Wind is currently available at Mwave.com. Those battery shortages that threatened to keep the model off shelves until September never materialized. The $570 asking price is $70 more than what MSI had originally promised, but my Gizmodo brethren tell me that even with the hike, the pricing is pretty much in line with others in this space (although it is a bit more than what you can find the comparable Eee PC 1000H going for today). [Lilliputing] -
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Eee PC's to Get "Whole Day" Batteries, Says Rumor
Not content with muddying-up the waters of the Eee brand, Asustek is apparently keen to "push out software and hardware upgrades every month to fill gaps in the netbook market." Though that sounds like a bad idea, at least one benefit may come of it: according to Digitimes, one of the upcoming products will be a "whole day" battery for the Eee UMPCs. Digitimes also talks about an "internet storage" solution, and cooperation with European telecoms vendors. Interesting stuff, though since it seems slightly unsubstantiated, we'll wait 'til we hear something concrete to believe it. [Digitimes] -
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ASUS Continues Flood of Eee-Branded Gear With External HD, Optical Drive and 3G Card
Still not content with keeping the Eee name only on their successful (but ballooning) line of netbooks, this unofficial but legit-looking crew of peripherals joins the Eee Box, Eee TV, Eee Monitor and Eee Enema (spot the outlier!) in further desecrating the brand. Included is an external hard disk with a fold-out USB connector, an optical drive and a 3G data connection card—which put together make up for most netbooks' feature shortcomings. No release details but we'll keep an Eee Eye out, if we can make sense of the whole mess. [Eee PC News via Laptop] More »
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