Gizmodo: s101

Super Talent SSDs Boost Netbook Flash Storage To 64GB For $169

John Mahoney — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:40:00 EST

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.

As JKOnTheRun points out, these are not the blazing-est SSDs you'll find (they're rated at 90 MB/s read and 55 MB/s write), but for $169 it's not a bad boost for your S101's paltry 16GB drive. [Super Talent via JKOnTheRun]

Spied Asus S121 Joins The 12-Inch Netbook Crowd

John Mahoney — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:30:00 EST

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.

Specs and price are yet unknown, but the 12-inch netbook category is quickly growing, with Samsung and Dell in the fray, among others. If you ask me, the 12-inch form factor could use a rebirth—I was always a fan of the 12-inch Powerbooks. [Eee PC News (translated)]

First Asus S101 Review (Verdict: What We Expected)

Mark Wilson — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:20:00 EDT

We don't know what kind of deal with the devil Mobile Computer made, but while most of us are excitedly posting the first real pictures of the Asus S101 netbook, MC is running their full review. After reading through the four page account of the experience, we can sum it up in these quick points:

• Nicer than most netbooks, not as polished as a Sony product
• Keyboard/monitor identical to that on the Eee PC 1000
• Almost four hours of run time under heavy use
• Near silent operation, possibly no fan inside
• Typical Eee performance
• Lacking premium features, 64GB version still technically a rumor

The only real complaint Mobile Computing voices is the S101's alleged price. Because really, the system is just an Eee 1000 in a moderately nicer package. [Mobile Computing]

Asus S101 Looks Thin and Pretty In Real Life, Too

Mark Wilson — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:00:00 EDT

While I thought the Asus S101 (or generic Macbook Air, as I'm pretty much insisting on inaccurately calling it from now to eternity) looked great in its CG mockup, these new, real photos reveal the truth: The Asus S101 won't quite fool anyone into thinking you're using a some $2,000 computer, but at .7 inches thick, it's definitely svelte enough to keep things interesting:

Yeah, I'm kind of feeling Asus again. Though, is a $699 starting price too much for this little machine? (Answer: probably not, since only 1,000 will be available in the US at launch.) [Engadget China via Engadget]

ROAD S101 Linux Smartphone Has It All: Nokia Killer?

Brian Lam — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 14:22:12 EDT

A few days ago, we wrote about a Linux based platform for phones. The ROAD S101 series phones are the sexy fruits of that open-souced nerd news. And surprisingly, they have enough nice hardware and software to give the similar Nokia Communicator 9500 a run for its money. The ROAD, which stands for Remote Office Access Device, flips open to reveal a keyboard with very large keys. The hardware includes a tiny monochrome 102 by 65 pixel external screen for dialing, and a beautiful 640 by 240 pixel display on the inside. The camera? A 2Megapixel setup. For connectivity, the GSM phone depends on EDGE data, but also does WiFi, Bluetooth, and infrared. There's an SD memory slot, too. So, it's very PC like. But so is the battery life of 5 hours while you're actively using using it as a mobile workstation. So much for telecommuting a long day from the beach. Jump for another picture, screenshots, and to read about the software inside. (It's cool stuff, actually.)

It ships with a lot of ware, including the usual personal organizer stuff, but also MP3/video playback, an image editor, a Office doc viewer, a browser, POP/MAP email, remote PC access. There's a dictophone feature, which sounds like it can use its speakerphone to read you your emails and text messages. The S101K is a model with voice/data encryption, for which you probably need carrier support. Oh, a glimmer of hope for the German-made phone— It's a quadband GSM model, so it very well could make a decent phone to import. No details on release date, yet. – Brian Lam

ROAD S101 [via Reg Hardware]