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ASUS is just about ready to push its new thin and light Eee PC 1008HA Seashell netbook into the delicate hands of consumers, and a nice stack of retailers just got the thing for pre-order. There’s currently a $20 drop in the (fairly steep) $430 pricetag for folks who brave the pre-order, and ASUS expects retailers to deliver the white version by around the 27th, with the black version following on the 28th of this month.

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ASUS Eee PC 1008HA Seashell up for pre-order, early adopters score a $20 discount originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 18 May 2009 16:12:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We’ve got the skinny on ASUS’s latest North American foray, with the Eee PC 1008HA Seashell, UX50 and U80V “thin and light” all vying for your slice of the stimulus this summer. The quite familiar (by now) 1008HA will be retailing for $429, featuring 802.11n, Bluetooth 2.1 +EDR, a new thin form factor and six hours of battery (thanks to the Super Hybrid Engine) to set it slightly apart from the netbook competition. The UX50 and U80V, on the traditional laptop angle, are a slightly odd couple, with the UX50 pairing a ULV Core 2 Solo processor with discrete GeForce G105M graphics, aiming for long battery life but in a standard 15.6-inch form factor, while the U80V does the “thin and light” thing with a high speed Core 2 Duo processor, ATI Mobility Radeon HD4570 graphics and a 14-inch screen. Both laptops include 4GB of RAM and 802.11n WiFi, with the long-lasting UX50 going for $1,199, while the powerful but slim U80V retails for $899. To be honest, we weren’t stunned by the U80V’s thinness or weight in hand, but it’s really pretty good considering what’s under the hood. We didn’t get to see the UX50 in person, but it better get some pretty epic runtimes to justify that price. Meanwhile the 1008HA is looking just peachy — there’s an odd adapter for the display output that conveniently stashes underneath the chassis, but overall this is just a straightforward and fairly excellent aesthetic refinement of the netbook. Our favorite part, however, has nothing to do with the shell: ASUS finally righted the wrong that was the Eee PC’s funky shift key placement, and we couldn’t be happier.

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ASUS bringing 1008HA, UX50 and U80V laptops Stateside, we go hands-on originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 14 May 2009 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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When you think Eee PC, or netbooks in general, the usual image that comes to mind is thick slab of white plastic. That’s certainly true of the Eee PC 1002HA. However, drop the letter “E” into the model number and you’ve got ASUS’ new Eee PC 1002HAE dressed in a swank aluminum skin and 1.6GHz N280 processor within. While the rest of the specs remain unchanged — 802.11b/g/n, 1GB of memory and 160GB disk, 1.3 megapixel webcam, memory card slot, 3.8-hour Li-Polymer battery, and 10-inch 1,024 x 600 pixel LED backlit display — the new shell drops the weight from 1.45kg to 1.2kg for a savings of about half a pound. At the moment, this model is either Japanese-only or at least a Japanese-first (unusual for ASUS) with a May 16th launch for the tax inclusive price of ¥49,800 (about $506).

[Via Engadget Japanese]

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ASUS’ Eee PC 1002HAE: a faster 1002HA dressed in Eluminum originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 07 May 2009 02:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If you like the idea of the little laptop that started it all, but need a little more workspace to keep your eyes from going all aesthenopia on ya, hold on to your wallets for a few more weeks. According to DigiTimes, ASUS is planning on releasing an 11.6-inch Eee by the end of the month, following up on its pledge made last year to do just that — while simultaneously breaking Jerry Shen’s promise to never surpass the 10-inch mark without creating a spin-off, “premium” netbook brand. But, with the 7-inchers relegated to their place in history, perhaps now the company has a little extra room on its production lines. No further information is available on the forthcoming model at this point, but we’re hoping that new screen will get a few more pixels to fill out its new-found girth.

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Asus going big(ger) with 11.6-inch Eee PC later this month originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 04 May 2009 08:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Following in the footsteps of past Eee PC’s like the 901, ASUS’ Japanese-bound 1003HAG boasts an internal wireless WAN module and supports NTT DoCoMo’s FOMA network with 7.2Mbps on the downlink. For a more local connection, there’s 802.11b/g/n and Bluetooth 2.1+EDR. As for the rest of the hardware, it’s pretty much netbook status quo: a 1-inch WSVGA screen, Intel Atom N280, 1GB RAM, integrated graphics, 160GB HDD, and an apparent 4.3-hour battery life. Price is 69,800 yen (US $722) and launch date is May 16th — that should give you plenty of time to figure out if you want the black, white, or pink version.

[Via Engadget Japan]

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Asus’ EeePC 1003HAG equips WWAN, ventures forth on NTT DoCoMo’s FOMA network originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 28 Apr 2009 02:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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