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Despite the fact that LTE looks to be the de facto standard for next-gen mobile data, ASUS has an unwavering love affair with WiMAX. In fact, we’ve already seen the company introduce a WiMAX-equipped laptop, and a WiMAX-enabled Eee PC was demoed way back at CES 2008. That said, the company is just now getting around to producing a new one for the adoring public, but for whatever reason, it’s not even boasting about it. Tucked deep, deep within a release gloating about the Eee PC 1003HA and T91‘s ability to handle Windows 7 Beta is the promise of an Eee PC 1000HG. Said netbook will include both WiMAX and WiFi capabilities — or, more specifically, IEEE 802.16e, WAVE2 and WiFi 802.11a/b/g/n support in the 2.4GHz~2.7GHz and 5.1GHz~5.8GHz bands. Of course, “future” could mean “we’ll release this in late 2019,” but we’re banking on hearing more details sooner rather than later.

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ASUS announces WiMAX-equipped Eee PC 1000HG originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If you ask us (and you did) all signs seem to be pointing towards an Eee-branded UMPC at some point in the near future. Clearly there is some interest in such a beast, and we’ve definitely heard some chatter, and now we’ve got several delectable pics of an Eee PC 701 prototype with more than a passing resemblance to the Origami — including those telltale keys. According to X-Gadget, the thing weighs 1.68 pounds (as opposed to over 2 pounds for the venerable netbook) and comes complete with a stylus. There’s no word yet on a release date, or whether or not the thing will ever swing into production, but we’ll keep our eyes peeled. In the meantime, be sure to check out the gallery below.

Update: Looks like this is just a prototype of a case mod based on the Eee PC, not a prototype of a new ASUS product. Thanks, Andy!

Gallery: Eee PC 701 prototype UMPC spotted, photographed, lusted after

[Via Portable Monkey]

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Eee PC 701 prototype UMPC mod spotted, photographed, lusted after originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Remember the Eee 901 “hammerhead edition,” the extra-wide monstrosity that offered 10 cells of goodness in one less than aesthetic package? Welcome to that accessory’s homebrew cousin, the creation of a modder by the name of TenaciousDre who stole eight batteries from an old laptop and wired them up to the existing four-cell battery, creating a 12-cell shrink-wrapped bulge to protrude less than majestically from the back of his Eee. The good news is 12 to 15 hours of life with the laptop set on its most frugal settings; the bad news is a 12 hour re-charge time and a useless battery gauge that reads zero percent despite eight hours of juice remaining. We have seen uglier examples of excess in the computing world before, but would probably rather carry around a second (and third) battery than have to explain this tumor to every passer-by at Starbucks.

[Via Portable Monkey]

Continue reading Modder crafts homemade 12-cell battery for Eee, doubles stock battery life, grows unsightly hump

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Modder crafts homemade 12-cell battery for Eee, doubles stock battery life, grows unsightly hump originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If your prior budget forced you to select an ASUS Eee PC S101 with just 16GB of succulent SSD storage space, Super Talent has the cure. The outfit has just introduced three new solid state drives made specifically for the aforementioned netbook, all of which tout 90 MB/sec maximum sequential read speeds and up to 55 MB/sec write speeds. You can select from the FPM16RSE (16GB), FPM32RSE (32GB) or the FPM64RSE (64GB), though you’ll have to guess on the prices of the first two. As for the big daddy? It’ll run right around $169.

[Via HotHardware]

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Super Talent unloads 32GB / 64GB SSDs for ASUS Eee PC S101 originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sure, the Atom N270 has done great things for humanity during its brief tenure powering pretty much every netbook that comes down the pipes, but it’s time for a change, and it looks like the N280 from Intel — already slated for a couple Eee PCs — could provide just the sort of marginal boost we’re looking for. The single core chip bests the N270’s 1.6GHz clock with blazing 1.66GHz speeds, and a 667MHz bus over the original’s 533MHz. What could perhaps be much more interesting is the promised Intel GN40 chipset that accompanies the N280, which there’s currently very little info on, but hopefully does a little bit towards competing with NVIDIA’s ION — or at least pepping up that game of solitaire we’ve been working on.

[Thanks, Jagslive]

Read – N280 shows up on some new Eee PC models
Read – N280 netbooks to hit the market between 2Q09 and 3Q09

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Details on Intel Atom N280 begin to surface, are short on excitement originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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