Hasta La Gadget!

It was only two weeks ago when the ASUS T91MT — the first-ever Windows 7 convertible netbook — dropped by Amazon’s German site, and now the Eastern wind from Taiwan has finally reached US soil. Amazon.com buyers are offered pretty much the same configuration as their European counterpart: Intel Atom Z520, 8.9-inch multitouch swivel screen, 1GB RAM and Windows 7 Home Premium. While there’s only one color option available for now, those who’re cool with white will be spoiled with a 32GB SSD — twice as much as the German version yet $200 cheaper. Any students out there going to pick one of these up for some improved note-taking before Christmas exams?

[Thanks, Bernard]

Filed under: Laptops, Tablet PCs

ASUS delivers Eee PC T91MT to Amazon.com, completes world tour originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Not that we’ve never heard of a 12.1-inch Eee PC before, but given the abundance of 10-inch options currently saturating the market, we’ll take all the expansion we can get. Slated to arrive as the largest Eee Seashell member of all time, the 1.4 pound Eee PC 1201HA is now staring at a mid-November release (at least in Italy), and it should bring along a “full-size” keyboard (with a borked Shift key), a 250GB hard drive, Windows 7, a 6-cell battery good for “up to eight hours” under ideal conditions and your choice of four colors: black, red, silver or blue. You’ll also find WiFi, a built-in webcam and a price tag of €399 ($596), though only time will tell if it’s saddled with a near-ancient Atom N270.

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ASUS’ 12.1-inch Eee PC gets pictured, a little more real originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Surprise! Another “new” computer coming out October 22nd alongside Windows 7, or at least rumored to be. This time it’s the previously-rumored ASUS Eee PC T91MT, which has wound up as a listing on Amazon Germany. Same processor and 8.9-inch screen size as the T91, but with a 160GB HDD instead of solid-state. Since it’s Windows 7, there’s now multitouch support, hence the “MT.” The color options are black and white and it’ll set you back about 506 euros ($754). Oh, you wanted US prices and release dates? Show a little more patience, why don’t ya?

[Via Netbooknews.de]

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ASUS Eee PC T91MT multitouch tablet listed on Amazon.de for October 22nd originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 19 Oct 2009 06:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Computer keyboards are not a hotbed of innovation. That’s why Asus’ attempt to add some pizzaz to the keyboard by stuffing an internet-enabled computer inside it is interesting.

In the last few months, Asus has shown a prototype device that crams a computer and a small touchscreen display into a keyboard. The display allows for quick access to widgets such as weather and email.

Now an FCC filing by the company has revealed the details of this device. The Asus Eee keyboard, model EK 1542, has a 5-inch 800-by-400-pixel touch panel with a stylus. It will run Windows XP Home edition on an Intel Atom N270 CPU and a Broadcom video processor. The keyboard will have 1GB of on-board memory, a 16 GB or 32 GB solid state drive, Wi-Fi, gigabit Ethernet and Bluetooth connectivity.

The keyboard claims up to to four hours of battery life and includes one HDMI port, three USB ports and two audio jacks. The Ultra Wide Band antenna and receiver setup means a wireless connection to devices within a five- to 10-meter range and includes the ability to send 720p videos to your TV.

Asus hasn’t indicated when the keyboard will be launched or what it will be priced at. But the FCC filing is an indication that Asus is serious about bringing this device to the market soon, and it could be on retail shelves in time for this holiday season.

Check out the FCC filing for specifications and photos of the Asus Eee keyboard.

See Also:

• Video: Asus Crams Eee PC Into a Keyboard
• Eee PC-in-a-Keyboard Coming Soon
• Asus Unveils Dual-Panel Touchscreen PC
• Asus Shows a Tablet-Style Eee PC

If ASUS is hoping to stick with that “mid-October” launch date here in North America, we’d say it better get whatever units it has laying around loaded up with an English-speaking version of Windows and onto a large vessel destined for a US port. Still, it’s good to see some “proof” that the roadmapped Eee PC 1201n — a 12-inch netbook with NVIDIA’s Ion technology — is actually on schedule for an autumn release, even if said “proof” is a product listing on an Asian e-tailer’s website. Unfortunately, the machine is still humming along on Intel’s near-ancient Atom N270 processor, though the 2GB of RAM, high(er) resolution panel, real man’s GPU and Windows 7 operating system should help move things along. Per usual, we don’t expect ASUS to confirm or deny the legitimacy of this slip, but if you’re in the market for an Eee, this may be all you needed to hold off just a bit.

[Via NetbookItalia]

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ASUS’ Ion-infused Eee PC 1201n netbook emerges overseas originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 20 Sep 2009 11:53:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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