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ASUS Eee PC 1218 said to be Ion-based, more laptops coming May 13th originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 04 May 2010 14:09:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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You’ve waited long enough, and now it’s finally time for you to treat yourself to the HD-savvy netbook you’ve been craving. You deserve it. You really do. Motivational speeches aside, ASUS would sure love for you to feel that way, as the company’s Eee PC Seashell 1005PR has finally departed the “coming soon” stage — according to ASUS, anyway. Amazon’s product page still indicates that stock is incoming, but it seems as if the 10.1-inch machine should be filtering out to various sales channels as we speak. In case you’ve forgotten, $399.99 nets you an Intel Atom N450 processor, 250GB hard drive, 802.11b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1, a battery good for “11 hours” of life, a 1,366 x 768 resolution panel and Broadcom’s Crystal HD accelerator. Kind of sells itself, no?

ASUS ships $400 Eee PC Seashell 1005PR, complete with Broadcom Crystal HD chip originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 04 May 2010 10:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Well, will you look at that. In its haste to proclaim itself winner of a 2010 Red Dot design award, ASUS has inadvertently or perhaps intentionally announced the brand-new netbook that received it — the Eee PC 1218. She’s a beaut, too, with a slim, one-piece aluminum shell that evokes the MacBook Air but still packs a substantial number of expansion ports. There aren’t any hard specs quite yet, but the above shot shows it’ll come with a webcam and chiclet keyboard, and in a second pic after the break we can make out three USB sockets, Ethernet, VGA, a pair of 3.5mm audio jacks and an HDMI port — the last of which possibly suggests a dedicated GPU (here’s hoping an Ion 2) for HD video playback. Oh, and lest we forget, ASUS says it’s also got a soft-touch plastic underside, for all you coffee-swilling, netbook-slinging butterfingers out there. No word on pricing or availability.

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ASUS Eee PC 1218 trades veil of secrecy for popular design award originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 29 Apr 2010 17:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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A really good netvertible — that’s all we want. No, not just a netbook with a touchscreen, but a device with a combination of solid ergonomics and performance in clamshell mode that can swivel into a really responsive tablet. It doesn’t seem like too much to ask for, right? And after being disappointed by the Lenovo IdeaPad S10-3t, we really thought the $499 ASUS Eee PC T101MT — with its multitouch screen, chiclet keyboard, and standard netbook organs — could have been it. Keyword being could. But, as you may have guessed by now from our wistful tone, there are a few reasons this particular convertible netbook didn’t turn out to be all peaches and cream. If you know what’s good for you, you’ll be hitting that read more link to find out what was this Eee lacking in our full review.

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ASUS Eee PC T101MT review originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 27 Apr 2010 11:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jumpin’ Jehosaphat! After well over a year of false starts, delays, teases and purported prices, ASUS’ PC-in-a-keyboard is just about ready to ship to eager Americans. If you’ll recall, we heard a few weeks back that late April would finally bring about Stateside shipments of the EeeKeyboard, and amazingly, the price seems to have remained constant with what we heard back in January. A fresh product listing over at Amazon shows off a $599 asking price, and as for specs, we’re told that it’ll roll with a 1.6GHz Atom N270 CPU, 1GB of DDR2 memory, Windows XP Home, 802.11b/g/n WiFi, a gigabit Ethernet jack, Bluetooth 2.1, a 16GB SSD, HDMI out, integrated UWB receiver, a trio of USB 2.0 sockets and a 5-inch LED-backlit, multitouch display with an 800 x 480 resolution.Mum’s the word on a definite ship date, but hit up the source link to secure your place in line.

ASUS EeeKeyboard up for pre-order, priced at $599 in the States originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 21 Apr 2010 02:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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