Hasta La Gadget!

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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Whenever an Eee PC roadmap leaks out, it’s generally followed by a torrent of new machines that are just marginally different than the ones before. Granted, we’ve got Microsoft to thank for that, but it’s still getting tougher by the day to keep all of these things from running together. Shortly after having a peek at the supposedly upcoming Eee PC 1201n comes this — a smattering of hands-on shots of the purported Eee PC 1001HA. Slated to be available with Linux, Windows XP or no OS at all (saywha?), this here Eee could very well slot into the Seashell lineup given that bold pattern lathered on the chassis. Internally, you’ll find the tired Atom N270, 1GB of RAM, a 160GB hard drive and an ExpressCard-to-Zzzzzzz adapter. But hey, at least that 3-cell battery means you’ll be computing for days on end, right?

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ASUS adds textured pattern ‘wow-factor’ to purported Eee PC 1001HA originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:09:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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magicJack may still be sorting out its own fairly ambitious cellular plans, but it looks like some folks are taking it upon themselves to put the cheap phone call-making device to some exciting new uses — like this crafty modder who crammed his trusty “MJ” (as those in the know call it) into his Eee PC 1000HE netbook. That mod apparently took a full day of tweaking to get working just right, but it does indeed seem to work as promised, and will let you make dirt cheap phone calls simply by plugging any old phone directly into your netbook (via a headphone jack). Unfortunately, there’s no step-by-step how-to just yet, but you can check out some pics of the process at the link below and do your best to follow along.

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Laptops

magicJack gets hacked into a magicNetbook originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The ASUS Eee Keyboard has been delayed a couple times since it first made our hearts race at CES, but it looks like those rumors of an October launch might actually come true: the new-age C64 has just arrived at the FCC for a little government work. Interestingly, the test reports indicate the presence of a UWB radio in addition WiFi and Bluetooth, so it looks like we’ll see the planned wireless HDMI model even after the spec pretty much hit the skids earlier this summer. We’ll see how it goes — and if we get that interesting Moblin version alongside the Windows edition when this thing eventually ships. Fingers crossed!

Filed under: Desktops

Eee Keyboard tantalizingly within reach at the FCC originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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