It seems that many manufacturers got envy with the enormous success of the Asus Eee PC and wanted to have one of their own. The new UMPC series, from Kojinsha, is equipped with AMD Geode processor, 7″ 1024×600 resolution and a GPS navigation system. More info will be revealed at the CES show and I’m guessing we will see more of those during 2008.
[via gmp3]
As you all probably know, Asus Eee Pc is one of the coolest gadgets and one of the hottest products in people’s wish list. Being so popular, Asus decided to extend the package, and developed 4 special designated accessories for the Eee. The list includes:
Update: according to DailyTech, Asus will reveal a new Eee PC, with larger 8.9″ LCD screen, at the CES show, next week. We also learn, that the new device has an integrated WIMAX technology and it will feature the new Intel Menlow notebook platform, which includes a 45nm Silverthorne processor that provides ten times power saving efficiency, compared to the first Eee PC generation.
In one word – WOW !!!
[via engadget]
We already mentioned that Asus Eee PC is a huge success, as we read that the Taiwanese manufacturer is shipping 20,000 units of the mini device every month. Now we hear about this cool new modification that turns the Eee PC 7″ display into a really magnificent touch screen. If you happened to have one of those Asus miniatures, all you have to do is order from eBay (or else) a 60$ car touchscreen, install it on your Asus Eee, and VOILA. The touch works great, with fingers or attached stylus, specially if running with XP OS.
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Update: Asus has shipped 350,000 Asus Eee PCs in one quarter, exceeding the company’s estimations.
[via engadget]
The new Toshiba Qosmio G40 is not just another notebook stud, it is the first laptop to include HD DVD-RW drive – pretty neat isn’t it?
Toshiba was the first company to announce on HD DVD-RW drive for notebooks, on June this year. Now they released this multimedia laptop, equipped with Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 2.2Ghz, Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT graphic card, 17″ WUXGA screen, 2x 200GB HDDs, HDMI out, WiFI, Gigabit LAN, 4GB of memory, HDTV tuners and more. Price should be around $3,530.
[via engadget]
Asus Eee PC is already a huge success, it is small, attractive, very useful, and comes with a low price tag. Not only individuals are getting excited from this super mini Linux OS based device, but also educational institutes, who already ordered thousands of units.
Now Asus is telling us that the new Asus Eee PC model is going to be released in mid to late December, with even greater specs. The new Eee will have 1GB of RAM and 8GB of flash storage, with the same Intel 900MHz Celeron processor, and a 7-inch 800 x 480 LCD screen. Not to mention, this device has SD card slot, 2 USB ports, an extra USB, mic, headphone jack, a 10/100Mbps Ethernet port and supports 802.11b/g WiFi, as the previous model.
It is up to you to decide whether you want to double your storage size from 4GB to 8GB and have some extra 512MB of RAM for 499$ overall, a 100$ extra charge to the 399$ previous model price tag.
[via gizmodo]
