Asus has a new device for Eee lovers, the Eee Stick. The world’s first Eee Stick is easy to use plug and play wireless controller that will bring the pleasure of playing games on your favorite Eee PC.

The Eee Stick promises the easy 3D remote features translating users´ physical hand motions into corresponding movements onscreen and providing exciting gaming enjoyment.

The Eee Stick will be bundled exclusively with certain models of the Eee PC™ and the Eee Box, along with a collection of games developed or adapted specifically for use with it. There will be a number of games that will be bundled with each Eee Stick and special Eee PC and Eee Box edition.

Theoretically the Eee Stick can operate on other PCs and gaming peripherals such as game pads and keypads, enabling users to mix and match devices in own unique playstyle.

Taiwanese CNET division is reporting that Asus is working on special high-end Eee PC version with 64GB SSD, the S101. Asus S101 will sport an Atom processor, 10.2 inch LCD display and will be just 16 - 25 mm thick. The base configuration with 64GB SSD will cost $899 dollars and there will be 32GB SSD version that will cost $699. The official launch is scheduled for September.

Buffalo will release new 32GB and 64GB PCI-E SSDs for the Asus Eee PC 900 and 901 models. The SSDs are Windows standby compliant, measuring 32.1 x 69.5 x 3.5 mm and weighting 8.6g.

With this option you will be able to add more storage for your favorite Eee PC but the prices still can be problem. Estimated price for 32GB is about $157 US and 64GB about $313 US.

The release is scheduled for September in Japan but seems that Conics will ship them worldwide.

Just at the same time as Asustek has officially announced new Eee PC 901 and Eee PC 1000 series, MSI officially announces MSI Wind, another decent Eee PC competitor.

Just to remind you that this 10 incher features Intel Atom 1.6GHz processor, an 80GB 2.5 inch disk, Bluetooth and 802.11b/g WiFi, 5.5 hour battery and option to choose between Windows XP Home or Linux based system.

The most challenging fact is the price, $399 for a Linux-based system or $499 for Windows based version makes the $625 price of the new Eee PC 1000(H) pretty tough to justify.

VIA is trying to get back on the mini laptop market with new OpenBook model. This lappie features 8.9 inch screen with resolution, and based on VIA VX800 chipset running C7-M ULV processor, 2GB of RAM and a 2.5-inch HDD.

OpenBook also include WiMAX, HSDPA and EV-DA, three USB 2.0 ports, VGA out, a 4-in-1 card reader and front and back 2 MP web-cameras. You can easily run Windows Vista or your favorite Linux flavor.

A 4 cell battery will give you about 3 hours of work and the entire design is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 3.0 license.

Unfortunately there is no info about shipping and prices.

ASUS has responded to the user complains that British Eee PC 900 comes with 4400mAh battery while North American Eee PC 900 were shipping with 5800mAh batteries, same as in the original Eee PC 701 4G.

As company stated Asus has special deal with different markets. In EU countries, Eee PC 900 ships with 4400mAh batteries but you will get a two-year warranty within the country you bought the Eee 900.

Practically the same situation as with a trade-off buying the Windows XP powered Eee PC 900, pay for the Microsoft OS and get less storage capacity, 12GB instead the 20GB found in the Linux version. A

nd question remains will European buyers would likely have stronger battery than two year warranty?

via [reghardware]

In the interview for TechRadar the Samsung official Jeongseon Euh said that so far the company has sold about 100,000 Q1 and the Q1 Ultra UMPCs, and that Samsung holds about 65% of the UMPC market. At the same time Euh said that the third generation of the Q1 should be ready for next year, probably first models at CES next year. via [TechRadar]

Japanese Impress benchmarked latest MSI Wind PC and compared the performance with the other most popular mini laptops on the market.

Main test was performance of the Intel’s Atom processors with typical ULV Core 2 Duo found in ASUS Eee PC models and Sony Vaio VGN-TZ90S with Intel Core 2 Duo ULV U7600.

Leaving aside the performance of integrated graphics and storage, clearly influenced by the type of hard disk or SSD installed, it is curious to note how Atom Z520 from 1.33GHz is unable to compete against the Celeron M 353 from 900MHz Asus Eee PC 900. via [Impress]

Everex has released new Cloudbook SC1200T in Taiwan with 1GB of RAM and Windows XP as operating system instead of Linux-based gOS. Other features of this new model are pretty much the same as classic Cloudbook CE1200V sold in US. The unofficial source reports that the Cloudbook SC1200T retail price is between 14,000 and 15,000 TWD (about USD $459 and USD $492).

Via Liliputing

CTL has revealed specifications of new IL1PC and guys at Laptop Magazine had a chance to test it. The IL1PC features 7 inch display, VIA’s 1GHz C7-M processor, 1GB of RAM, a 60GB hard drive and Windows XP as OS. Glossy black design gives the system nice look measuring 9.6 x 6.8 x 1.7-inch and weighting just 2.4 pounds. Beside the nice design general impression is that the IL1PC works well with simple tasks such as web browsing and email while multimedia features are not that good. You can get it through online retailers for $449. via [Laptop Magazine]