There has got to be something wrong with Asus here. Anybody would expect that since the Eee PC 900 and Eee PC 900A are almost identical except for the Atom processor in the Eee PC 900A, all the other parts and accessories of the 900 would fit into the 900A. But apparently, this is not the case as reported by HKPUG. The Eee PC 900’s battery won’t fit into the cheaper battery slot of the 4400mAh batteries supplied in the Eee PC 900A.
So, there goes your hope of extra batteries for the Eee PC 900A, if you’re a previous owner of the Eee PC 900. But come to think of it, why would you keep your Eee PC 900 anyways, if you are planning to get the Eee PC 900A. Better sold the older model instead.
Relatedly, JKKMobile is reporting that the Eee PC 900A would have a one pci-e card 8GB SSD. This SSD uses SLC flash made by Samsung. What this brings to the Eee PC 900A is the similar speeds as the 4GB SSDs of the Eee PC 900/901.
Although Asustek’s Global Site has already added the official details and specifications of the Eee PC 900A, there was still no officially press release announcing its launch or expected date of shipment and even its priced. But apparently not in Germany where the Eee PC 900A is expected to have an SRP of 249 Euro (approximately $365).
Currently at Amazon, the 16GB Eee PC 900 is priced at around $399. We should all remember that the Eee PC 900 is the first in the series of 8.9 Eee PC series, and as such it only packs with the older Celeron CPU. While the Eee PC 900A will have the more powereful Atom processor. Other than that, both Eee PC 900 and Eee PC 900A are practically the same machines.
So, expect the price of the Eee PC 900 to go down once the Eee PC 900A starts shipping internationally.
Orange adds up to the number of mobile operators and telecommunications company to ride on the popularity of the Eee PC netbooks. Starting Saturday, Orange is offering the Eee PC 900 under its “Internet Everywhere” mobile broadband service with add-on broadband dongle.
Said Orange mobile package would entitle a subscriber to a 16GB Eee PC 900 just by paying a monthly service fee of £25 a month. But the subscriber will be tied-up to a 24 months service contract. In addition would also get a plug-in option icon 225 modem and a UK data allowance of 3GB per month.
We’ve gathered up all of the Eee PC’s the Asustek has announced so far as listed from the Asus Global site and all in all we’ve come up with 12 models so far. Those surely are a lot for a netbook which was first introduced sometime in 2007. Starting from the Eee PC 700 2GB Surf to the most recently announced Eee PC 900A, here’s a chart listing their most basic features. Hope this list will help you choose which Eee PC to buy, if you haven’t done so yet. Those Eee PC models with prices were taken from Amazon’s list price, and which means they are still available on the site.
It looks like, its not only the Eee PC 1000h which is getting a limited edition model. We also learned that even the first Eee PC model which featured the Intel Atom processor will also get its own limited edition design. We are referring to the Eee PC 901 which will sport a lime green design with the same snowflakes accent as the Limited Edition Red Eee PC 1000h.
But aside from the new color, this limited edition Eee PC 901 has nothing new to offer. You’d still get the same 8.9-inch LCD display, ATOM processor, 1GB RAM, SSD, WIFI, Bluetooth and around eight hour battery life.
Said limited edition Eee PC 901 will be released in the Taiwanese market later this month. No pricing details are available yet.
Electricpig stumbled upon leaked videos of the Eee PC 900HD, one of the many variants of the Eee PC netbook that was reported to have the chassis of the 10-inch Eee PC and the insides of the Eee PC 900. It could probably be the next best thing to owning an Eee PC 1000 and Eee PC 900/901. If you don’t mind having a bigger netbook that doesn’t have the computing power of the Eee PC 901, meaning no ATOM processor, then the Eee PC 900HD is your thing. But honestly, I would not believe that anyone would actually buy this Eee PC. Unless of course if it will have a lower price than the Eee PC 900/901.
Anyway, here’s the video showing some PC hardware specialists exposing the innards of the Eee PC 900HD. Tell me what you’ve seen after watching the videos.
So, it looks like, we are off to see the newest Eee PC 900 model soon. German online retailer ComTech currently has the Eee PC 900A on pre-order status. From its listed price of around $464, it looks like the Eee PC 901 is a low-end version of the Eee PC 901 which is currently retailing at $599 (12GB) and a slightly high-end version of the Eee PC 900 which retails at $399 (16GB).
In considering the price difference, we must look into some factors and the most obvious of which is of course the Atom processor which will be present in the Eee PC 900A. Likewise, the Eee PC 900A has an 8GB SSD and runs on Linux. No words yet as to whether a Windows XP version will come out.
The Eee PC 900A has the same chassis as the Eee PC 900, so those who are looking for a faster version of the the Eee PC 900 might actually go for the Eee PC 900A instead. But if you’re budget can still afford a few hundreds of dollars more, you might as well take the Eee PC901 instead.
Asustek Computer (Asus) sold out of the Eee Box in the big Computex show held in Taiwan, in a surprisingly low price, on Wednesday according to the PC World Business Center. Though trying several times, Typhoon Fung Wong failed keeping Asus Eee PC out of Taiwan.
Asus offered 1000 Eee Boxes to the consumers of Taiwan for a low price of NT$7,988 i.e. US$262. Asus offered the product through several retailers and an e-store of PChome Online. The Eee Box also came with 22-inch LCD monitor, for just NT$15,988. The Eee PC 901, offered at the stores by Asus, is based on Intel’s new Atom processor of 1.6GHz, with 8.9-inch screen. The Pc has 1GB of memory, a memory-card slot and an 80GB of Hard Disk Drive. The PC supports both Windows XP and Linux and was available in any one of them. The Eee PC 901 has Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n for speedy wireless Internet, a 4-in-1 mini-storage card reader other than the standard pc features like Ethernet and USB ports. The Eee Box measures 233mm X 178mm X 16mm, without any stand, while weighs only 1 kg.
Davis Tsai, the general manager of Microsoft in Taiwan remarked it to be an economical and amazing price, when he was present in the launch ceremony. Asustek expects to ship 100,000 to 200,000 Eee Boxes by this year, says Jerry Shen, CEO of Asustek. With this Taiwan has become the second place in the world, where people are now enabled to buy Eee Box. The first one was Hong Kong, where Asus launched the sales of the mini-desktop Eee PC on July 15.
Though Asustek expects to avail most markets with Eee PC, other countries of the world have to wait until Asus fires up the production of the same. Asustek plans to heat up the markets with its Eee Pc by August, and by the end of September it should be available to you. Asia seems to be hit first now, followed by Europe and North America.
Our ever resourceful friends at Blogeee managed to grab some exclusive photos of the Eee PC 900A. If you would recall, the Eee PC 900A was one of the 900-series models that were listed in the leaked Eee PC timeline we featured recently. The timeline listed the Eee PC 900A having an 8GB of storage media. Aside from this storage capacity, the Eee PC 900A which was previously known as the Eee PC 903 would most likely have 1GB of RAM plus the other specs and features of the other Eee PC 900 series models.
What is not yet known is whether the Eee PC 900A would have an Atom processor or Intel Celeron, knowing fully well that the original have the Celeron CPU while the 901 have the Atom processor. Should the Eee PC 900A have the Atom processor, then Asus is like killing its own product as certainly those looking into getting an 8.9-inch netbook might opt to buy the 900A instead. But of course the battery would still be another issue, although users can always opt out of the standard battery and buy a third-party battery instead.
Pricing, and other infos about the Eee PC 900A are not yet available.
Our friends in Taiwan were treated by Asus with the release of the Eee PC 1000HD, 1000H and 904HD. All Eee PC models come with 80GB of SATA Hard Disk. While both the 904HD and the 1000HD boasts of built-in Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g support, the 1000H nonetheless boasts of Wi-Fi 802.11n capabilities.
All three Eee PC models come with a pre-installed Eee Connect application for remotely connecting several PCs together. In addition, these three Eee PCs comes with Asus Super Hybrid Engine that greatly enhances the machines’ energy efficiency features. Best of all, the three Eee PCs come bundled with the Asus Eee Stick remote control. Both the Eee PC 904 and 1000HD comes with the slower Intel Celeron M CPUs while the 1000H is powered by Intel Atom’s processor.
All right, here’s a quick review of the features of these Eee PCs.
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