ASUS’ newest netbook,  Eee PC 1008HA,

 features  an all-new chassis inspired

 by the natural curves of a seashell.

 ASUS has created some nice-looking

 netbooks, including its Swarovski-

studded Eee PC S101, but the Eee PC

1008HA takes a more subtle approach.

 The system overall sports a sharp and

 clean design, largely a result of the

 curved panels that extend over its

edges and hide the ports.  The glossy

 black lid (also available in white;

blue and pink will come later this

year) is covered in a new Infusion

finish that allows the 1008HA to be

scratch resistant; but it’s far from

 fingerprint resistant. The 1008HA is

 thinner than most other laptops in

 its class measuring 10.3 x 7 x 1.0

 inches. All of the ports on the

1008HA are covered with plastic tabs,

 giving this netbook its uniform look

. Despite its size and dimensions it

 packs a comfortable and spacious

 keyboard. Unlike the island keyboard

 of the 1000HE, there are no spaces

between the raised black matte keys

which was found to be pretty flat.

ASUS keeps the correctly placed keys

 it mended with the ASUS Eee PC 1000HE.

 The right Shift key is full size and

directly below the Enter key. A Wi-Fi

and touchpad on/off buttons sits above

 the keyboard. The trackpad on this

netbook is pretty different from the

 rest. Blending in with system’s deck,

the 2.5 x 1.5-inch pad is covered with

 small braille-like dots. Unlike most

netbooks, the pad had very little

 friction, and navigating the desktop

 didn’t require much backtracking. As

 with other Eee PCs, the touchpad also

 supports multitouch gestures; using

two fingers to pinch the pad and zoom

 in on a picture was easy, and the

image quickly rendered in its new size.

 The single mouse button was comfortable

 for making selections, although we

prefer the 1000HE’s dedicated right and

 left buttons. The screen is pretty

 impressive with the 10.1-inch,

1024 x 600-pixel resolution backlit LED

 display and thus it allows the web pages

 and windows to fit to size on the screen.

 From afar, the inch-thick glossy black

bezel looked as if the screen was flush

with the frame, though on a closer

inspection one can easily notice the

upright frame. Above the display, a 1.3

-megapixel Webcam provided extremely clear

 images in a Skype video chat. The speakers

 located at the bottom front edge of the

 system allowed us to hear his voice loud

 and clear from across the room.  As far

 as performance is concerned   with the

same 1.66-GHz Intel Atom N280 processor,

 1GB of RAM, and Windows XP as the ASUS

Eee PC 1000HE, not much of a change in

everyday performance or benchmarks on the

 1008HA Seashell can be seen.

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Asus are working on bringing the new Intel Atom CPU to netbooks and BIOS updates have appeared for two netbooks so far. On the Asus website, there is a BIOS update for an Eee PC 1008P and 1005P which are likely to be nearly identical to the Eee PC 1008HA and 1005HA respectively.

Eee PC Italia reports that the P in the new models, stands for Pine Trail, or Pineview. The netbooks are likely to be released after CES next year.

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Eee PC 1008HA

Asus are releasing their Eee PC 1008HA and 1005HA netbooks in new color variants for Italian consumers. The Eee PC 1008HA will become available in Sapphire Blue, Ruby Red or pink. While the 1005HA will also be available in blue, as well as pink. The 1008HA will have a brilliant finish on it, while the 1005HA will be of a plastic finish.

As of yet there’s no release date for the new models or price. The specs are expected to stay the same but nothings been confirmed from Asus as to what to expect inside the netbooks.

Eee PC 1005HA

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The Asus Eee PC 1008HA was officially announced a month ago as the newest ultra-thin 10-inch netbook from Asus, and is scheduled for a still unspecified release date during this month. It has just recently passed certification at the FCC, so it most certainly is free to be released in the U.S. market any day now. The FCC didn’t provide any detailed photos of the device (much less any teardown shots), but this one photo of the netbook’s underside showing the FCC certification sticker was available among the Test Reports and other documents. If you’re in the U.S. and are in the market for a new ultra-thin netbook, remember to put this one on your list.

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Besides conceptual things like the dual-touchscreen notebook we showed you a while back, Asus is expected to showcase a few other netbook-related things such as a 512GB SSD-equipped Eee PC S121, the awesome Eee keyboard, and a so-called Eee PC 1008HA Shell. This new netbook is supposedly another ultra-thin model for the company’s Eee PC line, and will feature new industrial design and longer battery life than its predecessor. More on these as we get the info.

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