We’ve heard about the Eee PC 1004DN as early as April.  Unfortunately since then, nothing much has been said about this Eee PC.  For those who forgot already, the Eee PC 1004DN is the first Eee PC that would come with an optical drive.  You remember now folks?  Netbooknews is reporting that the Eee PC 1004DN is now up for grab and on sale but only in Taiwan.

Yeah, I knew that was a party spoiler. Anyway, aside from optical drive, there is also one new feature of the Eee PC 1004DN that e don’t normally see in standard netbooks, and that is the Intel GN40 chipset.

Now, here’s a quick review of the Eee PC 1004DN’s specs and features:

• 10.2-inch display
• Intel Atom N280 CPU
• 1GB RAM
• 120GB 1.8 inch HD
• finger print scanner
• Wi-Fi, Bluetooth
• 1.3MP webcam,
• ExpressCard 34 slot
• multi-touch touchpad
• 3 USB ports
• 6-cell battery (5.9 hours)

The Eee PC 1004DN carries a price tag of around $608.

If the fact that the upcoming Eee PC 1004DN will be Asus’ first netbook to carry an optical drive, an ExpressCard/34 slot, fingerprint scanner and a plethora of netbook goodies are not enough to make you excited, how about if you learn some other details such as more software goodies and a facility to register your fingerprints?

According to the Eee PC 1004DN manual unearthed by Eee PC Italia, the Eee PC 1004Dn will have the useful software including Data Sync for synchronizing files on the Eee PC 1004DN with other PCs, EzMessenger for chatting and file sharing, Font Resizer for adjusting system fonts, Eee Splendid for adjusting the screen’s contrast, brightness, color saturation, and other display settings. These are in addition to the Super Hydbrid Engine for adjusting the Eee PC’s processing speed and Eee Tray.

The Eee PC 1004DN would also support Eee Storage service to let you back up your files online.

Via Liliputing

Here you go folks, Asus officially announcing what we reported a couple of days ago about the Eee PC 1004DN. Yup, the first Eee PC, or better yet the first netbook with an Optical Drive.

Allow us to get into the details of these power-packed Eee PCs please. First we have it’s design which has a high-gloss UV LCD cover made of cutting-edge allows, lightweight frame, high-gloss bezel frames, aluminum plam rest and electroplated frame on the keyboard’s border. Certainly those words describes an elegant Eee PC, right?

Next, of course is the Super-Multi optical disc drive (ODD) which can read and write data to DVD or CD media. Add an Express Card expansion slot which is compatible with USB 2.0 and PCI Express and you have a versatile netbook indeed.

What else does the Eee PC 1004DN has in store for us? A multi-touch touchpad, a digital array microphone, 1.3 megapixel webcam, software suite featuring EzMessenger for synchronizing data and Eee Splendid for visualization and a font resizer for viewing documents more conveniently.

Finally we have an fingerprint log-on facility through Asus Data Security System which can also be used for encrypting file folders.

Lest we forget, this netbook baby can max out up to 5.9 hours of good usage.

And if you’re still not convince that the Eee PC 1004DN would be the next hottest Eee PC, how about if we give you the full specs:

• 10-inch wide active matrix LED backlight TFT (1024×600)
• Intel Atom N280 1.6GHz CPU
• Intel GN40 ICH9Mb chipset
• 1GB RAM (expansion to 2GB RAM)
• 120GB HDD
• Bluetooth, Wi-Fi
• 1.3MP Webcam
• Chicklet-type keyboard
• Hi-Definition Audio

Pricing still stands at around $531-590.  International release date is yet to be announced.

Via Asus News