In the land where David G. and I are in right now, coffee shops, free Wi-Fi and Eee PC’s do really mixed well together. Local coffee shops in the Philippines are coming up with ways to increase patronage of their stores, and one way of doing that is by offering free Wi-Fi everytime you purchase their coffee products.

Anyway, to cut the long story short, one local coffee shop in the Philippines, Bo’s Coffee which by the way is not as popular as Starbucks have tied up with Asus Philippines for a raffle promotion where the top prize would be 5 units of the Eee PC S101.

All you have to do is to purchase P200 worth of coffee and you’ll be entitled to a raffle coupon which could win you a spanking new S101.

How’s that for a promotional gig?  Excuse me now folks, I have to get my caffeine fix at Bo’s coffee from now on. No more Starbucks cappuccino for me for now.

Interestingly, Asia countries are so in this kind of promotional gig for the Asus netbook products, specifically for the S101. Remember the promo gig in HK not so long ago?

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Asus Philippines Ties Up with Local Coffee Shop to Give-away 5 Eee PC S101

It was only a matter of time until the next pink edition netbook was announced. This time round, the Eee PC S101 from Asus gets the pink treatment.The S101 is currently available in black, brown or champagne colors, with the pink model being exclusive to Japan. The keyboard and screen bezel remain black in color, with the lid, wrist area and touchpad bringing the pink to the netbook.

Asus are also holding a competition until the 31st of January 2009 that will see 150 winners pick up a pink case for the pink S101 as well as a Swarovski decoration in the shape of a heart. The competition is open to anyone who purchases the pink S101 and registers it before filling in the competition form.

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Asus S101 goes pink

Amazon now have the premium EEE PC, the S101 in stock.

For $699.99 you get the following:

• ASUS Super Hybrid Engine and polymer battery pack allow for longer battery lifespan of up to 5.5 hours. Super Hybrid Engine offers a choice of performance and power consumption modes for easy adjustments according to various needs
• High Speed Connectivity Anywhere with Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n. Eee Connect for an easy way to connect two or more users through a remote desktop feature for easy troubleshooting.
• ASUS Exclusive 30GB Eee Storage with easy accessibility anywhere online
• Solid State Drive that endures strong shock, extreme temperatures and consumes less power.
• Extremely artistic thin design with UV High Gloss Graphite cover
• 10.2-inch wide active matrix LED backlit TFT, WSVGA screen
• Intel Atom N270 processor
• 1GB Memory
• 16GB SSD
• 0.3MP web camera
• Multi-touch Touchpad
• 2450 mAh battery
• Weight – 1kg
• Dimension – 264 mm x 180.5 mm x 18-25 mm
• 4-in-1 card reader
• WLAN, Ethernet LAN
• Windows XP Home

If you are feeling rich, make an order at Amazon.com

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Asus EEE PC S101 in stock at Amazon