The Eee PC 1000H Go usually retails for 400 Euros, but Notebooksbilliger.de have the netbook on offer, with 25% off bringing the total down to just 299 Euros. The netbook is available to order right now, with shipping restricted to Europe. The offer will last until the stock has gone. The 1000H Go differs to the 1000H by having UMTS built into the netbook, giving you internet access on the “go”.

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John over at Eee-PC.de has modded his Asus Eee PC 1000H. He’s already added more RAM and a touchscreen, along with upgrading the SSD. So what more was left? The keyboard. John has posted of how he’s taken the original keyboard out of the 1000H and replaced it with the keyboard found in the 1000HE Eee PC. He explains that some modifications are needed for the 1000HE keyboard, but it only took 5 minutes to put it together. You can follow his guide with photos of how you can also replace the keyboard on your Asus 1000H.

Asus have been phasing out their 7 inch netbook models for a while now, with 8.9 inch models speculated to follow, in favour of 10 inch display models. Digitimes have reported that both 7 inch and 8.9 inch models have received a price cut to “clear inventory”. The 7 inch model is available for $4,999 TWD ($153) instead of $6,999 TWD ($214). In China, the Asus Eee PC 900A price has been slashed to 1,499 Yuan ($219).

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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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Folks in the UK who are looking to get hold of the first convertible netbook from Asus, featuring an 8.9 inch display, will have to wait even longer than what we previously reported. The Asus Eee PC T91 had already been delayed until the 22nd of June due to logistic problems. Netbookchoice have confirmed that the T91 will now not be available until late July. A date hasn’t been confirmed but Asus UK confirmed that the timeline was concrete and more delays are not likely. The convertible netbook is taking longer to be released in the UK as Asus want to be 100% happy with the product before shipping and touching up the interface.

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An Eee PC running Android was showcased earlier today for Computex 2009, not by Google nor Asus, but by Qualcomm Technologies. The chip company is pushing for a new generation of mobile devices called “Smartbooks” that will be powered by their so far convincing 1GHz Snapdragon CPU. Asus itself has been rumored to be planning on launching Android-based Eee PCs soon, while other parties such as Freescale Semiconductor have also announced plans to introduce Android netbooks before the end of the year.

In a video recorded by TweakTown as a Qualcomm product manager demonstrated the Android-powered Eee PC to them, it can be seen that the open-source smartphone OS works fairly well on a netbook, although if it will actually be useful in real world situations (not to mention a worthy alternative to Windows and other popular netbook operating systems) is still in question. In any case, it is evident that many companies are working together to make Android on netbooks an attractive reality, so let’s just sit back and watch what happens. See a video of the Eee PC running Android with a Snapdragon CPU after the break.
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Said to be on track for a release in the UK next month, the 9-inch touchscreen-equipped Asus Eee PC T91 has been caught in pictures yet again, this time by UK tech site Electric Pig. Looking at what the Eee PC T91 is now, before its official release, it appears as if Asus has nearly perfected the 9-inch form factor, and considering how good the Eee PC T91 looks as both a netbook and a convertible tablet, the 10-inch Eee PC T101 is bound to be better by leaps. If you are holding off buying any more netbooks before the Eee PC T91 and T101 from Asus, then maybe the latest Eee PC T91 hands-on pictures will be enough to tide you over. See them all at the link below.

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Finding it hard to decide between the Asus Eee PC 1000H and the Samsung N120? You may already have an Eee PC 1000H lying around, and you’re looking forward to getting your hands on an N120 to see if it’s worth “upgrading” to it, but in case you just can’t wait anymore, Liliputing has posted several photos comparing the two 10-inch netbooks side-by-side. From this, we learn that while the Samsung N120 is a bit wider (and therefore bigger) than the Asus Eee PC 1000H, it’s actually quite lighter, which makes it better for carrying around. We’ll let you be the judge of which one is the best–check out the rest of the photos at the post linked to below.

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While every day typing may be easier on a netbook than an iPhone, the folks over at Crave have performed a rather unusual test. They’ve pitted an Asus Eee PC up against Apple’s iPhone for a typing competition with a twist. The typing competition takes place in a Rally car drive by Kenneth Hansen, 14 time European Rallycross champion.

The sentance that was attempted was “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog”, which contains every letter of the alphabet. A simple sentance and a simple task? Not in a rallycar. The netbook came back out with “THISn QUICC BDE4 FROCCDX HJUNOE OV4E3DR TTHJREV N V DOGTG” and the iPhone “The quick fox jumps over the lazy dog”. While on the iPhone ‘brown’ wasn’t attempted, it’s clear to see which is the easier device to type on, while travelling at high speed.

The netbook appears to have been the 7″ Eee PC 701, so perhaps a 10″ netbook would fare better, but the iPhone also had the auto correction feature switched on.

The guys over at Datamation have compiled a list of 25 open source applications that will work on an Asus Eee PC netbook. The list focuses mainly on Linux based applications, for the original Eee PC 701, but some are compatible with Windows and some apps solely Windows. Within the 25 open source applications, 19 of the apps will work on Linux based Eee PCs, with 10 of the apps made for Windows. Those who have a hackintosh aren’t left out either with 6 of the apps working on OS X. The applications are primarily for the Asus Eee PC, but with some also working on other netbooks.

The apps are listed in 12 different categories over 3 pages, ranging from documentation and drivers through to operating systems such as Eeebuntu and other utilities.