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| Proporta's Crystal Case: Polycarbonate Shield for Your Eee PC |  | The Eee PC is surely one of the best picks if you want to go along with an ultra-portable, sleek mobile solution. Its miniature size and the neat design make it the perfect companion for an average computer user, yet it is extremely fragile, and a sudden shock could kill it.
Proporta comes to the rescue with its new lineup of Crystal Cases for the Eee PC. Initially designed for fully-fledged notebooks, the new offering is espe ... [read more >>] | | 10 May 2008, 05:12GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Windows XP-Based Eee PC, Cheaper than Its Linux Sibling |  | Asustek's Eee PC miniature notebook is a great success in America and the manufacturer plans to score the same results in Australia, with the advent of its Windows XP-based model. The 8.9-inch Eee PC model is reportedly slated to retail for a lower price than the Linux-powered counterpart.
The Taiwanese company is currently offering two models of the Eee PC 900. Until now, the ultra-mobile PC was only available with a Li ... [read more >>] | | 09 May 2008, 03:42GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Asustek's Eee PC Bursts into Flames Due to 3rd Party Batteries |  | Recent reports emerging in China unveiled that an Asustek Eee PC ultra-mobile PC burst into flames due to an uncertified battery pack. The incident seems to have been triggered by the use of a third-party battery designed for the tiny Eee PC. Despite the fact that the notebook user was not injured, it caused substantial damage to the unit.
Last month, a few high capacity batteries for the Eee PC started selling on the eBay onl ... [read more >>] | | 08 May 2008, 03:55GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Hacked Eee PC Sells for the Price of a MacBook Air |  | The extremely popular Eee PC sub-notebook from Asustek has reportedly been modded once again. This time we're not talking about carbon fiber lids or ... [read more >>] | | 30 April 2008, 06:50GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Asustek Cheats on Eee PC Battery Lifetime |  | Taiwanese notebook manufacturer is reportedly misleading its Eee PC 900 reviewers by sending units rigged with higher-capacity battery packs than the commercially available Eee PC 900 models. The advent of the 9-inch Eee PC model is an impor ... [read more >>] | | 23 April 2008, 08:59GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 3K Releases Eee-PC Lookalike for Less than $399 |  | As if the already released ultra mobile PCs were not enough, 3K Computers announced another ultra-portable computer that strikingly resembles the successful Eee PC. The PC manufacturer has a long tradition in selling re-branded OEM notebooks, and its new $399 Longitude 400 perfectly fits into the picture.
The notebook weighs a little below 900 grams and is shaped in the same style as Asustek's Eee PC 701. It comes with th ... [read more >>] | | 23 April 2008, 06:39GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Asustek's Eee PC Put to New and Illegal Use |  | Asustek's tiny Eee PC can hardly be regarded as a fierce tool of hacking, given the fact that it’s more of a toy than a fully-fledged computer. Of course, behind the eye-candy shell, you can still find a computer to give you all the features of modern PCs.
A group of tech-savvy thieves decided that they could take advantage of the notebook's diminutive size in order to cash some extra bucks. If you were thinking abou ... [read more >>] | | 23 April 2008, 05:37GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| MSI Introduces Wind, Gets Ready for the UMPC Battle |  | Micro-Star International has just announced its Wind series of ultra-mobile notebooks, that are alleged to compete on the same low-cost market as Asustek's Eee PC. According to MSI, the Wind will come in either an 8.9- or 10-inch display option, and will be able to deliver resolutions of up to 1024×600.
The one-kilogram notebook will be available for purchase with a pre-installed copy of Windows XP. Despite the fact that ... [read more >>] | | 21 April 2008, 05:34GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Leaked: Asustek's Desktop Version of the Eee PC Got Pictured |  | Remember Asustek's EP 20 desktop computer in the Eee PC series we have told you about? It seems like the ultra-low cost desktop PC made an appearance in the open space. Officially called the "Digital Home System EP20".
Initially spotted during the CeBIT, the desktop PC is extremely svelte and seems the best choice for populating extremely crowded offices or laboratories where minimal computing power is required ... [read more >>] | | 29 March 2008, 09:23GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| The Eee PC Gets Dissected By FCC: Bluetooth and Multi-Finger Trackpad |  | Asustek's next generation of Eee PC has just landed on the FCC's workbench, where it got minutely dissected and specified. The Federal Communications Commission's report revealed quite some nifty features to go along with it's larger, resistive screen.
In spite of Asustek officials' statements, the new Eee PC 900 features a power adapter much larger than the previous 401 model, and while it might not ... [read more >>] | | 27 March 2008, 17:41GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Confirmed: Asustek's Upcoming Eee PC Will Feature Touch-Screen Capabilities |  | Asustek's ultra-popular Eee PC was announced earlier this year to come with a significant memory boost and touch screen capabilities along with a bigger LCD display. However, many of the promised features have been stripped down as the Asustek engineers were "cooking" the notebook.
According to Asustek's president Jerry Chan, the 9-incher was stripped down of its touchscreen capabilities. The news was brok ... [read more >>] | | 26 March 2008, 16:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| A-Data Unveils New Eee PC Storage Accessories |  | Memory manufacturer A-Data has just unveiled two new storage accessories especially targeted at the Eee PC users. The S701 USB flash drive and SDHC memory card Eee PC special edition come to complement the default storage space the Eee PC ships with.
One of the most criticized aspects of the extremely popular Eee PC is its reduced storage capacity. Although the maximum amount of 8 GB is enough for running the pre-installed Xa ... [read more >>] | | 26 March 2008, 04:08GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Acer's Low-Cost PC, Cheaper than Austek's Eee 2.0 |  | Acer plans on tightening the competition on the low-cost ultra-mobile PC market with the advent of its newest 8.9-inch sub-notebook. According to sources quoted by the tech site Digitimes, Acer's low-cost offering is expected to sell $50 less than the free-on-board (FOB) price for Asustek Computer's second-gen ... [read more >>] | | 24 March 2008, 17:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Intel's Eco PC Notebook Gets Specifications, Even More Pictures |  | Remember the tiny Intel notebook leaked last week? Previously known as the NetBook, Intel's (not so) secret weapon on the UMPC market finally got specifications and some more high-resolution photos. Extremely similar to the Classmate PC sub-notebook, the new ultra-portable device from Intel is expected to pitch at the educational market as well.
The first rumors about the so-called NetBook emerged from an US-based OEM wor ... [read more >>] | | 24 March 2008, 09:37GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Intel to Spread the Classmate PC Across US, European Markets |  | Intel is reported to introduce its educational Classmate PC sub-notebook on the U.S. and European retail markets during the next weeks. The ultra-mobile notebook is one of the direct competitors of the OLPC XO sub-notebook and is especially designed for the emerging and developing markets worldwide.
According to Lila Ibrahim, general manager of Intel's emerging market platform group, the Classmate PC will hit the retailer ... [read more >>] | | 20 March 2008, 05:21GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Tiny Eee PC Gets Carbon Fiber Touch |  | Asustek's tiny Eee PC is one of the best-selling ultra-mobile PCs in the world. In fact, it sold so well, that people "wearing" the Eee can be seen almost everywhere. However, when fashion is becoming a standard, there's nothing much special left in having one of the units. That's why custom-made Eee PCs have recently emerged on websites such as eBay.
If you are a fashionable computer user, you might ... [read more >>] | | 17 March 2008, 07:35GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Asustek Unveils Desktop PC Model |  | Asustek has been rumored to work on a desktop computer since January, but the upcoming Eee PC 900 got all the customers' attention. However, the new desktop system from the Taiwanese PC manufacturer can be regarded as the desktop alternative to the Eee.
The EP20 desktop computer is officially called the "Digital Home System EP20", but right underneath its name, the manufacturer added the well-known "Easy t ... [read more >>] | | 15 March 2008, 05:21GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Asustek: Two Thirds Of the Eee PCs Will Ship With Windows |  | Taiwanese PC vendor Asustek plans to release two thirds of their Eee PC production, which will come with a pre-installed version of Windows XP. The decision has been made after the incredible success of the Windows XP version of the tiny Eee.
The previous version of the Eee PC used to come with a 7-inch screen and a limited resolution of 800x480, which had some shortcomings in correctly displaying the Windows XP desktop. The n ... [read more >>] | | 14 March 2008, 05:15GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Asustek Details Upon Eee PCs Roadmap |  | The advent of a larger-screen, more powerful Eee PC in the 900 series is hardly news, as Asustek announced it before the CeBIT show in Hanover, Germany. However, the company decided that it's time it release more details about what proved to be one of the best sold products in its offering.
The 9-inch Eee PC 900 will start shipping in April, but the manufacturer hasn't nailed the event down to a specific date yet. Th ... [read more >>] | | 11 March 2008, 11:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| MSI Prepares Eee PC Killer, Pushes 10-Inchers as Industry Standard |  | Notebook manufacturer Micro-Star International has entered the UMPC race for real with its upcoming MSI Wind. The sub-notebook comes with a 10-inch display and has been premiered at this year's CeBIT expo.
MSI's laptop is a stylish, 10-inch ultra-portable notebook that is expected to pose some serious problems to Asustek's upcoming Eee PC 900. Luckily for the competition, it will not be ready until the second qu ... [read more >>] | | 10 March 2008, 10:27GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| The New 9-Inch Eee PC Will Come With Extra Features, Atom Processor |  | Asustek has told media about the new 9-inch offering right before the CeBIT event. Despite the fact that company representatives allowed the press to fiddle with the small notebook, they did not allow anyone to turn on the exhibits present at the event, in order to furthermore fuel the rumors regarding the device's processor. Since too much secrecy can harm the brand, it was the company to start spilling the beans on the Eee ... [read more >>] | | 10 March 2008, 09:54GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Asustek's Eee PC Gets Official With Microsoft's Windows XP |  | Eee computers have been running Windows XP for quite some time now, thanks to the ultra-mobile PC enthusiasts that would shape the little device to suit their needs. Asustek decided that it was high time for the secret relationship between the machine and Microsoft's OS to go official and introduced its Windows XP version.
The new choice of operating system will let users buy a pre-loaded Windows XP machine instead of the ... [read more >>] | | 07 March 2008, 09:17GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| CeBIT 2008: Hands on With the Eee PC from Asus |  | It's no secret that Asus has really struck gold when it came up with the Eee PC, a small, ultra-portable computing system that's selling like hot cakes, although the processing power it provides isn't exactly amazing. However, the form factor and the other functions this thing can provide seem to have done the trick, and everyone's trying to get one nowadays, including the power users.
During our visit at ... [read more >>] | | 07 March 2008, 04:32GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| ECS Unveils the 11-Inch Eee PC 900 Killer |  | The recently announced Asustek Eee PC 900 with its 8.9-inch monitor was extremely good news for the ultra-mobile enthusiasts. Expected to arrive during the second quarter of 2008, the Eee PC 900 may be good, but but ECS' offering is everything an UMPC enthusiast might ever need.
The Eee PC is still writing the major headlines when it comes to inexpensive and low-performance computing system, and it managed to irritate its ... [read more >>] | | 07 March 2008, 02:35GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Asustek, T-Mobile to Offer Internet Access for the Eee PC |  | Asustek has announced a strategic partnership with mobile telephony provider T-Mobile that will result in the release on the market of attractive all-in-one packages comprised of ASUS notebooks and high-speed mobile technology with a convenient price tag.
The new partnership between the two companies is alleged to create new mobility standards, celebrated by the availability of the first package that will become available at t ... [read more >>] | | 06 March 2008, 10:40GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| CeBIT 2008: Asustek's Eee PC, Second Version: 8.9-Inch Screen and Memory Boost |  | Asustek's Eee PC enthusiasts can say that the wait is nearly over, as the PC vendor has just unveiled a new version of the sub-notebook, the Eee PC 900. The new version has been announced back in January during the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
The highly-anticipated update will offer a 9-inch display, as the previous version would only offer a 7-inch workspace with a limited resolution of 800x480 pixels. The n ... [read more >>] | | 04 March 2008, 07:18GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Asustek: Tiny Eee Gets Accessories Backup |  | The tiny Eee PC introduced back in October last year has proven to be a true gold mine for the Trawanese PC manufacturer. A new version of the Eee, the 900 is about to kick in, but until then, you might want to extend the functionality of your current sub-notebook with some extras. The new accessories delivered by Asustek include mice, spare battery packs and travel chargers, and add a plus of power and convenience to the beloved ... [read more >>] | | 04 March 2008, 04:30GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Dell to Shovel New Low-Cost Mobile Computers |  | System builder Dell plans on introducing some more low-cost offerings on the Asian market during this year. The announcement was made by a company executive during yesterday's meeting.
"We've been pretty much a leader in the mid- and high-end price bands. We haven't played as strongly in the lower price bands," said Steve Felice, president of Dell Asia-Pacific. The new policy will bring some new models ... [read more >>] | | 01 March 2008, 05:57GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Elonex Is Baking Another Eee PC Sub-Notebook Clone |  | British system builder Elonex has come up with further details regarding its upcoming Elonex One educational sub-notebook that will compete with archrival Eee PC. Following the idea that "it's all in the looks", the British system builder will release its educational notebook in a wide range of colors, including black, pink, green, white, and silver.
The Elonex One is touted as a sub-$150 mobile computing system ... [read more >>] | | 29 February 2008, 04:55GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Sungjut TangoX Nano UMPC, Built on Via's NanoBook Platform: Eee PC Checkmate? |  | Eee PC lovers might find an interesting companion in Sungjut's latest ultra mobile PC, called the TangoX Nano. Built on Via's NanoBook core platform, the sub-notebook only measures 230 x 171 x 29.4 millimeters and weighs 0.97 kilograms. The tiny UMPC came from Asia and things might get a little gloomy for Asustek's Eee PC.
The notebook is built on Via's sub-notebook reference platform and if it looks famili ... [read more >>] | | 28 February 2008, 08:50GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Intel's Diamnondville to Draw Only 4 Watts of Power |  | If 10 watts of power were appealing enough for the mobile market, then picture this: Intel will release a new breed of energy-efficient CPUs in the Diamondville family. Ten watts will no longer power the processor alone, but instead a whole computing system.
Intel has been aiming at high-performance computing for quite some time now, but it ultimately figured it out that the future on the market belongs to low-cost, low-perfor ... [read more >>] | | 28 February 2008, 04:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Sony Starts Worrying as the Eee PC Gains Popularity |  | The tiny ultra-mobile computer from Asustek looks more of a toy than of a notebook computer, but this is no surprise, since the main targets of the sub-notebook are children. However, the "pseudo-computer" has hijacked the whole industry and set a new trend on the mobile computing market.
The Eee PC had millions of units sold by now and industry giants start to worry about it's explosive popularity. The noteboo ... [read more >>] | | 27 February 2008, 04:14GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Compaq 2133: HP's Leaked Ultra Mobile PC |  | Remember the rumors about an ultra-mobile personal computer from Hewlett-Packard? It seems that the device is as real as possible and will come with some nifty features that will make it yet another worthy MacBook Air killer – supposing it will finally come out on the m ... [read more >>] | | 20 February 2008, 06:04GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| HP Is Readying Its Own Ultra-Mobile PC |  | Rumor has it that HP is secretly cooking a new product to join its mobile family. However, it will be far from what HP got its customers used to: no superior computing power and no big display. On the contrary, the new device will be more of an ultra-mobile computer than a notebook, and chances are that it will strikingly resemble Asustek's Eee PC.
The Eee has become long since a reference point in the UMPC world, and the ... [read more >>] | | 19 February 2008, 03:41GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| CloudBook Gets Availability Dates |  | Everex's CloudBook PC seems to have arrived on the market already, but it's not to be found if you're not that important to get a sample. The only online shop that is currently selling the green sub-notebook is ZaReason, that had them in stock since Friday morning.
"ZaReason sent a van over the other day and grabbed their units while the Wal-Mart pallets were being loaded," claimed Paul Kim, U.S. head ... [read more >>] | | 18 February 2008, 04:40GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Everex's CloudBook UMPC Is Not Ready for the Market |  | The long-awaited ultra-mobile computer from Everex, the Cloudbook, has finally arrived on the market. The sub-notebook only was delayed once, although I, for one, would have expected to be postponed yet again. However, the first hands-on reports co ... [read more >>] | | 16 February 2008, 04:26GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| The Asustek Eee Comes With Factory-Default Hacking Vulnerabilities |  | Some people try to match their newly-purchased computer to their furniture, or, if it is a portable one, to their pieces of jewelery. Some other would rush an install their favorite pieces of software, perform their visual tweaks and set it up for long hours of work. There is yet another category of buyers that reminds me somehow of the Soviet Union and the industrial espionage. They try to hack into the device, see how things wo ... [read more >>] | | 09 February 2008, 06:34GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Dell Hints on Eight-Inch Ultra-Mobile PC |  | PC manufacturer Dell has hinted its customers that it may release an eight-inch screen sub-notebook to compete on the ultra-mobile computer market. The company has recently denied the fact that it intends to buy mobile telephony company Motorola in order to "hijack" it on the smart phone market, rather than taking an approach at small form factor laptops.
"We see mobility as a big trend. Clearly what we see is t ... [read more >>] | | 08 February 2008, 11:44GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Colorful and Bigger Everex UMPC's Are in the Works |  | The guys at Everex failed in launching the $399 sub-notebook on time, partly because they had to perform additional tweaks to the Linux interface and partly because the Chinese New Year's Eve rushed uninvited and shut the ... [read more >>] | | 08 February 2008, 08:26GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| New Asus Eee PC Killer Spotted In the Wild: the Pioneer DreamBook Light IL1 |  | If you thought that the ultra-mobile PC market could not be any crowded than it is being now, you were wrong. Eee PC clones are everywhere, in a desperate attempt to seize control over as many users as possible. Well, things are different with the new DreamBook Light IL1 from Pioneer Computers – it is not a clone, but rather a Eee PC killer.
The new sub-notebook is extremely different in terms of hardware specifications. If al ... [read more >>] | | 08 February 2008, 06:14GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| The Eee PC Can Run Cloudbook's Operating System |  | The Eee PC is not only a nice accessory to replace ladies' purses on a party, but it is also a toy for worldwide modding enthusiasts. More experienced users unleashed the power of the soldering iron, while others were just pleased to port other operating systems the tiny Eee was not supposed to be able to run.
There are plenty of reports claiming that users managed to install Windows XP on the machine – and this is by far ... [read more >>] | | 05 February 2008, 08:37GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Intel to Deliver WiMax On a Single Chip |  | Intel has announced a new chip design that can handle multiple Wi-Fi signals simultaneously. The company has developed a new technology that minimizes both power consumption and the size of the chip.
The new design has been presented during the International Solid-State Circuits Conference in San Francisco. According to the presented papers, Intel has successfully managed to combine the WiMax standard with the Wi-Fi a/g/n spec ... [read more >>] | | 05 February 2008, 06:26GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| The Eee Goes Big: Asustek to Announce 42-inch Eee TV |  | Asustek decided that the ultra-mobile Eee PC is not enough to take a good grip at the computer market. Since the majority of the computer vendors are sticking with their obsession of launching perfect clones of Asustek's small and appealing devices, the Taiwanese manufacturer thought it's time to break the pattern.
Asus has announced yet some more Eee-based devices that will really invade users' living rooms. Th ... [read more >>] | | 30 January 2008, 06:54GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| MSI Is Baking a Diamondville-Based UMPC |  | Taiwan-based notebook manufacturer Micro-Star International (MSI) has begun sketching yet another ultra-low cost notebook PC to compete with Asustek's Eee sub-notebooks. MSI has taken competition very seriously on the UMPC battlefield, given the fact that the Eee sold and continues to sell excellently. However, the competition is getting tighter and tighter, since all the companies release their products in similar hardware ... [read more >>] | | 29 January 2008, 04:26GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| UMPCs to Storm the Market: Press F1 for Help |  | Asustek's Eee PC has started a real revolution in the UMPC sector. Initially perceived as a niche market, UMPCs would appeal to business people and would act more like a sophisticated personal organizer. Asustek took their size, shrunk it more, then mix it with an eye-candy case and a free colorful operating system. This was the recipe for the sub-notebook's mass adoption.
Eee PC's popularity rapidly attracted some other ... [read more >>] | | 28 January 2008, 08:37GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| The 8G Eee PC Gets Delayed By Parts Tight Supply |  | Remember the Asus Eee PC crisis that hit the market just before the Christmas shopping season? The Eee PC was really hard to snatch, and everyone was asking why Asustek had not produced even more units.
Well, first of all, Asus was not aware of the ... [read more >>] | | 28 January 2008, 06:33GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| The Everex UMPC, Delayed By 'Software Tweaks' and 'New Year's Eve' |  | Everex has announced that their promised ultra-mobile Cloudbook PC won't be ready until the next month or so, due to some last minute changes that need to be performed to the Linux operating system. The minor tweaks will keep the highly anticipated notebook away from the US consumers' hands for at least a month, although the notebooks should have arrived since yesterday, according to the initial roadmap.
According to ... [read more >>] | | 26 January 2008, 06:00GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Asus, Windows XP, Hand in Hand on the Japanese Market |  | Asus has officially launched a new version of their Eee PC on the Japanese market. Before you jump with joy, I must tell you that nothing has really changed in the notebook's hardware configuration. Instead, the manufacturer has pre-loaded the small machine with Microsoft's Windows XP, rather than the eye-candy Xandros.
The hardware specifications are identical to the standard 4GB solid-state drive model (also known ... [read more >>] | | 25 January 2008, 03:54GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
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