14 DAY TRIAL // It appears that the PadFone
is not the only thing that ASUS brought over to Computex, since a certain, very thin laptop has also been spotted, featuring everything a netbook is supposed to have.
The Intel Atom Z670 central processing unit was primarily developed as a viable x86 tablet processing solution, one that ViewSonic, among others, already put to work.
Still, this doesn't mean that notebook makers will have any second thoughts about also using it in their newest netbooks, this being precisely what ASUS did.
Basically, the outfit used the Oak Trail Atom processor, with a clock speed of 1.5 GHz, as the central piece in the Eee PC X101.
White will be the main color option, but NetbookNews showed that the this version of the mobile computer will be accompanies by a red and gold one whenever sales decide to start.
The display size is of, as one may have already guessed, 10 inches in diagonal, but the rest of the feature set is not really clear yet.
While one can assume that a HDD and 1 or 2 GB of RAM are present, this is just speculation at this point.
Fortunately, not everything is unknown, like the webcam on the bezel above the display panel itself, as well as the chiclet keyboard and the dual-microphone array.
Also, since the Oak Trail is used, the integrated Intel GMA (graphics media accelerator) is there to handle any and all display tasks.
All in all, this is a netbook that has been optimized for power efficiency and, maybe even more so, thinness.
Finally, whatever the hardware configuration turns out to be, it is kept operational by a 6-cell battery, whose lifespan is, unfortunately, just as mysterious as the insides.
One would expect Windows 7 to be featured on this product, but it appears ASUS went for MeeGo instead.