14 DAY TRIAL // It looks like ASUSTek, the creator of the widely known Eee PC, is planning to increase storage for its netbook systems. The company is expected to offer free online data storage, in addition to a number of other Web services, as a means of boosting the popularity of its small-sized portable computer systems in an already overcrowded market.
The Taiwanese manufacturer can pride itself with having the largest lineup of netbook models, designed to meet the requirements of an increasing number of potential customers. As we mentioned in several of our previous articles, the company has set an impressive goal for itself, which is to achieve the threshold of 5 million Eee PC units shipped this year alone. However, in a market that is expanding with every passing day, and where more manufacturers are coming forth with their own netbook models, ASUS will certainly have a tough time achieving this ambitious goal.
This is precisely why the latest news comes to confirm that the company is trying to make its offer even more appealing to all those potential customers out there. The plan is to provide Eee PC users worldwide with an additional 20GB of free Web-based storage space by the end of this year or in early 2009. Currently, the Taiwanese manufacturer is offering to some of its users an exclusive 10GB or 20GB of free online storage, depending on the Eee PC model they have acquired. However, it looks like the company plans to further improve this service, and take it to the next level.
In other news, it looks like the price tag for the company's 10-inch Eee PC 1000H, equipped with a 6-cell battery, has recently been lowered. Amazon.com is offering to customers one of these Eee PC models for just $449.99, compared with the $650 pricing initially set upon the release of the netbook. This model features a 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor, 1GB of RAM, 80GB of storage space and a Windows XP operating system.