14 DAY TRIAL // ASUS is planning to sweeten the offer for its 8.9-inch Eee PC 901 model by adding a 3G card. The improvement is going to allow Eee PC users to download and upload stuff on the Internet at speeds of up to 7.2 and 2 Mbps, respectively. Eee PC users will only need to subscribe to a mobile broadband service, which they will be able to use with their favorite small-sized netboook system.
The news comes to confirm that Eee PCs and other netbooks should provide a better support for an Internet connection, including 3G. The ASUS Eee PC 901 equipped with the 3.75G card will offer users an alternative to all those standardly equipped netbooks, which only provide support for 802.11 b/g and Bluetooth wireless connectivity.
Aside from the new 3G card, the Eee PC netbook features an 8.9-inch LCD screen, 1GB of RAM and 16GB of storage space, based on a NAND flash-based solution. In addition, the Taiwanese manufacturer is also going to equip the netbook with a Windows XP operating system. The 3G-enabled Eee PC should become available sometime in October.
At the moment, there are no details available regarding the network carrier likely to jump at the opportunity of including one of ASUS' highly successful netbooks in their upcoming mobile broadband offerings. However, word on the street is that T-Mobile might bring a 3G-equipped Eee PC to Germany later this year. Even so, it's obvious that ASUS is doing its best to make the Eee PC brand as popular with customers as possible – after all, there's a 5 million units before the year's end target that needs to be attained.
In the meantime, before ASUS decides to officially unveil the 3G-enabled Eee PC 901, countless netbook fans out there are still waiting for that S101 high-end model that is expected to become the company's flagship Eee PC.