14 DAY TRIAL // Here we are in the final month of the year, and the shopping frenzy has already begun. The times when teddy bears and candies were appreciated gifts are long since dead. The nowadays kid is more tech-savvy and looks for other types of entertainment. This should only make the IT world rejoice once again.
The Asus Eee PC is the most wanted notebook of all, or so report sales giants such as Amazon and the CNET networks. Contrary to unanimous belief, the must-have of the year has even surpassed the iPod Touch and the iPhone. The Eee model became so popular than all the available units in the retailers' stores have been snatched to the bottom of the stock. The main problem retailers have to face is that the Christmas shopping spree has not even started, and they are already unable to provide enough units.
People queue for days in the vain hope of putting their hand on the popular gadget. The Asus Eee PC has already been sold in more than ten thousands units in only two weeks since it first appeared on the market. But the USA are not the only battlefied for the notebook. In places such as Taiwan and Hong Kong, Asus Eee PC is sold out as soon as it gets displayed on the shelves. Everywhere you go, it's already sold out and you have to subscribe to a waiting list, then wait for the next shipment.
Even schools are frenetically buying Eees for classroom usage. Their simple design and limited hardware - of course, at a decent price - makes them the ideal aid in teaching, as there's nothing to mess up while operating such devices. The Fresno Unified School District in California have purchased more than 1,300 Eee units that are part of the training process. Teacher can display, manipulate and transfer multimedia content to the students' Eee PCs inside the classroom.
Compact and fancy, but at the same time wearing a flavor of advanced technology, they have been quickly adopted by school kids worldwide. You only need a whole bunch of luck to find a piece for your kid's Christmas present.