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Asus Eee 1201N full specifications unveiled

By Shane McGlaun on Friday, Nov 20th 2009 No Comments

Earlier this month we announced that the Asus Eee 1201n would be hitting the market in December. At the time, the specifications for the machine had not been unveiled. Today Asus is offering up the full specifications list for the machine.

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ASUS eye Toshiba in bid to make top three notebook ranking

By Chris Davies on Monday, Nov 16th 2009 No Comments

ASUS aren't messing around when they say they want to crash the top three notebook vendors worldwide, even if that means they need to make some acquisitions rather than rely on their own product line. According to ASUS chairman Jonney Shih, the company is eyeing up Toshiba's notebook division as a potential target for buy-out, the latter company itself having around 5-percent of the worldwide product share.

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ASUS Eee PC T91MT multitouch netbook gets reviewed

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Nov 12th 2009 8 Comments

asus eee pc t91mt reviewed ASUS’ Eee PC T91MT multitouch-capable convertible touchscreen netbook may only just be available in the US, but that hasn’t stopped MyT91’s Kubel from scripting up a full review of the finger-friendly device. According to his report, the T91MT not only has a great keyboard but a reasonably effective touchscreen; it can only recognize two points of contact and has neither palm-rejection nor pressure-sensitivity, but it still manages to offer more touch-control than previous versions of the T91.

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Video of Asus Eee PC T91 touch interface surfaces

By Shane McGlaun on Tuesday, Nov 10th 2009 No Comments

We have already talked a bit about the new Asus Eee PC T91 multi touch netbook. Certainly, the coolest feature of the netbook is the multi-touch capability and the custom Asus UI that sits on top of Windows 7 to allow navigation of content on the machine.

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ASUS Eee PC 1201N arriving December; Smartbook delayed until Q2 2010?

By Chris Davies on Friday, Nov 6th 2009 No Comments

According to ASUS UK, the company’s upcoming Eee PC 1201N complete with NVIDIA Ion graphics will be arriving in stores come December. Speaking to Electricpig, the company confirmed that the 12-inch Ion machine was imminent, but are yet to define the actual specifications. Meanwhile, ASUS’ first Smartbook has apparently been delayed according to a market specialist at the company, and is now not expected until Q2 2010.

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ASUS Eee PC T91MT multitouch up for US preorder

By Chris Davies on Monday, Nov 2nd 2009 No Comments

Having gone up for preorder in Europe midway through October, the upcoming multitouch-capable ASUS Eee PC T91MT has now shown up for preorder in the US. Amazon are listing the convertible touchscreen netbook – the T91MT-PU17-WT, to give it its full, catchy title – for $549, though they don’t have any specific release date.

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ASUS Eee Smartbook dropping Q1 2010 for around $180

By Chris Davies on Friday, Oct 30th 2009 1 Comment

Bargain hunters looking for a new ultraportable this Christmas could do well to hold off until the new year, as ASUS CEO Jerry Shen has announced the company plans to launch an Android-based Smartbook in Q1 2010 that could be priced at around $180. ASUS were among the companies demonstrating Smartbook prototypes – based on Qualcomm’s 1GHz Snapdragon processor – back in June, but since then have downplayed their involvement with the format.

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ASUS WiFi, 3G and WiMAX ebook readers confirmed from March 2010

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Oct 29th 2009 No Comments

Further details of ASUS’ upcoming ebook reader have emerged, after executives from the company apparently confirmed that WiFi, 3G and WiMAX versions will be announced before the year is out. The ebook readers will apparently begin reaching carrier partners in the US and Europe come March 2010, with the executives claiming that prices will be “competitive” with what’s on offer from Amazon and Sony.

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ASUS ECS 1000 desktop supercomputer debuts

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Oct 27th 2009 No Comments

asus esc 1000 supercomputer ASUS have outed their first supercomputer, and while you might associate the term with rooms packed full of ominous black totems, the ASUS ECS 1000 is actually a simple desktop. Despite the compact size, the ECS 1000 manages to hit speeds of up to 1.1 terraflops courtesy of NVIDIA graphics cards; the 3.33GHz Intel LGA1366 Xeon W3580 is paired with three NVIDIA Tesla C1060 computing processors and a single Quadro FX5800.

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MSI Tegra-based ebook reader planned for 2010

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Oct 27th 2009 No Comments

MSI are threatening to join the ebook reader market themselves, with company chairman Joseph Hsu revealing that they’re currently working on an NVIDIA Tegra based device. The news comes after ASUS reiterated their ongoing ebook reader development, with the most recent news suggesting that the company has not one but two such devices in the works, offering two different screen sizes.