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Trackball Mod for an EEE PC
A modder over Plasti-bots has been able to integrate a trackball into the body of his ASUS EEE 901 netbook. He used the trackball from the Apple’s mighty mouse and soldered it onto the motherboard of the EEE 901.
The Apple Mighty Mouse uses a built-in driver from Win XP. From the trackball standpoint, the driver provides the ability to scroll vertically (95% of what I was looking for). However, it does not provide horizontal scrolling
Click on read more to see a video of it in action!
Asus EEE PC 1000HE Keyboard Skin
EEE PC 1000HE has a chiclet-style keyboard that has fairly large spaces between the keys. A forum member at eeeuser forum has made a template skin for the EEE PC 1000HE. It is a an easy to dress up your EEE 1000HE.
Eee PC 900 for $170 – beat that!
If you always wanted to have a small computer with you, but did not want to cough up $400+ for a netbook, then Newegg has something that will interest you surely. For just for $169.99, they are giving away an EEE 900, which is pretty decent EEE PC. You don’t even need to pay for its shipping costs!
EEE 900 Specs:-
- 8.9-inch LED-backlit LCD
- Intel Celeron-M 900MHz processor
- 512MB RAM
- 4GB SSD
- Linux OS
- SD card slot
- 4-cell battery
Do note that you can always upgrade to XP if you wish to. Kamal did on his EEE 701 and has been happy since then.
Asus EEE T91 supports Multi-Touch, but with Windows 7 only!
There is some (exciting) news about the recently unveiled ASUS EEE T91: It supports multi-touch! EEE-PC.de (german) were able to get their hands on the ASUS EEE T91, which was running Windows 7. They confirmed that it was able to recognize multi-touch. See the following video, which clearly shows that EEE T91 supports multi-touch
ASUS to launch 11.6-inch EEE PCs later this month
Last month, Acer launched their 11.6-inch Aspire One and we all knew that Asus is not going to sit back and let the Acer occupy the 11.6-inch netbook market so easily. Yesterday, Asus announced that they will be launching the 11.6-inch netbooks later this month. Shen, President of Asus emphasized on the fact that the prime focus will still be on the 10-inch netbooks this year.
ASUS Eee PC Seashell 1008HA officially launched
The ASUS has unveiled the very corporate-looking EEE SeaShell 1008HA, which is the thinnest EEE PC till date. It weighs just 1.1kg; features a great keyboard and has impressive power-management features, which gives you upto 6 hours of battery life.
Specifications:
- Intel Atom N280 processor
- 1GB RAM
- 160GB hard drive
- 10″ LED-backlit WSVGA display (1024×600 pixels)
- 1.3MP webcam
- 802.11b/g/n wireless, Bluetooth
- 2x usb 2.0 ports
- Windows XP / Linux
- Stereo Speakers
However, keep in mind that it comes with an internal battery. So, after an year or so, you will have to send it back to Asus to get the battery changed. Also, it completely rules out the use of extended batteries.
EEE PC T91 for just $549! – ASUS to redefine the price range of Tablets?
Looks like ASUS is really going to make the tablets finally popular among the consumers. Let’s face it, tablets have always been confined to the executives and businessmen. The main reason that the tablets were not received nicely in the consumer market was due to high ‘price’. But, with the $549 price tag, ASUS has hit the sweet spot between functionality and price.
Also, we have heard that ASUS has added few really exciting utilities that are very finger friendly. This is already looking like a winner to me.
Click on read more to know the full specifications of this exciting tablet
ASUS Eee Videophone – Another EEE accersory
Since the launch of the first EEE PC, the ASUS has been paying special attention to their EEE product line. They started off with just the EEE PCs and gradually added more products under the EEE brand. Their recent addition is the EEE Videophone, which claims to be the “World’s First PC-free Videophone for Skype”. It comes with a large 7-inch display and a rather shabby 0.3MP camera. The display resolution is WVGA (800×480)
It comes with built in wifi to effortlessly connect it to the skype and do video calling. For the folks who do not have wifi at home, they can use the not-so-sleek Ethernet connection to get online. It comes with a rechargeable battery. Weighing at 1.6kg, it just offers 20mins talk time and a rather long 2 hour charging time. You better use it on power adapter as you are not going to be able to do a lot of talking if you are not on AC adapter.
Asus offering SSD upgrade for EEE 901
Asus Taiwan is going to start SSD upgrade program for Eee PC 901 lineup. I think may be pay around $1500 TWD ($43) and your SSD will be upgraded to the next highest capacity. It goes like this:
- 4GB to 16GB
- 16GB to 32GB
- 12GB to 24 GB
Note: it is clearly mentioned in the below given press release that no upgrades will be offered to the ones with built-in 3.5G
ASUS Press release
No more 8.9-inch ASUS Eee PCs in 2009
Asus is going to completely phase out 8.9-inch Eee PC netbooks this year. Asus believes that the 10-inch netbooks have much higher demand than the 8.9-inch netbooks.
No doubt, the sales of the 10-inch netbooks have been much higher than expected, but it is odd to completely rule out the 8.9-inch netbooks out of the equation. I am sure that there are a lot of people around who yearn for a smaller device and they do not have a need for a full laptop-size keyboard. They just want a device that is easy to carry around.
