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.

ASUS to showcase the EEE SHELL 1008HA and S121 at CeBIT 2009

Remember the ultra-thin EEE SHELL that we mentioned a couple of days back? Well, ASUS is planning to unveil the SHELL AKA 1008HA at the CeBIT 2009. The SHELL 1008HA is rumored to be slimmer than the current flagship EEE, S101 and will offer more battery life than the EEE S101.

Along with 1008HA, the company will also showcase the recently released S101H, Eee PC T91, Eee PC S121, UX and U-series ultra-thin notebooks and Eee Keyboard. More exciting news coming, the S101′s successor , S121 is also going to be launched, which will have a whopping 512GB SSD drive. Yes, that is not a typo. It will be the first netbook to feature such spacious SSD drive. However, it is cost you at mind-boggling $1649. For those who want to be remain on the cheap side, they can opt for the 120GB HDD version, which will retail for $899.

At $1649 and with 512GB SSD, one does not need to be a rocket scientist to figure out that the ASUS S121 is directly going to rival the Macbook Air, which retails more or less, at the same price. However, will it still be called an EEE? That is miles behind of being called as a cheap netbook.

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Click here to read the S101 review

ASUS Eee Shell ultra-thin netbook to launch in April 2009

After the nice success of their ASUS EEE S101 netbook (review), ASUS is planning to launch another ultra-thin netbook in the month of April, EEE SHELL. It will be more powerful than the ASUS EEE S101 and will have even better battery life. The price is going to be around US$486-571, which is the same price at which the ASUS EEE S101 was launched.

Folks, april is not too far away. Right?