PEEWEE KIT turns any netbook into age-appropriate PC

Want to prevent your child from visiting naughty, inappropriate sites from any web-browser? Then, you should definitely take a quick glance at the PeeWee KIT from PeeWee PC. Heck, you can even control their netbook remotely.

PeeWee Kit features:

• USB drive.
• Security Suite: “PeeWee Patrol” and “PeeWee Privacy” for online and offline safety.
• Versions for 3 levels of students: Pre-K, Early Elementary, Upper Elementary.
• 7 fun games and educational software titles for the ultimate kid computer in minutes, including:

ASUS total netbook line to be slashed to just 3 netbooks

ASUS has pretty odd down plans coming up for the next few months as they are planning to reduce the total lineup of the ASUS EEE PCs to just THREE MODELS. All will be running Windows XP and will come equipped with 160GB HDD. Which three are they going to be? It was not a job figuring out the models though. First is the just released EEE 1008HA followed by 1005HA, which is basically same as 1008HA but with removable battery and an extra USB port. Third will be their first netbook-cum-tablet, the T91.

ASUS has pretty odd down plans for the coming months as they are planning to reduce the total lineup of the ASUS EEE PCs to just THREE MODELS. All models will be running Windows XP and will come equipped with 160GB HDD. Which three are they going to be? It was not a tough job to figure out those models though. First is the just released EEE 1008HA followed by 1005HA, which is basically same as 1008HA but with removable battery and an extra USB port. Third will be their first netbook-cum-tablet, the T91.

This actually marks the demise of the EEE 1000HE and other models like EEE 1002H. What is ASUS thinking? At first, we saw them rolling out an EEE every week or so and now they are slashing down all of their popular EEEs (including the EEE 1000HE which is selling so well!). EEE 1000HE is one of the netbooks in the world, which can give you 7+ hours of battery life in real world use. This is sad, really sad.

OQO cancels all preorders for MODEL 2+

First we saw the disappearance of the OQO models from the expansys store and now we get the news that OQO has canceled all the preorders for the model 2+. This further makes us think one think: Is OQO on the brink of getting bankrupt?

Clearly, UMPCs are now dying due to their huge price tags and poor demand. Companies need to realize that in such tough times, it would hard for the consumer to shell out $1000+ on a UMPC. ASUS has pretty much understood this fact that they released their tablet/UMPC at a fair price tag of $549.

I am personally not at all surprised due to the fact they were NOT able to offer satisfactory service to the customers in US or anywhere around the world. See this POST for more information about the extremely poor OQO customer support.