We have been waiting on the launch of the ASUS Eee PC T101H or ASUS Eee PC T101MT, or 10.1″ model of the Asus tablet for over a year now. For many potential customers, the T91 with its 8.9″ screen was simply too small to justify its price. With the passing of the  T101MT through the FCC, all rumors and gossip can come to an end. Before a new electronics product launches, it has to be checked for consumer safety by the FCC. Most products pass without any hardship and therefore you can usually expect a product to launch soon after the FCC has seen it. The current expectations in the blogosphere and around industry analysts is that the T101MT will be shown at the Consumer Electronics Show in January 2010 and will hit stores in Q2 of 2010.

T101MT Specifications (unconfirmed)

• Screen: 10.1″ LED Backlight / Capacitive Multi-Touch Panel
• OS: Windows 7 Home Premium (32 bit)
• Resolution: 1024 x 600 (WSVGA)
• Battery: Li-polymer, 5 hours runtime
• Processor: Intel Atom Z520 – 1.33GHz
• Memory: 1Gb (DDR2); 2Gb Maximum
• Storage: SSD 16Gb + 16Gb SD Card (included)
• Online Storage: 500Gb
• Audio: HD / Stereo Speakers / Digital Array Mic
• Wireless: 802.11 b/g/n
• Bluetooth: Yes
• Camera: 0.3 Megapixel Built-in
• Color: Black / Silver
• Weight: 1.08 g
• GPS: ?

And here’s a video of the protoype T101H:

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As you can see, the T91 does not have a user-removable battery, which is unfortunate.

The T91′s RAM is upgradeable to 2GB from the standard 1GB.  It has dual SSD card reader. One is for normal usage and one is for disk expansion, to create more internal storage.

There is a SIM card slot on the GPS chip, it seems to be possible to replace the GPS chip with a 3G chip, enabling the mobile functionality of the T91.

No news from the FCC about the Asus T101H though, we hope to see that one cleared by the end of June.

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