The ASUS Eee Keyboard is a completely enabled personal computer in the shape of a keyboard. It features a touch-enabled display next to the keys which a user can customize to hold a quicklist of buttons of applications and tasks or even watch a movie on.
The ASUS Eee Keyboard is up for launch this February and will be sold for a price from $499 to $599 or EUR 350 to EUR 450.
Specifications: Screen: 5″ LED Backlight / Touch Panel
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium (32 bit)
Resolution: 800×480
Battery: Li-polymer, 4 hours runtime
Processor: Intel Atom N270
Memory: 1Gb (DDR2)
Storage: SSD 16Gb (upgardeable to 32GB)
Online Storage: 500Gb
Audio: HD / Stereo Speakers / Digital Array Mic
Wireless: 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth: Yes
Color: Silver
New pictures of the forthcoming full tablet PC by ASUS have risen up. The new picture seems to be an artist rendering of how the Eee Pad may look like. The tablet will be directly competing against the forthcoming Apple Tablet, which is scheduled for the end of January. However, the Eee Pad will be a late-comer in this respect, as it is expected for the end of 2010.
The EeePad will look similar to ASUS’ latest T91 and T101 offering, albeit without a keyboard. It will sport a 4 to 7-inch capacitive touch screen display with multi-touch as well as haptic feedback.
(Pictures are not official but artist renderings instead)
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
Industry insiders report that ASUS will be launching a new device named the Eee Pad in the 3rd quarter of 2010. The device which will look similar to ASUS’ latest T91 offering, albeit without a keyboard and will sport a 4 to 7-inch capacitive touch screen display with multi-touch as well as haptic feedback.
The device will be directly competing against the Apple Tablet which has just been delayed until the 2nd quarter of 2010.
The latest addition to the ASUS Eee PC family is the T91MT. It is a multi-touch version of the ASUS’s first tablet, the T91. Its specifications are similar.
“The Eee PC™ T91MT measures just 225cm by 164cm, and weighs a mere 0.96kg—making it one of the smallest and thinnest gadgets with an 8.9″ display in the world today. The Eee PC™ T91MT is the one of the first mini laptops to use a full multi-touch interface, supporting Microsoft Windows 7.”
Screen: 8.9″ LED Backlight / Resistive Multi-Touch Panel
Update: ASUS Eee PC T91MT was confirmed a few weeks ago and is now up for purchase on Amazon.
An industry insider has just leaked the roadmap for the upcoming line-up of ASUS Eee PC products for the next year. Apart from several new Eee PCs, it contains news on the future of the ASUS Eee PC T91.
Apparently ASUS has not decided to scrap the T91 altogether but instead follow it up with a multi-touch version, called the T91MT (not the T91A as reported before). It sports a 32Gb SSD (solid state drive) and its price will be at $549 or around EUR 399.
Additionally, the roadmap also contains the Asus Eee PC T101P. This is the first time we hear it being called P instead of H. Does the P stand for the Intel PineTrail spec? We’ll hear later. The T101P will be released in 2010. Under the hood, it will sport a standard Atom N450 processor, Pine Trail and running Windows 7. That sounds like a winner to us!
The long-awaited and even longer delayed Asus Eee PC T91 netbook tablet will hit retail stores in the UK this week, Netbook Choice reports from ASUS UK sources.
Screen: 8.9″ LED Backlight / Resistive Touch Panel
Resolution: 1024 x 600 (WSVGA)
Battery: Li-polymer, 5.4 hours runtime
Processor: Intel Atom Z520 – 1.33GHz
OS: Windows XP Home
Memory: 1Gb (DDR2); 2Gb Maximum
Storage: SSD 16Gb + 16Gb SD Card (included)
Online Storage: 20Gb (free for 18 mos.)
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: 0.96 kg
Which device are you more interested in? The T91 or the T101H? Do you think they match up or will they be used for different applications? Let us know, in the comments.
ASUS will be releasing their 10.1″ netbook touchscreen in September 2009 at the earliest according to industry sources cited by DigiTimes. The release date is more than two months later than previously announced.
The follow up to the just released smaller illustrious Eee PC T91 will hold an Intel Atom Z520 processor running at 1.33 GHz, 1Gb of DDR2 RAM memory and a 16Gb SSD storage under the hood.
Possible extras are a 16Gb memory card and the potential for a GPS, 3G and Digital TV tuner, however this is not confirmed yet by ASUS officially.
Slashgear reports that ASUS is using the sales of the Eee PC T91 as a prediction for the success of the T101H. The T91 was met with some strong criticism but overall it was received quite well.
It could be a good step for ASUS to change the specifications of the T101H based on the problems with the T91. It is reported to sometimes respond slowly and the touch interface does not work well with the included standard version of Windows XP. However, as Windows 7 will be released at the end of this year, they might be able to fix this in one shot. Just include a faster processor and it’s a win for ASUS.
On Wednesday, an anonymous source confirmed to Asus Tablet the final specifications of the Asus Eee PC T101H netbook tablet. It is the sister tablet to the ASUS Eee PC T91 (whose models have been confirmed on Tuesday) and the biggest difference between the two is the size.
The T101H will appeal to more advanced users as it sports a 10.1″ screen as opposed to the T91’s 9″ screen. It is not clear if the T101H will have the same amount of variations as the T91 but we can only hope, or should we? The specifications right now show the T101H to have the same specs as the most upscale models of the T91, the ASUS Eee pC T91, the ASUS Eee pC T91go and the ASUS Eee pC T91A (the unknown but possible T91Ago)
It holds a full GPS chip, 3G abilities and a multi-touch interface. To make you even more exited, here’s a hands-on video with the T101H:
According to ASUS UK, the T101H is expected in the end of August 2009, or early September 2009.
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