Asus Redefines Mobile

Asus is set to launch its UMPC, the R50A, which has full PC and GPS functionality, in January. Not much more info at this time, but stay tuned!.

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Asus R700 GPS

This good-looking R700 model GPS is from Asus. It sports a 4.3-inch touchscreen, with RDS / TMC traffic info, a hands-free Bluetooth kit, microSD port and Windows CE 5.0. There’s text-to-speech built in for reading street names, and you can vocalize your text messages over Bluetooth.
Due in Europe next month bundled with a set [...]

Asus Colors

Choose your color from these Asus Eee PCs. These entry-level machines are priced at $299 and come in Pure White, Lush Green, Sky Blue, Blush Pink, or Galaxy Black.
Just in time for your holiday shopping.

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Super Lightweight

Asus has a super ultra-portable laptop with the U1E model with its 11.1-inch WXGA display in a 2.2 package. Specs include Intel Core Duo ULV7500 processor, up to 2GB of RAM, a 100GB hard drive, and built-in WiFi and Bluetooth, with an external DVD burner. Expected to sell for €1,999 (or $2,844) in Italy next [...]

$200 Eee PC 2nd Gen in April

Asustek Computer (ASUS) wants to become one of the top five suppliers in the notebook brand market within three years, according to general president Jerry Shen. 200,000-300,000 Eee PCs are expected to ship by the end of this year and the figure for next year will expand to more than three million units at least.
This [...]

Just Keep Learning More and More about the Asus Eee PC

According to unproven sources, it seems that the specs on the Asus Eee PC keep getting more and more detailed (or maybe "accurate" is a better word). So far, looks like there will be two models, with prices ranging from $269 on the low-end model and $399 on the high-end. Specs follow:

7-inch display
2GB of flash [...]

Asas U3 Rocks the Casbah

It rocks everywhere else, so why not there? Check out these specs:

Santa Rosa chipset
13.3" LCD
Choice of Core 2 Duo processors
nVidia GeForce G8400M G External graphics
Up to 2.5GB RAM
160GB SATA HDD
802.11 a/b/g/n
Bluetooth 2.0
Optional GPS
Optional 3G
Optional TurboMemory
eSATA, HDMI, GPS RF in, USB, Firewire, and a bunch of other ports
1.3 megapixel webcam
Fingerprint reader

All of this is encased in [...]

Eeeek! Asus May Delay the Eee PC!

Sorry, that title’s unforgivable, but I couldn’t help myself. Looks like those hankering to get their hands on Asus low-priced Eee PC quasi-notebook may have to wait a few months. And, specifications are subject to change. So, you’ll just have to be patient, darn it!

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Asas Releases Giles Deacon (?) Designed Notebook

I kind of assumed that that many of you may have no idea, as I didn’t, who this Giles Deacon person is. So, I Googled it, of course, and apparently he’s a clothing designer. So, that explains the crazy designs on these otherwise standard Asus W5’s. Only available at Selfridges establishments in the UK, they’d [...]

ATI HD2400 / 2600 Shipping Now

AMD is now shipping ATI Radeon™ HD 2400 and ATI Radeon™ HD 2600 graphics processors. Both deliver DirectX® 10 gaming and high definition video for Windows Vista®.
The new graphics cards will be available at online retailers within a few weeks from board customers including Asus, Club 3D, Diamond Multimedia, GeCube, Gigabyte, HIS, MSI, Palit, [...]