Get touchy feely with the new Eee PC
Second-gen dinky fingered
ASUS SALES VP Kevin Lin has told Digitimes that the next iteration of the Eee PC will sport an 8.9-inch touchscreen panel and may have GPS capabilities built in (which could come in handy if you lose it down the back of the sofa).
The little lappy is expected to retail at around the $500 mark, whilst its desktop-dwelling big brother, the E-DT, will hit the shelves simultaneously this May or June priced at a measly $199.
RAM on the Eee will be bumped to 1GB and the SSD will be upgraded by 40 to 50 per cent. µ
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SSD
Here's what I'd like to see on the EEE and anything like it:The integrated SSD replaced by a standard flash thumb drive thingy.
This will accomplish two things:
0- Storage will be upgradable. A very nice thing as flash prices plummet.
1- Most importantly, data will be recoverable should the PC kick the bucket.
GPS Confusion
How does it, having GPS enabled mean it's easier to find, if you lose it down teh sofa ???Bluetooth
I expect the new version to have built-in bluetooth.Ummm...
"SSD will be upgraded by 40 to 50 per cent"Compared to which model? The 2gig, the 4 or the 8?
Stuff
What I want to see is something with a minimum 1024x768 screen size. Please?GPS: Just because something has GPS capabilities doesn't mean that you can find something with GPS. GPS devices are typically used to tell you where you are while you're holding the device.
12G?!
Actually, the sample photos already revealed in Taiwan for hours, according to the geek website Mobile01.(However, the topic soon deleted by author due to the NDA)The New EEE temporally combine
the on board flash and 8g Pcie SSD drive,
So it means 12G at least.
good marketing using %
although the SSD is 12gigs thats a 40% to 50% increase! that's a good 1 better than saying it's 12gigsWhat price this time?
So the first eee pc was to cost $200 but came out a smidgen over that. This version is expected to cost $500? So the price will probably be what????Touch screen
The touch screen should work nicely with the new Ubuntu mobile edition.Imagine an iPhone interface with 8-16xram , double the screen size and a full keyboard
Oh and you get the source code so you can do ANYthing you want with it.
You'd have me at 'E' if
The thing was designed with two easy to use recessed flash slots.First slot is the OS slot where the OS and apps of choice are loaded and automatically run. This keeps the sysadmins happy as well as the tweakers with their awful almost alliterating OS passion (Zymotic Zebra anyone?)
Second slot is the data slot where individual user's data is kept. This keeps the users happy. They can roam between systems, take the stuff home, do whatever they want with it.
The saving for the manufacturer is not having to install any flash at all. The customer takes care of all of that.
The only other tweak would be a decent screen with better resolution and a bit bigger size, that and a slightly bigger keyboard.
Finally, CPU is not really an issue - cut it back if costs blow out. Just put on better RAM and better screen.
Nostalgic
Two SD card slots, one for the OS/programs and one for data... reminds me of the old Compaq Portable. Or the Mac SE dual-floppy (slightly lighter and more portable)