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ASUS N10 Hands-On (Engadget)

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In what is one of the first hands-ons with the upcoming 10.2″ Asus N10, Engadget briefly talks about high-end netbook and where it falls into the market – it’s really pushing what we’d call a netbook (and Asustek has went through the trouble of making … Read more

Netbook Sales and the Industry

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Asus Eee PC 2G DigiTimes has an article up about how Asustek is using netbooks to take on the top notebook suppliers in Japan next year.

Their Asus Eee PC line (including the 7″ Eee PC 700 series as well as the 8.9″ 900 series) now accounts for around 85% of their sales in Japan (although Asustek wants to increase their regular-sized notebook sales which would drop that number).

Through August, Asustek has sold 188,000 Eee PC netbooks in Japan through August.

The 1st place Eee PC901-X and 2nd place Eee PC 4G-X accounted for around 70% of the under 100,000 Yen (US$946.52), while the 3rd place 8.9″ Acer Aspire One accounted for 9% of sales, with the 4th place 10″ MSI Wind U100 account for 8% of sales. HP’s 8.9″Mini-Note 2133 came in sixth.

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Asus Eee PC Showing Up at “Plus” Grocery Stores

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Asus Eee PC 2G Here in Texas, we have a grocery store chain based out of Central Texas, H-E-B, that has what are known as “Plus” Stores.

These are larger than normal grocery stores that carry other household goods that don’t fall into what yo would normally buy at a traditional grocery store in the US.

Low and behold this morning, when I opened my Sunday paper, right there on the front page of the H-E-B Plus ad, they had a bright pink 7″ Asus Eee PC 2G being advertised for $299.99

Specifications:
– Black, Pink, White
– 2GB SSD
– Linux

It will definitely be interesting to see how this turns out – netbooks are turning up in (in the US) in mainstream electronics retailers, and now in larger grocery stores.

The ad is below:

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Asus Eee PC 900, 901, 1000, 1000H Price Drops

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Asus Eee PC 1000 Good things come to those who wait for Asus Eee PCs- if you were interested in the Intel Celeron-powered 900 Eee PC or the Atom-powered 8.9″ Eee PC 901 or the 10.2″ 1000 or 1000H, prices have been dropped across the board, at least in the US.

Whether this is in response to netbook offerings from Dell or Lenovo, or even Acer Aspire Ones showing up at Best Buy and Circuit City (and apparently selling well), it’s hard to say. Asustek has been running some $100 rebates for a few months now on certain Eee PC models, but this the price drops are immediate.

Some retailers are already reflecting the new prices (up to $100 in some cases):

Amazon – Intel Atom
– ASUS Eee PC 901 12G (Black) – $449.99, 1GB RAM, 12GB SSD, Windows XP Home, 6-Cell Battery, Black
– ASUS Eee PC 901 12G (White) – $449.99, 1GB RAM, 12GB SSD, Windows XP Home, 6-Cell Battery
– ASUS Eee PC 901 20G (Black) – $499.99, 1GB RAM, 20GB SSD, Linux, 6-Cell Battery, Black
– ASUS Eee PC 901 20G (White) – $449.99, 1GB RAM, 20GB SSD, Linux, 6-Cell Battery
– ASUS Eee PC 1000 40G (Black) – $499.99, 1GB RAM, 40GB SSD, Linux, 6-Cell Battery
– ASUS Eee PC 1000 40G (White) – $469.99, 1GB RAM, 40GB SSD, Linux, 6-Cell Battery
– ASUS Eee PC 1000H 80G (Black) – $449.99, 1GB RAM, 80GB HDD, Windows XP Home, 6-Cell Battery

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Asus Eee PC Price – Falling?

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Could the 7″ Asus Eee PC line that really started the netbook craze be dropping in price? It could be happening, at least in Europe. Liliputing is reporting that Expansys, a major UK retailer of laptops, netbooks, etc., has dropped the prices on the 512MB, … Read more