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Asus Eee PC – Expected to Keep Doing Well

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DigiTimes is reporting that the 7-inch Asus Eee PC should still continue to sell well in many markets, even with the availability of the HP 2133 Mini-Note and other netbooks/mini-notebooks that are going to be availabile soon. Among the reasons cited for the market favoring … Read more

Intel Atom, Display Shortages

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Both DigiTimes and The Inquirer are reporting on potential shortages affecting Intel Atom CPU production. The Atom is a low-power CPU favored for some of the smaller sub-notebooks such as the MSI Wind PC as well as upcoming offerings from Acer, Dell, and Gigabyte. It’s … Read more

Gigabyte M912 Information

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DigiTimes has news of the Gigabyte M912, which will be Gigabyte’s entry into the low-cost netbook/sub-notebook category that’s becoming popular these days. They are reporting that it could be available sometime in June of 2008 (makes sense given that’s when the launch of Intel’s Atom … Read more

MSI Wind PC – Video

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The Inquirer, in addition to having a little fun at the expense of the MSI Wind PC (or rather its name) is reporting that it should be getting close to launch, now that Intel is starting to ship Atoms. Also, and more importantly, a video … Read more

Asus Eee PC 900 – Batteries, Intel Atom

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Asus Eee PC 900 DigiTimes has a couple of articles up about the Asus Eee PC 900 battery life and a bit more information about when the Intel Atom-based devices will be available.

First up – Hong Kong customers of the Eee PC 900s are finding that they are getting 4-cell 4400mAh batteries instead of the 4-cell 5800mAh batteries available with some sample Eee PC 900s issued to reviewers. Asustek said it would be introducing the 5800mAh battery in later devices and that it was a mistake that review samples had the higher capacity batteries, however it is investigating replacing the 4400mAh batteries.

DigiTimes also reported that Asustek has ordered a substantial number of Intel Atom CPUs, along with Acer and Dell (which could end up in Dell’s netbook/ultraportable) and that HP has ordered a smaller number of VIA C7-M for its Mini-Note:

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