Asus Eee PC T91 Touch Shows Up at the FCC

There is some good news if you’re in the US and have been waiting to buy one of the first mainstream “convertible” Tablet PC/Touchscreen netbooks. The Asus Eee PC T91 Touch has made it’s appearance at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). That means it might … Read more

More Apple Touchscreen Netbook Rumors (Dow Jones)

Dow Jones Newswires is reporting that “two people close to the situation” have told them that Apple will be launching a touchscreen netbook as early as the second half of 2009 (from July on). This follows yesterday’s report from DigiTimes/Commercial Times concerning a touch screen … Read more

Apple To Launch Touchscreen Netbook in 3Q 2009?

Apple MacBook Air We’ll treat it as a rumor for now, but among the rumors, it’s a lot more solid than mos. DigiTimes is reporting on a Chinese-language Commercial Times publication that Wintek will be providing touch panels for a touchscreen netbook from Apple. There is a lot more going on that gives legitimacy to the idea of such a touch screen device from Apple.

The report states that shipments will begin in the third quarter of this year, which would put its availability (July/August/September) right around the end of the back-to-school buying season, with Quanta Computer being the main manufacturer of Apple’s netbooks.

At this point, I believe it’s a given that Apple will produce something with a 9-inch – 11-inch display. AT&T is about to start pushing netbooks for people who want something a little more than a smartphone, but who want mobile broadband access, and don’t want to lug a conventional-sized laptop/notebook around.

I think it’s very telling what Apple’s Tim Cook said back in January:

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Asus Eee PC T91GO – a T91 With 3G

Not much to say about this, just that it’s firming up previous information about Asustek offering 3G/UMTS mobile broadband functionality with their new convertible netbook/ultraportable as well as selling it through some mobile providers. Ahead of CeBIT 2009, Eee-PC.de has posted a photo of a … Read more