Well, with the 900, 901 and 1000H recently launched, here are rumours of the 903, 904 and 905 devices too! However, it’s most likely that not all these model numbers are real, or due for immediate release. The best information we have seen is that the 904 will be released in the next few weeks, for £269 (compared to the 901 at £299). The device has the keyboard size from the 1000H, but with the smaller 8.9″ screen of the 900 series, and will feature a hard disk (ie no SSD storage). Of course, whether this will replace the 901, or run alongside it isn’t clear yet, neither is the exact release date.

Story courtesy of Tech Digest, picture courtesy of Eee PC News.

Clove Technology, a well established company who used to specialise in all things Psion, have released for sale two extended batteries for the Asus Eee range, and Eeeuser.com (who also supplied the above picture) have a full review of them.  For just over £40(inc. VAT) for the larger extended battery, Eeeuser gained a lot of extra time using the device.  The battery does stick out a little at the back, but we think that will be fine for most users.  Head over and read their review.

According to Eeeuser.com (who also supplied the above picture), it appears the Asus Eee 900 battery replacement scheme is on hold, with no information from Asus as to why, or for how long.

The Asus Eee 901 and 1000 PCs are due to ship in the UK next month, and should be on sale on July 1st. These both feature the Intel Atom chip. We covered the 901 in some detail here, but we’ve attached the Computex Asus specification cards for both for you to compare them…

Eee 900 picture courtesy of Eeeuser.com.

It looks like we missed this one last week; whilst at Computex, Asus also launched a USB handwriting touchpad, which can recognise Chinese and English characters, numbers, and symbols.  It connects via USB, and is designed for the Asus Eee PCs, matching the more common white colour scheme.

Story courtesy of AVING.net, picture courtesy of linitx.com.

At Computex 2008, Asus have launched another interesting device; a SatNav GPS unit with a HUD! This looks very interesting, and something that we like the idea of; providing next turn information including the distance to the junction on the HUD.

The display looks nice and clear, and certainly a good indication of what we could be driving around with in the next few years. The picture below shows the actual HUD unit providing the picture being projected.

There’s no information on whether or not Asus will be providing European mapping, or whether they plan to release the device in Europe, or the UK, but we certainly hope it becomes available.

As with all our Computex stories, pictures and information are courtesy of linitx.com.

Nick from linitx.com has been busy, but has managed to provide us with a large number of pictures from the Asus stand at Computex.

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There’s been a large raft of competitors to the Asus Eee PC. Here we have a competitor to their new Eee Box PC, which has only just launched. The MSI version has the following spec:

• Intel Atom 230 (1.6Ghz) processor
• 1GB DDR2 533 memory
• Gigabit Ethernet
• 160GB SATA Hard Disk
• DVD-combo drive (as opposed to no optical drive at all on the Asus)

It’s marked by MSI as quiet, low energy, and is also listed as certified for Vista, and will be available in a range of colours.

Pictures courtesy of linitx.com.

In other Asus news, it looks like the price of the 900 may fall to allow the 901 to be sold alongside it. Although this price information is not confirmed, what has been confirmed is a battery upgrade option for 900 users. Compared to the 5800mAh Asus supply elsewhere, the UK Eee 900 ships with a 4400mAh battery. For those that find this too little (and apparently Asus claims to have had only 5 complaints about battery life), you can send your battery to Asus along with £11.75 (£10+VAT), and they will send you by return the 5800mAh version. An alternative option is that Asus are making a firmware update for the 900 available, which will increase battery life by approximately 30 minutes. Asus do make the point that although the UK spec Eee 900 came with a lower capacity battery, it does ship with 2 years warranty (as opposed to most other countries’ 1 year warranty).

This battery offer is available from June 10th, with more information here.

Picture courtesy of Eeeuser.com.

Although we’re waiting for the Computex show to formally open and the news to filter back to the UK, this is the best guess at the spec of the new Asus Eee Box PC they are launching today:

• 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 processor
• a choice of 80, 120, 160, and 250GB hard drives
• GMA 950 integrated graphics set
• Gigabit wired ethernet, plus WiFi
• Optional Bluetooth
• Multicard reader
• a choice of 512MB, 1GB, or 2GB of DDR2 RAM
• Azalia ALC888 audio chip
• Two USB 2.0 ports, DVI out and a headphone jack
• No CD / DVD optical drive
• a choice of Windows XP or Linux

We should have confirmation of the exact spec soon.

Having already released the original Eee PC, and with the 900 available and the 901 announced (picture shown above from blogeee.net), it looks like Asus might be about to announce the 10.6″ version this week as the 1000 series. More news as we find out…

After the Eee PC 900, which should be shipping in quantities in the UK soon, Asus have released the 901. This adds the Intel Atom processor, and strengthening the case slightly with some metal. In most ways though, the exterior is unchanged, although there are a couple of additional buttons, and the power socket has moved.

Update: It’s also rumoured that the 901 will feature Bluetooth, although this isn’t confirmed by Asus at this time.

More pictures at blogeee.net, although the text is in French.

Logitech, who produce the Harmony range of remotes, only support Windows with their client. To help address this, Phil Dibowitz has started work on a Linux client for managing the remotes. Although still early days, it looks promising, and one we will be keeping an eye on, especially to see if it works with the likes of the Asus Eee PC.

Head to the Concordance website for more information.

We’ve found a very comprehensive review of the new Asus Eee 900 over at Eeeuser.com (who supplied the above picture), and it covers the whole device, including putting a KDE Desktop on the device. Even better, it’s a UK review of a UK supplied Eee 900. Clove have the Eee 900 in stock for £329 (inc. VAT). For that price you can have the device in Black or White, and with Linux or with Windows XP (no premium for XP on the 900!).

Head here for the full review.

If you want to use your 3 USB Dongle on an Asus Eee PC, then head over to Dale Lane’s blog where he has written up exactly the steps required to get it working on the little device. It all revolves around the dongle being a composite device, presenting both a CD-ROM image (to load the Windows / Mac drivers) and also being the modem itself. The main extra utility you need for the Eee is a USB Switcher application, which allows you to choose which part of the device is available to the OS.

[Via 3mobilebuzz]

Here’s an interesting article by Gizmodo. They’ve reviewed the HP Mini Note 2133, but also included side by side shots with the Asus Eee and a Macbook Air. As such, it allows you to compare the size of these different devices, as well as get more information on the new small notebook.

An Asus spokesman has confirmed that we should see the new Intel Atom based Eee 900 in the UK in June (although like TechRadar who reported this, we think it’ll be a little later that stock is freely available). This will feature the 8.9″ screen and other specs we covered here.

More details of Asus’ statements here at TechRadar.

LG are planning to produce some new low cost 16:9 screens suitable for the new range of low cost laptops, such as the Asus Eee and the Everex Cloudbook. They are planning a standard 16:10 8.9″ 1024×600 screen in August, followed by a 16:9 10.1″ 1024×576 screen in October. These screens are (according to industry sources) likely to be picked up by Acer and HP for their laptops, with a possibility Asus will adopt them too. Either way, the market and range of low cost lightweight laptops is set to continue during 2008 and into 2009.

In other news, it’s looking definite that we will see the Intel Atom chips in the Asus Eee 900 from around June time, which will hopefully improve battery life.

Some content courtesy Engadget.

Here’s a picture of the new Asus Eee PC 900. This will have the 8.9″ screen (1024×600 resolution), more memory, more disk space (4Gb flash onboard, with either an additional 8Gb SSD for XP and 16Gb SSD for Linux), and a formal choice of OS. The price will be from £329 (for the Linux version). The weight remains below 1Kg. Best of all, these should be available now (although whether you can actually purchase one today seems up for debate).

As well as their competitors getting their devices out, Asus has now started shipping the Windows based Eee PC in the US, and it appears will be releasing the 8.9″ screen version earlier that first predicted to help ensure they maintain their market share. This will have to ship without the new Intel Atom chips, as these will not be ready in time, Engadget reports. We should be seeing both versions in the UK at some point this year.

Stories courtesy of Engadget and Engadget.