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Friday, January 18, 2008

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Asus To Add Touchscreens to Eee PC

- Warner Crocker

Looks like Asus is taking a cue from jkkmobile. They are going to be adding a touchscreen option to the Eee PC to a 9 inch screen model (which is probably 8.9 inches.) According to DigiTimes the screen will include “four-wire resistive” touch panels. The really good news? Supposedly it will only add $15 to the cost of the device.

Meanwhile in other Asus Eee PC news, Walt Mossberg reviewed the Asus Eee PC and among other things finds the tiny keyboard “cramped.” 

Thanks to Bart van der Meer and others who sent this in.

 

 



1/18/2008 5:44 AM MST  

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Friday, January 18, 2008 8:27:26 AM (Mountain Standard Time, UTC-07:00)
I just wanted to note that the article says the touchscreen will add $15 to the "bill of materials". That's the cost of the parts used to build the Eee PC, not the price the consumer will pay. Who knows what Asustek will charge for the new feature!
Friday, January 18, 2008 9:09:35 AM (Mountain Standard Time, UTC-07:00)
Mossberg's review is a bit off considering he reviewed one of the stripped down models. He complains about the lack of an email client, for example, which the 4G 701 actually has.

He is right that if you don't know Linux it's not very easy to add apps.
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