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Averatec Joins Netbook Craze, Asus Officially Adds 900A To EEE PC Lineup

In the ever growing netbook market, Avaratec has joined the race with a 10.2″ device of its own. The new Averatec is to come with an enhanced keyboard that offers a larger Shift key, something most netbooks now miniaturize out of necessity. Intel’s Atom processor and a 120GB HDD are also part of the Averatec’s repertoire. We can expect a late Q4 release with an estimated price of $400-$500 according to Engadget.

In related netbook news, jkkmobile reports that Asus has released the EEE PC 900A. Specs for the 900A over the run-of-the-mill 900 series revolves around the Atom processor (hence, the “A” designation). A new purple color option will also be available for the 900A. Otherwise, this latest iteration of the EEE PC line will still include a small 8GB or 16GB SSD, 1GB RAM, and a Linux Operating System. As of the global release for the 900A, a Windows XP variant is yet to be offered.

Averatec Ultra-Mobile PC

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Everytime a new device hits a category, it’s a good thing.  Now we have news (via Engadget) of some specs on the Averatec Ultra-Mobile PC, the “AHI”.  Here is a quick spec list:

• 1GHz Celeron M
• 30 or 40GB drive
• GPS with voice reco
• Up to 1GB RAM
• 1.3 megapixel webcam,
• Bluetooth
• 802.11b/g, WWAN optional?
• 4-in-1 card reader
• External VGA and audio outs
• a 5-inch 800 x 480 display
• Price point (hopefully) around $800
• Q4 2006 launch

Zzzzzzz, somebody wake me up when this becomes reality.  I will believe when I see.  I won’t get my techno-lust too fired up yet, even though the pic is pretty sexy!

(source: Engadget)

What happened to Averatec?

I was updating our HardGoods page and noticed on the Averatec site that they have removed the C3500 Tablet PC from their list of products. They have hidden the C3500 under “Previously released and refurbished” products and now don’t have any Tablet PCs listed under their list of available products.

That is too bad. Averatec paved the way for low priced tablets, even though they did have some quality control issues on the outset. Based on their new products not supporting tablet functionality, it makes me wonder how successful they were with the C3500.

That said, there are rumors of Averatec producing a UMPC. So don’t count them out of the tablet pc business altogether, yet.

Averatec UMPC Info available!

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Averatec is apparently entering the UMPC market. In this news item from onlyumpc.com, they are talking about the “AHI” by Averatec. here is the list of features being touted:

• Powered by INTEL Celeron ULV
• 512 MB of memroy
• 30 GB Storage Capacity
• 18.6 X 9.0 X 3.3 cm - 730g
• Wow 6 hours of battery life
• Touch Screen - 5?
• Runs Windows XP - what happened to the Tablet OS?
• Optional GPS and 3G add-ons
• Wifi, 2 USB 2.0 , Ethernet , Modem
• Built-in sliding keyboard.
• looks like it has a camera too

Not sure about these specs, but they certainly look nice. 5 hours with a Celeron processor? Hmmm, We should probably question that one. Also it says it will run Windows XP, not Tablet OS. There should be no reason to not run the Tablet Edition. Nice looking machine though! The sliding keyboard looks nice, but only a 5″ screen would be an issue.

We’ll wait and see!

Image source: The Register