Besides the 7-inch version, ASUS’s Eee PC has an 9-inch version. The 9-inche version was showed off at CeBIT. The 9-inch version has a screen resolution of 1024 x 600 and looks to be almost exactly the same with the pixeld density of the 7-inch version.
The 9-inch version was demoed with both two versions of operating systems which are Windows XP and Linux. This hints that the 9-inch version also gives you choice of its OS when it gets released later this year.
The actual screen size of the 9-inch Eee UMPC is 8.9 inch only. And most part of the 9-inch version is quite similar to the 7-inch. Although the screen size is now 9 inch, which is bigger but it seems to have no much impact to the battery life. The battery still can last for 2.5 to 3 hours. Asus is preparing a few versions with different capacities of the internal flash drive and having plan to release middle of this year. The 12GB version is targeting for a price of €399 for Europe. And there is also an 8GB version but the price is unknown. The price for the US also remains unknown.
March 4th, 2008 at 11:54 am
The battery life is not bad, 2.5 to 3 hours.
March 9th, 2008 at 6:40 pm
[...] those electronic components inside. Perhaps, we’ll also get to see a Bamboo version of the Asus EEE UMPC in the near [...]
March 25th, 2008 at 3:57 am
[...] days many are following Asus’ foot step, producing laptop or UMPC in the pretty low price range of $200-$400. Another budget laptop that has grabbed some blurry [...]
April 12th, 2008 at 7:04 am
[...] After Asus has updated the Linux drivers for its Asus EEE PC, you can now watch HDTV on your Asus EEE PC. [...]
April 19th, 2008 at 6:50 pm
[...] a good news for those who’ve been waiting for the Asus EEE 900, the 9-inch version. Asus has a confirmation for its release date for the US, it’s on May 12th. The EEE 900 will [...]
September 15th, 2008 at 5:49 pm
On the 9″,can you play youtube videos with no promblems at all ? If so what model of ASUS would be best ? I want to get one…….help…………..
January 23rd, 2009 at 7:29 am
[...] it is pretty easy as shown in the picture below. Just open the back cover of your Asus EEE PC, insert the little device and attach a compact flash card onto the device, then your Asus EEE PC [...]