The 10-inch Eee PC, hiding in plain sight?

Rumors of a 10-inch Eee PC continue to fly fast and furious, and as we were trying to piece together the various contradictory statements from Asus and other sources, we happened to notice these pictures from Computex that clearly show an Eee PC model "1001," encased in a slightly larger form factor with -- you guessed it -- a 10-inch screen. Now, all the other rumors we've heard involve stuffing that larger screen into the existing 7-inch 701 form factor, so this could be an entirely different branch of the Eee tree, but it's definitely interesting that Asus hasn't been talking about the 1001 much at all -- you'd think that it would at least rate a passing mention during the hoopla of the Eee launch, but we haven't heard a peep. Check some more pics -- including one of the entire Eee lineup at Computex including the 1001, at the read link.

[MacroEQ Posted Nov 15th 2007 7:03AM]

The Eee PC is a UMPC and not a laptop. If you want a bigger screen (larger than 10") and DVD etc, then buy a laptop.

I really like the look of the 10" Eee PC but I don't think Asus will launch this anytime soon in fear of users holding out for the 10" version and not buying the 7" version due now.

It's a shame as the 10" version would have been perfect for me.

[MacroEQ Posted Nov 15th 2007 7:09AM]

and I forgot to mention that if Asus don't bring out the 10" version anytime soon then the other manufacturers (Dell, HP, Fujitsu, Sony & Toshiba) are likely to bring out their *own versions*...

Things might start to look good for the UMPC after all...

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 25th 2007 7:24PM]

The whole point is small and light so you dont have to carry huge books about. But is a 7" screen big enough? A 9" or 10" would be better.

I'm a medical student and need access to graphics intensive powerpoint (PPS) files, so I'm actually not bothered about a keyboard. I do my typing at home and a touch screen would be fine for making a few notes. If a keyboard is so important then ue a foldaway type. If you have ever tried typing standing up or sitting on a bus/train without a table? The task varies from uncomfortable to almost impossble. Which makes a keyboard driven UMPC useless for much of the time.

Why does a UMPC have to be a shrunken notebook pc? Perhaps because the manufacturers have poor imaginations. Why not a grown up PDA with PC style processing power?