Third party Eee PC accessories hint at Eeecosystem

You must doing something right to capture the attention of third party accessory makers. Meet Brando's $18 Car and $23 Travel Chargers for the Eee PC. Of course, ASUS already sells an official travel charger so really, only the Car Charger is likely to garner any interest. Still, it does makes us wonder if a "Made for Eee" logo and licensing tithes are just around the corner?

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[mushrooshi @ Feb 4th 2008 1:36AM]

Rather off topic, but Eeecosystem is a very, very cool name.

[R0B3RT @ Feb 4th 2008 1:37AM]

Why? just simply why?

[darex @ Feb 4th 2008 9:33PM]

Why? Why not!?

ASUS charges $40 for their charger.

This is $23.

Is that not a good enough reason?

[FRiC @ Feb 4th 2008 1:55AM]

I wouldn't mind having third party Eee products. My Eee bought locally comes with a Euro plug that doesn't fit quite well. It would be nice if I could buy other plugs.

[Lance @ Feb 4th 2008 2:58AM]

"Still, ot does makes us wonder if..."

Looks like Thomas stayed up a bit too late.

[Reader @ Feb 4th 2008 3:16AM]

Is it worse that he wrote that or that I automatically filter out spelling errors when reading most things on the internet?

[Shazad Husain @ Feb 4th 2008 3:15AM]

the extra EE's really arent necessary

[JC @ Feb 4th 2008 7:32AM]

Yes they are, it's a little thing called called product recognition. By your reasoning, the "i" in front of every Mac product aren't necessary either.

[Zach @ Feb 4th 2008 12:13PM]

welll.. are they

[edh @ Feb 4th 2008 11:27AM]

"You must [be] doing something right"

[DrXym @ Feb 4th 2008 10:33AM]

The PSU that comes with my Asus *is* a travel charger. At first glance it looks like a 3 PIN UK plug, but the UK plug is removable, revealing a US style adapter underneath. I love designs like this. It's only slightly larger than most phone chargers so it's perfect for travel.

[David @ Feb 4th 2008 9:36PM]

That's interesting.

I have the US version and I expected it wasn't removable, but now that explains it.

Too bad they didn't include EU and UK clips for us to use when traveling. I wonder if they're available separately somewhere.

I'd love to see a photo of yours with the UK blades on and off to compare with mine.

[typoink @ Feb 4th 2008 11:06AM]

I just want one company to make the Eee accessory I REALLY want: a USB-powered DVD drive that's designed to clip onto the bottom of the Eee as a sort of dock.

[Rocketboy @ Feb 4th 2008 12:50PM]

Umm, if Brando is selling this, how does that add to the Eee PC's legitamcy? Just like their corporate class USB warming slippers?

[Chrismoo @ Feb 4th 2008 7:18PM]

With ASUS putting up the cost of their additional adapters from $15 to $39 its great that a 3rd party has come on the scene to undercut them.

The car charger will also be very popular for those using the EEE for GPS and in car computing.

Great news!!