ASUS' 9-inch Eee PC 900 hits the FCC with full teardown, gets multi-finger gesture support

Eee fans, your second-wildest dream has just come to pass. ASUS' next version of the mini-laptop has hit the FCC, and we've got the pictures to prove it. Yes, as we speak (possibly, but maybe not) inspectors from the agency are poring over details of the 9-inch, second generation system -- referred to here as the Eee 900 -- desperately hoping that none of its radio waves do anything funky to anyone else's radio waves. There's no secret-sauce WiMAX or drastic changes we can see, though the manual does make mention of "multi-finger gesture input," which will apparently provide the ability to zoom in, zoom out, and do familiar two-finger scrolling on the newly resized trackpad. Check the pictures in the gallery for loads of looks at the new entry, including a view of its insides that'll make your eyes water.

ASUS' 9-inch Eee PC 900 hits the FCC

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 26th 2008 12:39PM]

but will it play doom?

[Lowest Ranked Posted Mar 26th 2008 12:42PM]

Speaking of Doom, watch what happens to your post-rank.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 26th 2008 12:50PM]

your mom will play doom

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 26th 2008 12:57PM]

who are you?

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 26th 2008 1:14PM]

ILL FEEL PRETTY..OH SO PRETTY..I FEEL PRETTY AND WITTY AND...

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 26th 2008 1:16PM]

Course it does!. the real question is, does it ...........?

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 26th 2008 1:41PM]

More like: will it blend?

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 26th 2008 6:36PM]

Hahaa...look at this lengthy list of low-ranked comments = P
I think I'll contribute by saying something...fanboyish =D
Macbook Air ripoff!1!1 :O

[SgtDisaster Posted Mar 26th 2008 8:31PM]

Wow... This is the biggest load of fail I've ever seen on Engadget.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 27th 2008 11:48AM]

to= acerguy


Needless to say, you are a douche...

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 28th 2008 8:12PM]

Aww maan! So skipping past the Doom posts, they were so funny before but not now!

[Ingus Posted Mar 26th 2008 12:46PM]

Very nice~ what's this bigger screen gonna cost again?

[retro77 Posted Mar 26th 2008 12:49PM]

"$600-ish"

[retro77 Posted Mar 26th 2008 12:48PM]

I wonder if the 7" model will get cheaper

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 27th 2008 9:02AM]

I hope so! That would be great, I'd also love the ability to buy it online from them and have them "customize" it a bit for consumers. For example you could change the amount of RAM, memory and get them to do a custom color.

[Adeptus Posted Mar 27th 2008 7:34PM]

@Skullgrl: "I'd also love the ability to buy it online from them and have them "customize" it a bit for consumers."

You can in Australia: http://www.asusnotebook.com.au/buy-notebook.php
I'm surprised you can't elsewhere.

[nikg Posted Mar 26th 2008 12:49PM]

where'd the speakers go?
It had better come with a better graphics card, because my friend has the (older) one and it sucks in that regard.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 26th 2008 12:59PM]

You expected a GOOD GRAPHICS CARD in the Eee PC? Be reasonable.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 26th 2008 1:05PM]

not everything revolves around playing games.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 26th 2008 2:21PM]

Did he just say not everything revolves around games.....Oh wait, It doesn't, Time to open the curtains.

The light it burrrrns!

[JAmerican Posted Mar 26th 2008 8:05PM]

Speakers = Bottom = Stupid Placement. MY EEE 701 has speakers in my face and thus sound really loud. Can't keep it at max sometimes. Good luck here.

JAmerican

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 28th 2008 8:01PM]

LOL! Imagine a bit fat graphics card shoehorned in there? It would need water cooling the poor lil thing! Oh and Chebwa is a damn hot emo boy :P

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 26th 2008 12:57PM]

what happend to the touch screen we heard a day ago, did it shrink and become the new touchpad?? I was in a good mood but like this ....

[Cyrs Posted Mar 26th 2008 11:43PM]

I don't understand something, why would you want a touchscreen on a sub-notebook with such a design? It seems you will have to suspend your hand, across the keybroad, to use it. That's uncomfortable to do for a couple of minutes, and it doesn't look like the screen turns around like other tablet notebooks either. Just doesn't make sense.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 27th 2008 4:39AM]

@ Peter R. you're totally right about the design, I implied that they some sort of turning and bending for their display, like the other Tablet PCs. I always wanted to have a cheap and small one of this sort, one to carry around to like everywhere instead of a real paper notebook. that would be great

[sinai Posted Mar 26th 2008 12:59PM]

no more useless plastic bezel! /cheer

now how's the battery life?

[Shidell Posted Mar 26th 2008 1:04PM]

Any word if these will feature Atom processors, or if this is an upgraded VIA model? I'm all over a 9" Eee with an Atom processor, assuming it beats out the competition..

(Cloudbook, Netbook, MSI's competitor, etc.)

[Frank A Posted Mar 26th 2008 1:55PM]

The 1st generation Eee didn't use a VIA CPU, it has a Intel Celeron-M.

[iofthestorm Posted Mar 26th 2008 8:23PM]

Hmm, well Atom looks kind of nice but only for battery life, it's probably going to be about as strong as the current Celeron in terms of performance due to its in-order nature. But in that type of laptop, battery life is probably better than performance.

[bakedbeans6 Posted Mar 26th 2008 1:06PM]

I got your finger gesture right here!

[sinai Posted Mar 26th 2008 1:38PM]

i finger gestured uormom

[fastm3driver Posted Mar 26th 2008 1:08PM]

Without a rotating screen what is the point of touch?
This just needs 8GB and cellular support. At $300 would be every wifes computer(at-least mine) at $400 it would be OK at $500 what ever.
It also need a battery life of 8 hours. Why not make a .2 inch thick battery the size of the bottom?

[PhoenixFox Posted Mar 26th 2008 1:15PM]

It's not a touchscreen, just gestures on the trackpad

[fastm3driver Posted Mar 26th 2008 1:44PM]

oooooooooooooooK

[red hare Posted Mar 27th 2008 12:03AM]

screw the multi-finger gesture support, "resized track pad" was the most exciting part of that post. Finally, just because the laptop is tiny doesn't mean the touch pad should be too!

[BKKKevin Posted Mar 26th 2008 1:26PM]

What is the resolution of the new screen?

[fastm3driver Posted Mar 26th 2008 1:44PM]

1024X800 I think was quoted

[retro77 Posted Mar 26th 2008 1:46PM]

Last I read its the same as the 7" model.

[dark star Posted Mar 26th 2008 1:17PM]

how much does it weight??

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 26th 2008 1:18PM]

What?, How?, Why?, Where?, When and Who? ... Check engadget first.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/official-asus-8-9-inch-eee-pc-will-include-touchscreen-possibl/

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 26th 2008 1:33PM]

I can has gallery? (It's not working)

[benanas Posted Mar 26th 2008 1:44PM]

wahoosifer

[Frank A Posted Mar 26th 2008 2:00PM]

What's with the "Bluetooth" speech bubble in the gallery? Engadget joke or FCC documentation?

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 26th 2008 5:47PM]

it's bluetooth alright: on the documentation

[scrcmedic Posted Mar 26th 2008 2:17PM]

Did the microphone on anyone else's Eee pc 8g die?

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 26th 2008 2:22PM]

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[Abraham P Posted Apr 7th 2008 2:47AM]

Go back to digg

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 26th 2008 2:30PM]

Awesome, looking at the images of the Eee900 internals, it appears that Asus have been kind to leave a little space inside the case for the modding community.
Btw where are the speakers?

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 26th 2008 5:00PM]

Speakers are on the bottom.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 26th 2008 2:43PM]

It's a little worrying that they've gone back to clunky power bricks. Hopefully the "Not for sale" label means that this isn't what will be shipped.