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.

Gallery: ASUS' 9-inch Eee PC 900 hits the FCC

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[Acerguy @ Mar 26th 2008 12:39PM]

but will it play doom?

[PhilxBefore @ Mar 26th 2008 12:42PM]

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

[Chowdder @ Mar 26th 2008 12:50PM]

your mom will play doom

[Acerguy @ Mar 26th 2008 12:57PM]

who are you?

[Acerguy @ Mar 26th 2008 1:14PM]

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

[emailtabs @ Mar 26th 2008 1:16PM]

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

[alienvenom @ Mar 26th 2008 1:41PM]

More like: will it blend?

[???? @ 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

[Danger @ Mar 26th 2008 8:31PM]

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

[sayid @ Mar 27th 2008 11:48AM]

to= acerguy


Needless to say, you are a douche...

[tribalmasters @ Mar 28th 2008 8:12PM]

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

[ingus @ Mar 26th 2008 12:46PM]

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

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

"$600-ish"

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

I wonder if the 7" model will get cheaper

[Skullgrl @ 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 @ 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.

[fritz70 @ 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.

[Chebwa @ Mar 26th 2008 12:59PM]

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

[Mark @ Mar 26th 2008 1:05PM]

not everything revolves around playing games.

[Skrunk @ 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 @ 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

[tribalmasters @ 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

[aendschl @ 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 ....

[Peter R. @ 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.

[aendschl @ 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 @ Mar 26th 2008 12:59PM]

no more useless plastic bezel! /cheer

now how's the battery life?

[Justin @ 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.)

[KyleK @ Mar 26th 2008 1:55PM]

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

[iofthestorm @ 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.

[Dan Davis @ Mar 26th 2008 1:06PM]

I got your finger gesture right here!

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

i finger gestured uormom

[chris fredette @ 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?

[Phoenix @ Mar 26th 2008 1:15PM]

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

[chris fredette @ Mar 26th 2008 1:44PM]

oooooooooooooooK

[Randavance @ 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!

[darkstar @ Mar 26th 2008 1:17PM]

how much does it weight??

[emailtabs @ 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/

[SFO Kevin @ Mar 26th 2008 1:26PM]

What is the resolution of the new screen?

[chris fredette @ Mar 26th 2008 1:44PM]

1024X800 I think was quoted

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

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

[STrRedWolf @ Mar 26th 2008 1:33PM]

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

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

wahoosifer

[KyleK @ Mar 26th 2008 2:00PM]

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

[CosterMonger @ Mar 26th 2008 5:47PM]

it's bluetooth alright: on the documentation

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

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

[Nick @ Mar 26th 2008 2:22PM]

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[Das @ Apr 7th 2008 2:47AM]

Go back to digg

[Nick @ 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?

[Jarrett Stewart @ Mar 26th 2008 5:00PM]

Speakers are on the bottom.

[paul @ 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.