http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/23/asus-vaguely-hints-at-alternative-eee-form-factors/ Engadget Comments for ASUS vaguely hints at alternative Eee form factors http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/23/asus-vaguely-hints-at-alternative-eee-form-factors/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/23/asus-vaguely-hints-at-alternative-eee-form-factors/May 23rd 2008 6:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/23/asus-vaguely-hints-at-alternative-eee-form-factors/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/23/asus-vaguely-hints-at-alternative-eee-form-factors/May 23rd 2008 7:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/23/asus-vaguely-hints-at-alternative-eee-form-factors/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/23/asus-vaguely-hints-at-alternative-eee-form-factors/May 23rd 2008 7:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/23/asus-vaguely-hints-at-alternative-eee-form-factors/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/23/asus-vaguely-hints-at-alternative-eee-form-factors/Hmmmm....]]>May 23rd 2008 7:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/23/asus-vaguely-hints-at-alternative-eee-form-factors/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/23/asus-vaguely-hints-at-alternative-eee-form-factors/May 23rd 2008 7:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/23/asus-vaguely-hints-at-alternative-eee-form-factors/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/23/asus-vaguely-hints-at-alternative-eee-form-factors/
"Rock Solid..."

That's what she said.

"...Heart Touching"

Well, that's just not workable. The "Heart" makes it sappy...you'd have a difficult time making it vulgar.]]>May 23rd 2008 9:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/23/asus-vaguely-hints-at-alternative-eee-form-factors/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/23/asus-vaguely-hints-at-alternative-eee-form-factors/
Yes please!]]>May 23rd 2008 7:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/23/asus-vaguely-hints-at-alternative-eee-form-factors/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/23/asus-vaguely-hints-at-alternative-eee-form-factors/
This new design doesn't appeal to me as I need that keyboard as I use the EeePC for photography and writing (which I blog), touch screens are nice for drawing but they are too slow and clunky for the speed that I write and review. (Of course if you have a Wacom Cintiq, it really is the best for drawing on screen).

All and all it will be interesting to see which direction Asus is supported.]]>May 23rd 2008 8:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/23/asus-vaguely-hints-at-alternative-eee-form-factors/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/23/asus-vaguely-hints-at-alternative-eee-form-factors/May 23rd 2008 9:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/23/asus-vaguely-hints-at-alternative-eee-form-factors/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/23/asus-vaguely-hints-at-alternative-eee-form-factors/May 23rd 2008 9:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/23/asus-vaguely-hints-at-alternative-eee-form-factors/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/23/asus-vaguely-hints-at-alternative-eee-form-factors/May 23rd 2008 10:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/23/asus-vaguely-hints-at-alternative-eee-form-factors/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/23/asus-vaguely-hints-at-alternative-eee-form-factors/May 23rd 2008 10:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/23/asus-vaguely-hints-at-alternative-eee-form-factors/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/23/asus-vaguely-hints-at-alternative-eee-form-factors/May 24th 2008 11:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/23/asus-vaguely-hints-at-alternative-eee-form-factors/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/23/asus-vaguely-hints-at-alternative-eee-form-factors/]]>May 24th 2008 6:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/23/asus-vaguely-hints-at-alternative-eee-form-factors/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/23/asus-vaguely-hints-at-alternative-eee-form-factors/
* It's very important to know that the device itself (without the USB full-size keyboard) is not suitable for blogging, typing a lot of text, etc. IT'S NOT A REPLACEMENT FOR LAPTOPS or even sub-laptops. IT IS A READING DEVICE BASICALLY. But the small keyboard is A MUST because I use a lot of keyboard short-cuts while reading things (including surfing, PDF, Zinio) and I hold the device in both hands. Actually using keyboard short-cuts makes things way easier in Windows. But of course if you want to type noticeable amounts of text you can plug the USB keyboard.

In my opinion Samsung has got it right because:
- Screen size is 7" and any smaller than 7" (1024x600) would make it really hard to read, and some Windows interface fonts are hard to enlarge. Some webpages gets messed up (overlapping text and ...) when you enlarge the font size too much.
- non-sliding keyboard is very practical for entering website addresses, renaming files, keyboard short-cuts...
- has enough grip space at the sides to hold the device comfortably.
- STAND is a very important feature, I put the device on the stand while it's on a table. Gives me a great viewing angle.
- 4 hours of battery life has proved to be sufficient for my daily usage. When I'm at home laying back in the armchair I plug it in.
- (if I remember correctly) ~680gr is very conveniet to hold in both hands (of course lighter would have been better).
- touchscreen (most of the umpcs has it if I'm not mistaken)]]>May 24th 2008 3:20PM