ASUS Eee PC 900 gets livened up with touchscreen

If you're tired of waiting for ASUS to offer a touchscreen option for the Eee PC 900 (or you're the proud owner of an existing unit), jkkmobile is happy to show you their shortcut to touchy-feely nirvana. As we've seen on all those other Eees, installing the touch panel into the 900 doesn't seem to be extraordinarily difficult for those with a few mods under their belt and a reliable Chinese parts supplier. For those who'd prefer to simply watch from the sidelines, you can peek the video after the break and lots more photos in the read link.

[ArsenyS @ Jul 2nd 2008 7:15PM]

Have you noticed that there is no fan on the cpu !!!! Won't it overheat fast like even while booting ???? wtf ?

[Mush @ Jul 2nd 2008 7:18PM]

Atom much?

[DefPo3t @ Jul 2nd 2008 7:29PM]

passive cooling sir

[Rubicon @ Jul 2nd 2008 7:41PM]

uhh...myb the fan is under the mobo?

[Mr Farts @ Jul 2nd 2008 10:00PM]

You're dumb.

[ArchAngel @ Jul 3rd 2008 2:43AM]

The eee 900 has Celeron CPU.

[rock99rock @ Jul 3rd 2008 11:02AM]

lol @ the huge Start button

[Fusion Fuzo @ Jul 2nd 2008 7:31PM]

will this work with the newer eeepc 901?

[LondonConsultant @ Jul 3rd 2008 6:37AM]

This is actually the "missing" 902...

[Fusion Fuzo @ Jul 2nd 2008 7:31PM]

will this work with the newer eeepc 901?

[DefPo3t @ Jul 2nd 2008 7:32PM]

This plus gps (with easy to use software) and I'm sold. Not that this hasn't sold me already but this solidfies it

[thedesolate1 @ Jul 2nd 2008 7:58PM]

Dont waste your time or money consider one of these:
http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopping/computer_can_series.do?storeName=computer_store&category=notebooks&a1=Category&v1=Mobility&series_name=tx2500z_series

there are always deals and discounts on them too if you google enough...

[awong @ Jul 2nd 2008 7:34PM]

Does it support multi touch? Probably not in this version but this is the future of computing. Touch screens are so cool!

[DefPo3t @ Jul 2nd 2008 7:44PM]

tell me how multi touch would improve this other than zooming

[Neeko @ Jul 2nd 2008 7:36PM]

Damn id be all over this if the screen could swivel. Still cool as is though. Would be a cool media pc if the screen could swivel.

Still cant find a good guide for the solderless mod.

[apread @ Jul 2nd 2008 7:36PM]

This guy makes Mr. Rogers seem exciting

[thedesolate1 @ Jul 2nd 2008 7:44PM]

I guess news is awfully slow today.... anyways a touchscreen on a notebook isn't very practical unless the screen can be turned around and folded flat on the keyboard.

[DefPo3t @ Jul 2nd 2008 7:48PM]

or folded the whole way back with a auto switch to disable the keyboard

[Noir @ Jul 2nd 2008 8:10PM]

Not necessarily, by just looking at the video till the end you can find major advantages of use even if the netbook doesn't have a turn-able lcd.

The problem with the tablets were it's early emergence (resulting in at a high price) and imo the thought of having that swivel lcd.

It's an emerging market for tablets and touch. It took its time but now is the time for it's technology to shine.

[Basic @ Jul 2nd 2008 9:34PM]

Watch the video much? No that's why you're Low Ranked.

[DavidDB @ Jul 2nd 2008 8:05PM]

I so Want - Can only be weeks until someone launches a convertible Tablet-netbook

[Minilap @ Jul 2nd 2008 8:12PM]

How much is the kit?

[le Chen @ Jul 2nd 2008 8:38PM]

ASUS. 900
yaya~whatever..keep try ASUS..

[Montey @ Jul 2nd 2008 9:29PM]

Is it me or is that start button in the picture extremely long?

[blarvh @ Jul 3rd 2008 5:30AM]

Long name for it resulting in a long button.

Käynnistä

[Skyride @ Jul 3rd 2008 6:37AM]

Ye, its a foreign language so its pretty long.

[BradS @ Jul 3rd 2008 9:24AM]

Is that a long Start button in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?

[aquatsr @ Jul 2nd 2008 10:11PM]

@thedesolate1
If you had watched the video you would know that what jkk has done is extremely practical. And don't complain about the non-swivel part of it. Adding in a touch screen isn't the easiest thing in the world. If you want your screen to swivel - do it yourself.

Otherwise don't complain.

[Steffen Jobbs @ Jul 2nd 2008 10:40PM]

It's a nice setup, no doubt. That touchscreen should be standard on EeePCs. Look like it works very well.

He could have done the video in one-and-a-half minutes for all that he showed. So he can scroll with a touch screen. Nothing unusual about that?

[Mark Lapasa @ Jul 2nd 2008 10:51PM]

Sofa-surfing.... I love it! jkkmobile is the man!

[james @ Jul 3rd 2008 2:31AM]

what's the app or extension that he uses for his browser. The one that seems to pull up multiple screenshots of the webpage at same time.

thanks

[primetime @ Jul 3rd 2008 2:56AM]

Speed Dial for Firefox

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4810

[Skyride @ Jul 3rd 2008 6:50AM]

I think its more likely hes using opera. Opera has it built in. Also the new Firefox has a thing where it creates a preview of any link if you hover over it for a few secs.

[Vini @ Jul 3rd 2008 2:53AM]

Thats some camp touch-screening... Ditch the pen.

[Freakin Ijit @ Oct 9th 2008 6:29AM]

Asus has now formally announced that they are going to have touchpanel EEEs:

http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20081008PD229.html