Eee PC T91 convertible tablet lives (Update: Video!)

It's been expected for months, now Asus has announced its Eee PC T91 convertible tablet ripe for a fresh Windows 7 tossing. The 2-pound (right, two!), 1-inch thick tablet features an 8.9-inch LED backlit touch panel riding atop Intel's Z520 Atom processor. It also features a TV-tuner and built-in GPS. No other details yet but it won't be long.

Update: Added video after the break of this svelte convertible floating in air with its incredibly dreamy UI. It's destined to make all your touchable dreams come true. No, really.

[KAIKAI @ Jan 6th 2009 7:31PM]

YES!!
make it cheap for a instant win
....
maybe thats asking for to much :(

[000000 @ Jan 6th 2009 7:47PM]

HAHA! Saweet! I almost pulled the trigger on a UMPC and hesitated because of CES. Wasn't EEE PC supposed to release a 307$ PC? Could this be it?!!!

I'll buy 2!

[wyatt @ Jan 6th 2009 8:12PM]

KAIKAI what a great avatar!

[KAIKAI @ Jan 6th 2009 8:29PM]

thanks i like as well :D

[Tubes @ Jan 6th 2009 8:40PM]

This plus Windows 7 might just equal WIN

[banned @ Jan 6th 2009 8:40PM]

please asus sell this at a loss to get he brand out!!! ill buy one for me and each of my friends.

[Derick Eisenhardt @ Jan 6th 2009 10:50PM]

Ubuntu (NBR) + the GIMP would be awesome on this thing!

[Sirius @ Jan 7th 2009 4:22AM]

They should make a cheap version/option by taking out the gps and tv tuner (and other extras).. add in a long life batter and that'd make a great note taking touchscreen-netbook for students.. and just what i'd been hoping for xD

[Will H. @ Jan 7th 2009 5:57AM]

If this is cheap, I've gotta have one. It would have to be killer for drawing in Photoshop, heaps better then my Wacom pen tablet now. Windows 7 is pretty nice, too.

[john @ Jan 8th 2009 1:56AM]

This pretty much describes my feelings:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pXfHLUlZf4

[Chris @ Jan 6th 2009 7:32PM]

This thing looks absolute amazing. I wonder how much you'll have to dish out for this puppy.

[hazard @ Jan 6th 2009 9:16PM]

I agree it looks great but why don't they use the Tablet version of XP? I'd love to replace my [paper] notebook with something like this.

[Joseph @ Jan 6th 2009 10:59PM]

@hazard:

Windows 7 BETA has unofficially been tested and performed significantly better than XP. Windows 7 will be a netbook's lover.

[Matthew C @ Jan 7th 2009 2:19AM]

WINDOWS & WINDOWS & WINDOWS & TABLET TABLET TABLET

sorry for being annoying. this is the first time and eee has actually appealed to me. Include easy navigational abilities for in the car and im happy (for under 500, at least).

[Matthew C @ Jan 10th 2009 3:10AM]

ampersands = sevens i was too excited to release shift

[DiGiC @ Jan 6th 2009 7:35PM]

/Terminating/ the competition eh? ;)

[lpppppl @ Jan 6th 2009 7:36PM]

Absolutely amazing. Can you remove the GPS and TV tuner and save me some bucks?

[vitriolix @ Jan 6th 2009 8:52PM]

Agreed. looks like a promising form factor, but i really don't need a gps in my laptop

[Will @ Jan 6th 2009 9:01PM]

They are listed as options on the screen, so I would assume so.

[lpppppl @ Jan 6th 2009 9:03PM]

Cool! New video added!

[entropy @ Jan 7th 2009 2:04PM]

I would gladly pay near $800 maybe $1000 for this if it has an active digitizer. There isn't a good mobile solution for students, researchers, engineers, or anyone else who needs to write anything down with diagrams and equations. Most decent tablets on the market are twice the weight and twice the price or just too bulky to carry everywhere.

I think just passive touch would be a small improvement over typical netbook functions. The convertible screen is really rather misleading, also. This really can't provide the functionality one would expect from a tablet. A normal eeepc and a wacom bamboo pad would probably be better than a passive touch screen for writing/drawing.

[Shaka @ Jan 6th 2009 7:38PM]

Awesome! Now all we need is a long battery life and wacom tablet functionality and im soooooooo carrying this thing to school.

[Joe H @ Jan 6th 2009 7:42PM]

Considering Wacom doesn't make a 8.9" digitizer, it's a pretty safe bet that this is passive/ resistive touch.

[good grief @ Jan 6th 2009 7:55PM]

Read the slide, it's going to be a multi-touch panel.

[Shaka @ Jan 6th 2009 8:08PM]

Yeah just go ahead and crush my dreams why dont ya!

[RichardR @ Jan 7th 2009 3:13AM]

A while back there was something to do with capacitive touchscreens and using a tablet pen to use them, I'l dig up the article when I'm back from school (Taking my eeepc as usual) if this pans out to be cheap in the UK, I'm buying one for school to replace my black eeepc 701!

[Joe H @ Jan 7th 2009 12:24PM]

Except its been reported by Gottabemobile.com, a leading tablet PC site, to be resistive touch, just like I mentioned. Not to mention that Asus is probably referring to their multi-touch touchpad which they've had for a while now in the Eee line.

[Xstream @ Jan 6th 2009 7:39PM]

so let's hope the touchscreen is one with a digitizer so you can write on it with a pen instead of touching it, that would make it way more useful for university and other things

[Sarig @ Jan 6th 2009 8:05PM]

Don't get your hopes up.

But you can use a stylus just fine on a resistive screen, you just have to worry about vectoring :)

[Xstream @ Jan 7th 2009 9:47AM]

but you can't rest your palm on it so its useless for writing

[Verythrax @ Jan 6th 2009 7:39PM]

Can't wait! Just waiting for a good afordable netbook with reversible touchscreen!

[thedesolate1 @ Jan 6th 2009 7:40PM]

W00t. Im shoving this in my car dashboard....

[digitallysick @ Jan 6th 2009 7:57PM]

Would be perfect for that, wonder if its touch screen or digitizer pen only

[Colin Jones @ Jan 6th 2009 8:21PM]

Multi-touch kinda gives it away... unless you multi-touch with multi-pens?

[Jayayess1190 @ Jan 6th 2009 7:55PM]

Better photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/techradar/sets/72157612210659047/

[digitallysick @ Jan 6th 2009 7:57PM]

Damn thats nice tv tuner and gps , i like where this is going. Just a tablet with gps rocks

[ro @ Jan 6th 2009 7:57PM]

at least asus tries to create something, it may not be stylish but they try expand the netbook market and not that macbook crap shown today at macworld, what overblown BS they are becoming, honestly there latest offers have been weak

[HiLoFi @ Jan 6th 2009 7:59PM]

Been ignoring their mail recently then heh...

Netbook it is

[Jinto @ Jan 6th 2009 7:59PM]

My gut instinct bet says right around $500. Touch is a premium thing after all.

[Mikey C @ Jan 6th 2009 10:01PM]

$600 is my bet.

[phu5ion @ Jan 6th 2009 7:59PM]

Drop Windows, and I'm in.

[patriotsn1 @ Jan 6th 2009 8:20PM]

Wow, you are SO cool... Just SOOOOO cool, man I wish I was as cool as you. Jeez I always hope I can be the guy that says "drop windows blah blah blah" every time there is a new laptop mentioned but dang it all if you didn't beat me to it... Again, I applaud your coolness.

[stefan @ Jan 6th 2009 8:36PM]

gee, somebody's having her period. Calm down, patriot....

[HiLoFi @ Jan 6th 2009 8:04PM]

Oh yeah, these are already very useful machines to bring out now

We use a more expensive Toshiba one at the moment for GIS and mapping data on location.

Base maps can be drawn onto and notes and data translated on site and uploaded.

the size and hopefully price would mean our on site workflows would be a lot better without a worry about the cost.

[jakjak9210 @ Jan 6th 2009 8:05PM]

tv tuner is an awesome idea for a netbook.
looks mighty thin, i like :)

[LloydChiro @ Jan 6th 2009 8:08PM]

Drooool. I've been planning on getting a netbook to replace my TabletPC that just died. This is probably going to be it.

I just need something small for patient notes.

[psp1ace @ Jan 6th 2009 8:27PM]

ur a doctor?

[edgore @ Jan 6th 2009 9:33PM]

From the name and the avatar I am going to take a big leap and say Chiropractor....

[Deloren @ Jan 6th 2009 8:10PM]

not bad ....... which OS is running on the video ?

[a @ Jan 6th 2009 9:59PM]

ya, it does not look like xp.