ASUS Eee Phone on track for "later this year"

Not a lot to go on here, but PC World is quoting an "ASUS representative" who says that the Eee Phone will be announced later this year. Unlike the Garmin-ASUS offerings, the Eee Phone would be a low-cost consumer jobbie as previously confirmed by ASUS' chairman, Jonney Shih. As such, we expect it to have a massive bezel, a cheap, over-sized plastic case and some kind of open-source OS that consumers can't resist. Hey ASUS, you got lucky with the Eee PC, don't push it.

[Freakin Ijit @ Feb 12th 2009 9:58AM]

The image is a giggle.

[Romesh @ Feb 12th 2009 11:12AM]

Thats the most ridiculous pic I've seen today :P I love all the hilarious pictures engadget uses!

[slamEVIL @ Feb 12th 2009 11:49AM]

it's horrible and f'ing with my brain; but for some reason i can't stop staring at it!

[CT @ Feb 12th 2009 9:58AM]

Doesn't Asus good old America, likes their laptops easy and their phones complicated.

[CJ @ Feb 12th 2009 11:13AM]

Agreed. It annoying for speakers computer asus.

[Daniel @ Feb 12th 2009 3:03PM]

Your sentence. No verb.

[Bellzebub @ Feb 12th 2009 9:58AM]

Jobbie, if it's as bad as Acer's attempt, you've probably got that one right!

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=jobbie

[htd @ Feb 12th 2009 9:58AM]

that's pretty bad photoshop job

[Robotochan @ Feb 12th 2009 9:59AM]

Man, they are making Eeeverything!

[Temo @ Feb 12th 2009 10:36AM]

That should be Asus new slogan.

"We make Eeeverything"

[Major4Play @ Feb 12th 2009 10:48AM]

They have been making smartphones for years where have you all been ?

[Robotochan @ Feb 12th 2009 10:53AM]

Actually, within a range of 4 miles from this location...

[CJ @ Feb 12th 2009 10:24PM]

... None of that above ground!

[Robotochan @ Feb 13th 2009 4:16AM]

Still waiting for someone to tell me where I said "wow I didn't know they made phones!" All I see is a comment saying "They make Eeeverything" which to most people would translate to "They make Eee everything" not "They've never made phones before!"

[Nicu @ Feb 12th 2009 10:08AM]

"Hey ASUS, you got lucky with the Eee PC, don't push it."

You never would have said "Hey Apple, you got lucky with the iPod, don't push it."

Lets hope they can make phones people actually want, instead of the overpriced garbage we have today. Too bad ASUS can't make the data plans at Verizon any cheaper.

[Robert @ Feb 12th 2009 10:10AM]

Hey ASUS, you created a new market with the Eee PC, please innovate again.

[Fahdoos @ Feb 12th 2009 10:10AM]

Horrible looking phone.

[▀█▀ █ ▀█▀ ▄█▀ @ Feb 12th 2009 10:45AM]

over 9000 hours in photoshop

[jonchwong @ Feb 12th 2009 10:10AM]

This isn't exactly Asus' first dive into the cellphone market, they make a handful of smartphones.

[Edward Byer @ Feb 12th 2009 10:12AM]

Haha....Robotochan....I like that.

Yea well Asus Eee line has got it right. When normal people like me that really don't have a big bulge on one side of their pants (from their wallet...minds out of the gutter please lol). So yea I hope it is a hit and I will buy it, but I want the archos android phone in the works.

[Fred @ Feb 12th 2009 10:13AM]

"Hey Asus, don't release something that might become as popular as our beloved iPhone."

[Alex Padilla @ Feb 12th 2009 10:15AM]

No, I think Engadget was trying to say "Hey, Asus, don't saturate the cellphone market with your products like you did with netbooks."

[Major4Play @ Feb 12th 2009 11:22AM]

Yes the massive jump in sales Asus has enjoyed since the launch of the EeePc line up has been all due to the stupid market saturation.
Stupid Asus what are you thinking selling ridiculous amounts of your products !

[Homeboy @ Feb 12th 2009 10:16AM]

Best photoshop ever.

Asus will lose, cellphones are already dirt cheap. I can nab a phone with a sim card for £10

[indigo_theatre @ Feb 12th 2009 10:17AM]

If it can play Crysis, then sign me up for one.

[Tim @ Feb 12th 2009 10:40AM]

At first i thought LG was going a little too touch screen happy with their phones; then i thought RIM was getting a little blackberry happy (a flip phone?) And then there's Asus, who's getting REALLY happeee.

so much milking....

[Major4Play @ Feb 12th 2009 10:50AM]

Asus have made phones for ages, they made alot of OEM/ODM for other manufacturers like HP.

Engagdget bringing you pointless opinions about thing they really should know more about.....

[Neha @ Feb 12th 2009 11:14AM]

"Hey ASUS, you got lucky with the Eee PC, don't push it."

I remember iTards warning us to stay off the netbooks till Apple would unveil one and then we could all soil our pants. Now go back and stroke your iPhone.

[Wolfticket @ Feb 12th 2009 11:15AM]

Lovin' the eeephone shop :D

[Roman @ Feb 12th 2009 11:28AM]

Ha, calculator buttons.

[yao @ Feb 12th 2009 11:29AM]

hahaha. great image!

[Travis @ Feb 12th 2009 11:37AM]

How do they expect you to use XP on such a small screen!

[Michael @ Feb 12th 2009 11:38AM]

A phone running XP Pro with Office 2003 and 120 hours of battery life? Free with a two-year contract? Sign me up!

[Akshat @ Feb 12th 2009 12:11PM]

They certainly didn't "get lucky" with the EEE pc, but this is certainly pushing it ...

[Silver Patd @ Feb 12th 2009 12:17PM]

A better photoshop mockup found here: http://www.androphones.com/asus-eee-android-phone-8.html

Still in 6 months alot can change, lots of android phones were announced, yet only one is on the market.

[mx_rvr @ Feb 12th 2009 1:08PM]

yea that is the worst photoshop i have seen. I makes me feel ill when i look at it

[SewerShark @ Feb 12th 2009 1:25PM]

That concept phone was made by M.C. Escher.

[Jon Nelson @ Feb 12th 2009 1:32PM]

Too many motha'uckas, uckin' with mah Shih

[Robotochan @ Feb 12th 2009 2:43PM]

They call me the Hiphopopotomous, my lyrics are bottomless... *cough*

[Unknown @ Feb 12th 2009 3:55PM]

I'd buy one. Sign me up.

[funbus @ Feb 12th 2009 6:38PM]

"Oh yeah. ChEeeEeese. Yeah, didn't we lock you in a dumpster one time? "

[Skippy @ Mar 3rd 2009 3:15PM]

All you guys dissing asus and their line of eee's, probably havn't even tried one out before. As I type this from my eee, I can say that this is one of the best pieces of technology I have ever laid my hands on. Sure, cheap-ish plastic, semi-large bezel, linux. Asus didn't get "Lucky" they were smart and found a market that had been untouched. They have created well made devices at an awesome price, unlike many other companies out there.
As per the phone, I hope this one will be decent. I have yet to find a phone on the market that fits my needs.

[Sid @ Feb 12th 2009 9:28PM]

Man, that is one heck of a thin phone. Wonder if it can be rolled like paper ... ;)

[yG @ Feb 13th 2009 7:31AM]

They should stick to their Garmin-Asus Nuvifones.