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New EEE PC

Eeepc_blue_backopen_2Asus's follow-up to its massively successful Eee PC 701, the cheap 7 inch Linux laptop with few frills, is the 900 model. Interestingly, it can't resist adding more features (see below). Which brings it much closer to a normal laptop price. Will this dilute its appeal? Here are the specs available on the laptopsdirect.ie model (€417 plus delivery):

  • CPU: Intel Mobile
  • Display: 8.9" (1024x600)
  • Memory (1 slot only): 1024MB
  • Storage (Solid State, on board): 12GB
  • Card Reader: SD/MMC
  • Connection: 802.11 b/g / 10/100 Ethernet
  • Expansion: 3 USB / VGA Port / Headphone/Mic-in
  • Camera: Yes (1.3M)
  • Battery Cell: 4 Cell
  • Colour and Paint Type: Black
  • OS: Windows XP (Preloaded) / Windows Live Suite, MS Works
  • AC Adapter: Output: 9.5V, 22W / Input: 100-240V AC, 50/60Hz universal
  • Accessory: Protection bag
  • Mobile broadband speeds

    I don't always see eye-to-eye with Damien on broadband take-up in the country, but he does have a point when it comes to mobile broadband services not being what they're made out to be. (As does Michele.) Vodafone sales clerks, for example, tell their customers that it's up to 3.6Mbs. "That's all of Dublin and anywhere there's good 3G coverage, which is 75 per cent of the country," one told me over the phone just this morning. In fact, it's never 3.6Mbs. Or anywhere near it. It rarely reaches even 1Mbs in my experience.

    More of the hard/soft sell

    This time with model Pippa O'Connor. The launch is for Mario Kart Wii.

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    New service launches

    With new models. (This is for a new company called Eight:Twenty, which specialises in 'interactive advertising'. The model is Vogue Williams.)

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