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What’s that, didn’t trust last week’s DigiTimes rumory confirmation of the new 1004DN addition to the Eee PC family? Rest easy, as Asus has come forward and made the first optical-offering Eee officially official. The machine packs a Super-Multi DVD writer, what looks to be the same pinkie-friendly chiclet keyboard as the 1000HE, a 1.66GHz Atom N280 processor, up to 120GB of storage, and even a fingerprint scanner. Price and release date are still undecided, but it shouldn’t be long before we find out just how well those legendarily long-winded Eee batteries fare at spinning up your Battlestar Galactica boxed sets.
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In a bombshell of moderate proportions, the gang at DigiTimes have reported that ASUS will be following Mouse Computer’s lead (when was the last time you heard that?), and have announced the first Eee PC equipped with an optical drive, the E1004DN. This bad boy sports an Intel Atom N280 CPU, a 120GB HDD, and will be in the ballpark of NT $18,000 – 20,000 (roughly $531 – $590). It should see the light of day sometime in mid-April. The same source reports that the Eee PC 1008HA will be getting its release in May. Out of curiosity, we asked @billyjoel for a comment and have yet to receive a response.

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If you have an Eee PC you’re probably familiar with the name Elantech and how making multi-touch gestures on the company’s tiny touchpads is easier said than done. Looking for a little more room to be creative, Elan has created a prototype it calls the Smart Remote Controller. It’s basically two touchpads on a wireless device with a pair of buttons in the middle, able to act as a gamepad, mouse replacement, virtual keyboard, and even a remote control that looks even less intuitive than Logitech’s 1100. No word on when or if this will ever see the light of day at retail, but after watching the video below you may or may not be too heartbroken if it never does.
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MSI’s never been a slouch when it comes to its Wind series, but this new U115 seems to be something else entirely. In tests done by the folks at Eee-PC.de, the laptop ranged from 5.5 hours to 15 hours of battery life, based on level of usage. Even 5.5 hours is good for continuous use, but we could imagine all sorts of happiness with 15 hours of battery — like camping. The laptop gets some of its battery mojo from its hybrid storage system, which allows the laptop to run entirely off of its 8GB of SSD memory, with the 160GB hard drive spun down to save power. The SSD is user-replaceable, if you don’t mind a little warranty voiding, and the folks at nvision have thrown caution to the wind in ripping apart their U115 for our viewing pleasure.

[Via liliputing]

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ASUS went for a repeat of last year’s CeBIT extravagance and threw all manner of product at us this morning. We’ve gotten to play with most of it, and while we’re sure a few more items will trickle past in the next day or two, you can check out the gist of it right here, right now.
The best:

	ASUS debuts the Eee PC 1008HA “Shell” 10-inch ultraportable ASUS has taken the wraps off its latest Eee PC, the 1008HA we heard was on the way to follow up on the S101.		Hands-on with ASUS’ Eee Keyboard Remember that Eee Keyboard that was announced during CES? ASUS did itself proud by bringing a few to CeBIT this year, and we were able to swing by and take a look.
	Hands-off with ASUS’ Dual Panel Touchscreen PC at CeBIT Live from the CeBIT floor, we present to you ASUS’ Dual Panel touchscreen PC.		Hands-on with ASUS’ galleria of Eee PCs at CeBIT ASUS broke out a stable of Eee PCs here in Germany, and we were on hand to have a look at all of the freshest ones.

The rest:

ASUS shows off Eee Stick at CeBIT
Hands-off with ASUS Marine Cool concept motherboard
Hands-on: ASUS’ Lamborghini VX5 laptop

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When you’re number two, you’ve always got a humble eye and a gun pointed at number one. Just look at Apple and those “” ads. Now in true Pepsi-challenge fashion, ASUS is trying to convince consumers that its Eee PC 1000He is vastly superior to Acer — the number one seller of netbooks — and its Aspire One D150. On the surface, the two laptops appear to be identical in that they share the same N280 processor, 10-inch display, and 1GB of DDR2 memory. Of course, same specs result in an equivalent application performance as seen in the reviews. But if you look closer (as ASUS hopes), you’ll see that the 1000He features a larger keyboard and touchpad, faster 802.11n WiFi, and more robust 8,700mAH battery and power management compared to the 5,800mAH jobbie found on the Aspire One. ASUS takes the comparisons much deeper though, right on down to the size of the power bricks to prove its point. Ok ASUS, you win… too bad better products don’t always translate to market dominance.

P.S. Picture of the competing transformers after the break because we know you’re wondering.
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Given the furious pace of Eee PC updates and the industry’s general standardization around nine- and 10-inch netbooks, it’s not exactly shocking news that ASUS is phasing out seven-inch Eees, but it’s still sad to see the original of the species shuffle off this mortal coil. According to ASUS CEO Jonny Shih, the company is going to be focusing on 10-inch models like the new Eee 1008HA, and although the company previously said the 8.9-inchers were due to axed as well, Shih says they’re not going anywhere due to demand from telecom providers and emerging markets. Oh, and the company is also changing the meaning of the Eee acronym from the original “easy to learn, easy to work, easy to play” to “easy, excellent, exciting.” Honestly? This changes everything.

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While we initially assumed that ASUS’ Lamborghini VX5 would be its sexiest laptop at CeBIT, now we’re having second thoughts. After taking the wraps off of its downright stunning 10-inch Eee PC 1008HA yesterday, we spotted the bugger sittin’ pretty today at the outfit’s booth. Needless to say, we couldn’t pass up the opportunity to snag a few snapshots and share ‘em all with you. Much like the S101, the so-called “Shell” has very little “Eee” in its blood. In fact, you’d barely know it was part of the family without that descriptive placard sitting there beside it. ASUS engineered this one for fashionistas who’d like a little PC with their next style accessory, and everything from the glorious paint job to the ultra-clean lines screamed “gorgeous.” Really, take a look below and see for yourself.
Gallery: ASUS Eee PC 1008HA hands-on

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