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After a long time in development and much speculation, the Aeeeris case mod for the EEEPC 701 has been shown by its developer, forum user PvP_lostknight in this forum discussion.

In essence, the kit comprises a replacement lid that allows you to turn the screen over in order to fit a touchscreen and create what is effectively a tablet PC from an Eeepc 701. In the process, the keyboard and touch pad are removed. There are openings for the loudspeakers and space for the screen controller, and USB hub / touchscreen controller (which you supply yourself, along with the touchscreen panel itself).

Head over to the thread to find out more.

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Rock Solid – Heart Touching?

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Ben is testing R50A…

… with Vista on 1.33Ghz Atom Z520. Not the best combination.

But jump to his unboxing and first impressions post of this $1399.00, 32GB SSD, 3G, 5.6" WSVGA touchscreen UMPC to read more…

Asus R50A UMPC unboxing and first impressions

Details, News and Links for Asus R50A UMPC
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Great news!

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Joanna from Laptop Magazine interviewed MSI’s Director of U.S. Sales Andy Tung and among other things she got some surprising news about future MSI’s products:

" .. during CES we will display a 10-inch touch notebook and a 16-inch touch notebook. The Wind with the touch screen is something we are demoing at CES but we are not sure this will come to market.
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JKK, Sascha and myself will be getting together in just a few hours for a live session. I guess I’ll be live from about 2030 CET (post time +90 minutes) and we’ll prepare a podcast to start one hour later – about 2130 CET. Everything will be live with skype, multiple live videos and live chat on the LIVE page.

See you there.

Update: The recorded podcast video is available here. We’ll produce it as an MP3 over the next 24 hours.

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As I was browsing the CES exhibitor list late last night a came across the T10L tablet device. I didn’t have time to post about it so I pinged it across to the guys at GottaBeMobile who have put the details up on a post.

• CPU: Atom N270
• Chipset: 945GSE
• Memory: 2GB max
• Display: 10.2″ XGA (1024 x 600), LCD, 200 nits
• Storage: 80GB HDD
• Input: Touch screen
• Camera: 1.3 mp
• Audio: Built in Stereo Speaker*2(High Quality)
• Wireless: Wireless 3945 B/G Network Connection(Mini-PCle)
• Ports: 3 USB 2.0, 1 PC card, 1 D-Sub 15 Monitor out, 1 ethernet, headphone, mic
• Weight: 2.6 lbs

As you can see, it’s based around Intel’s low cost platform. At just over an inch thick and at 2.6lbs, its nicely proportioned too. Could this be another cheap Vesa-mount PC or a Grab and Go dockable desktop? I see quite some potential for devices like these if they can be slimmed down a bit. Under 1KG and 20mm think with 5 hours battery and a $400 price tag (why not – its a netbook with a touch layer added and the keyboard removed!) would make it very attractive portable browser and e-book reader and, given a good range of docks and mounts could ignite a consumer slate market. The netbook platform and 200 nits brightness figure really hints of low-cost to me so i’ll be interested to see who picks this up.

We’ll get this one in the DB later today if we can gather all the info. Amtek specification page is here.

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Design is one major factor on a personal device…

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Intel had this design contest at Czech Republic November 2008. Here are some of my picks from them:

" Grand design prize to the design by Petra Matyš?áková, an industrial design student at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Brno University of Technology.
“The famous adage, ‘Simple is beautiful,’ is absolutely
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All test on Eee 901 at Super Performance mode

So Buffalos new SSDs are better than the old ones, but RunCore eats them alive…

Thanks X-Gadget for Buffalo tests [ translated ]
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