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Asus has quietly launched their latest offering, the Eee Download service, and judging from the initial support and initial response, they should have kept it a little quieter and made sure it was a little further developed before they unveiled it.

See, at first glance its a great idea, the Eee Download service offers the ability to “install software and multimedia in just one click,” which comes courtesy of the Click ‘N Run (CNR) format. If you remember back, CNR comes from Lindows Linspire fame shame, however CNR has since recently been purchased by Xandros.

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With a refreshing change, the latest Asus netbook has just been unveiled and thankfully it does not carry the Eee PC branding, instead it is simply dubbed the Asus N10.

Sporting what appears to be a more professional looking outer shell, the N10 features a 10.2-inch display with a 1024 x 768 resolution, fingerprint reader Bluetooth 2.0, built-in 1.3-megapixel webcam, built-in card reader and a possible 320GB hard drive. It has also been mentioned that the N10 will be running either Windows Vista or a Linux variant. As for ports and connectivity, the N10 is expected to include HDMI, VGA, three USB 2.0 ports, Express Card slot, headphone out, microphone in, Ethernet and Wi-Fi with an external on/off switch.

As of now we have not seen any estimated time frame for a release date, however the pricing is expected to be in the ballpark of €300 - €400 (around $446 - $595 US). In the meantime, keep reading to check out a few more images of the Asus N10…

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While we all know that nobody seems to be all that excited about the latest Eee PC model because of its lack of outstanding features, we still owe it to you our dear readers to cover the official announcement of the Eee PC 900A. Like we said before, the Eee PC 900A doesn’t offer to many features and probably realizing this, Asus decided to add a new color variant to the Eee PC 900A instead, sadly of all colors that are available in the color wheel, Asus decided to paint it in purple. It’s not that we have anything against the color purple. But we just think that it doesn’t fit into the category of the Eee PC netbooks.

Anyway, if you’re raring to get that purple Eee PC 900A as soon as it comes out here’s a quick recap of what you’re going to get for your hard-earned bucks. The Eee PC 900A features the same 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor that the Eee PC 901 has, an 8.9-inch display with a 1024 x 600 resolution, 1GB of RAM, built-in card reader, 0.3-megapixel webcam, Wi-Fi, Ethernet, VGA out, three USB ports and a 8GB or 16GB SSD option.

In addition, Asus is throwing in a free 20GB of online storage on the Eee Storage Service that was announced a few days ago. Another weakness of the Eee PC 900A is that it could only offer 3-4 hours of battery life and its lack of Bluetooth connectivity feature. Still, if these don’t bother you too much, you can grab yourselves the Eee PC 900 for around $465 when it comes out later this month.

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Asus and Target have just announced that the Eee PC will now be available both online and also at 150 of their retail locations. I suppose this news should come as little surprise, because Asus seems to be spreading the Eee brand so thin with new models, that it now being available at Target almost seems normal.

I think what will end up being more surprising is just how many customers will see this as a good idea. As a geek, I love my Eee PC, and I have shown it to many non-geeks who loved it, but majority of them also stated that without having used mine, they would never have purchased one.

Anyway, hopefully Target and Asus will have better luck, they currently have a pretty full range of products available including the 2G Surf in a variety of colors, the 4G Surf in black or white, and accessories to include extra batteries, headphones, power adapters and mice. The 2G Surf is retailing for $299.99 and the 4G Surf is retailing for $349.99.

Product [Target] Via [jkOnTheRun]

We have just recently seen the Eee PC 900a show its face in some leaked images, and although it seemed to be just another model in the never ending Eee PC lineup, we were hoping for something special.

Sadly, the specs have been revealed and honestly we are not really sure why Asus even bothered, its just another Eee. It will feature the 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor but that is about where the excitement stops.

Other features include what seems to be the standard now; an 8.9-inch display with a 1024 x 600 resolution, 1GB of RAM, built-in card reader, 0.3-megapixel webcam, Wi-Fi, Ethernet, VGA out, and three USB ports.

The Eee PC 900a will also be available in a 8GB or 16GB SSD option, but sadly Bluetooth will not be included. The 900a will be available beginning August 21 and retail for 299 EUR (around $465 US).

With all the different models and options now available, it seems that Asus should just make a few standard case sizes and then offer them in a selection of colors and allow the user to configure them as desired.

Via [jkkmobile]

Although we were pleasantly surprised to see Asus returning to their roots with the recent information that surfaced showing off the new additions coming to the Eee PC 701 series, this latest image would normally just be chalked up as yet another model in the never ending Eee lineup.

However, we did notice one interesting bit worth mentioning, the newly pictured model is the Eee PC 900a, and although there has not been any official word, some speculation (and hope) is that the “a” is in place for Atom, as in the processor.

Otherwise, like I mentioned its just one leaked image as of now, but still it shows something to hope for, that is assuming you are not already burnt out on the never ending models of the Eee PC. Seriously Asus, I am a fan of the Eee lineup, I have one myself, but even I cannot keep up anymore with what you have going on. Lets try and bring it back to just being simple, low-cost, easy-to-use notebook like you started with.

Image [Blogeee] Via [thegadgetsite]

The original Eee PC 701, its an almost forgotten model of the Eee lineup, which is sad because its not a bad model, but Asus has since taken the Eee name and filled it to the breaking point with newer, better, slightly bigger and of course more expensive models.

However it seems there is some hope for that good old Eee PC 701, the latest info is coming courtesy of some leaked slides, but it looks like Asus will be returning to the 701 model with the introduction of a 701SD, 701SD (30GB) and 701SD (4GB).

We don’t have any news to report on pricing, but we can only hope that Asus will be returning to where they began and are looking to get back on track as far as offering a low-priced netbook. Lets hope they can get down to a $299 or even lower price tag and really shake things up like they did in the beginning.

Otherwise, the details are light, however we do know that the new 701 models will be available in white or black and they are wearing the Eee badging as opposed to the Asus badge. The only real difference we can tell from the slides in terms of design is the button below the trackpad is not a clear left and right instead of the one long button that was on the original 701.

As more information comes available, you can be sure we will let you know.

Read [Laptop Mag]

Asus has just announced plans to roll out an Eee branded external hard drive (Eee Drive), an external optical drive (Eee Writer) and the T500 3G connection card.

While these latest accessories are actually useful, its hard not to think that they are just taking this whole Eee branding a little far.

The Eee PC was something special when it first hit the market, now with what seems to be an endless introduction of new models it seems to have gone overboard.

Currently there are more Eee PC notebooks than I would like to think of, not to mention the Eee Box, and the previously announced accessory lineup.

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While the Eee Box has been rumored and talked about for a while now, Asus has confirmed at least some of the pricing. When released, the Eee Box will retail for £199 (around $390 US) in the UK under the official name of the Asus Eee Box B202.

As expected it will be available in black or white and feature a 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor, 80GB hard drive, two USB ports, Ethernet, built-in card reader and a DVI out. The Eee Box will be running Windows XP and ship with a keyboard and mouse.

No word yet on US based pricing or availability.

Via [Stuff.tv]

Asus continues to expand it’s Eee product line with new products beyond the niche ultraportable/netbook market. We’ve heard about the Eee Speaker, the Wii remote-like Eee stick, and now here comes two more products, the Eee TV and the Eee Monitor. Asus has confirmed that both products will come sometime in September. The Eee TV was already displayed at the Asus booth during the recently concluded Computex, while a product spec of the Eee monitor was also seen hanging around in the Asus booth.

While the Eee TV doesn’t seem to be a promising new product, the Eee monitor certainly has a potential to be an alternative to the more expensive Apple iMac.  Like the iMac, this Asus monitor also has a built-in computer in its 19 to 21-inch screen along with a built-in TV tuner. It is predicted to come with a price of around $500 which is more than half the price of the iMac’s pricing.

The Asus Eee Monitor is certainly one product that we should all watch out for. We expect to hear more about this from Asus as its September release date approaches.

Via [Slash Gear]