If you’ve been holding out for a convertible touchscreen tablet netbook, your wait may soon be over. Asus has put the Eee PC T91 up on its US website. Still no exact pricing or availability info yet, unfortunately, although it’ll apparently be available to retailers sometime this week.
The T91 features an 8.9-inch swiveling touchscreen at what I’d assume to be a 1024×600 resolution, Intel Atom CPU, 1GB of RAM, GPS, and even a built-in TV tuner. Looks like storage options are SSD-only with capacities of up to 16GB, which can be expanded via a secondary 16GB add-on card. It also looks like a 3G connection comes standard along with 802.11n wireless.
ASUS also claims up to five hour battery life, all in a body that weighs just over two pounds. Again, no official word on pricing or availability yet although the T91 is already available in the UK for £449 (about $740). That’s not to say it would cost $740 here, though. I’d guess it’d cost closer to between $500 and $600. We’ll hopefully find out more sometime this week.
Eee PC T91 [ASUS via SlashGear]
That picture is either not to scale or it’s a VERY SMALL hand next to that 8.9″ screen…
I would buy that for $499, not a cent more. Well, alright. Maybe a few cents more. But I like seeing that 4 even though I’m paying 5.
Pictures are never to scale, but thats just hilarious. That has to be at least a 17 inch screen their showing in that second picture. The first one looks great, however.
I WANT A CRUNCHPAD!!!!!!!!!
$500-$600, you’ve got to be kidding. eeePC’s go for less than $200 with SSD. So a $400 premium just to add a touchscreen layer and make the screen hinge fold back. C’mon… Don’t buy this. Greed unleased.
Can’t wait to test one. When it comes to a 400 dollar jump for the new T91, 1) it uses a Z520 atom instead of an N270 which means the die size is cut in half equaling higher costs. Secondly the touch screen requires significantly more technology to implement. I wouldn’t even think about complaining about a tablet PC under 650 as our current deployment ran 2500 per laptop. I am looking at deployment for home care nurses. Looks like a perfect fit!
The first model lacks a capacitive touch screen.
The current screen is a cheaper resistive touch.
I may wait a bit for a later release which is supposed to have the cap screen.
Cutting die sizes in half lowers costs.
I’d love to read books off of this. I’d rather have this than a kindle