Asus unveils Eee T91: netbook with touchscreen
Asustek Computer on Tuesday unveiled its latest Eee PC netbook, with an 8.9-inch touchscreen that swivels and can even fold down to convert the device into a tablet PC. The new touchscreen Eee PC, the T91, is similar to a netbook Giga-byte Technology launched earlier this year, the M912, which also boasts an 8.9-inch touchscreen that swivels. The two devices run Microsoft’s Windows XP OS, have Intel Atom microprocessors inside, and have the same size swivel touchscreens. The M912 differs slightly in using a more powerful 1.6GHz Intel Atom microprocessor, while the Eee PC T91 carries a 1.33GHz Atom that has slightly better power savings and includes support for a few technologies such as Intel Virtualization. In the T91, Asus goes a step further on the software side to make touch navigation a little easier.
The company developed its own touch mode software at research and development centers in Taiwan and China, said Jonney Shih, chairman of Asustek, at a news conference in Las Vegas ahead of the International Consumer Electronics Show, which opens Thursday. The T91 also comes with a TV tuner so people can watch their favorite shows on the road, and GPS (global positioning system) technology to transform the netbook into a navigation device. Shih said the Eee PC T91 will be on the market within the next three to six months. Pricing information was not immediately available.
Source: PC World
Comments(16)
nice, but these things tend to have really rubbish keyboards. i tried one of the earlier models out in a store and i have less trouble typing on my iphone than i do on this thing.
still, this is the future i guess.
havent noticed anything like that on Eee. yeah, the keyboard is much smaller and it takes some time till you get used to it, but it's pretty solid.
you missed the price.
No he didn't…
"Pricing information was not immediately available."
Martin, the links to original articles would be much appreciated.
Price estimated to be 1200$ it also have an 512GB flash disk… who basically make it this costly
I really want one of those, would fit what I need perfectly. No pricing info though, that's pretty important considering it's "just" a netbook. Those really need to be cheap since that's part of the reason people get them.
@6
1200 bucks? I can't believe that, no one in their right mind would pay that much for netbook. Would be an instant failure.
@Cim, are you kidding me. Bulky machines might have these specs but a minibook? Touchscreen, (a)-GPS, DVB-T (tuner), Wifi (ofcourse), build-in webcam and Solid State Disk with 500 GB… and all that in a about nine inch notebook?!
It is like the all-in-one cellphone like the Samsung Omnia or iPhone (without the calling part, well, maybe, who knows?) for multipurpose and fits right into any bag to go with you anywhere! Sure the price is still too high, but there but be people who can afford it as if it's nothing and certainly buy one of these. Awsome.
sweet im getting one of those if the touchscreen is any good.
weak spec's, small keyboard, bad graphics, useless screen resolutions, overpriced, ugly as h3ll, and people will think you are g4y is they see you using it. No thanks, Ill pass on this one.
The T91… I see they're slowly working their way up to the T1000, T3000 and such, series. It's a shame judmentday is lead my Asus..
@8
Yeah, but seeing how the idea of these tiny computers is to be an addition to your primary computer… price is a huge factor for these.
If this thing costs 1200 bucks it's not going to sell well, they should cut back on the expensive features and drop the price. The touchscreen is a great feature but GPS, Solid state drive and TV tuner? Those I think miss the mark for most people (even though I agree they are very cool).
Just saying, for a computer of this type. Price is the most important thing, not features.
10, its not that bad and theyre not trying to pass it off as a gaming rig. This is an EEE PC overpriced for those that can afford it.
From ASUS's standpoint its a good thing, they take their cheap (low profit margin) EEE platform, throw on a few nicities found on the higher end stuff and make a bit more profit. ASUS's laptop division i might say is the best their is (imho) they make all kinds of laptops including Apples. Do they make all of Apples laptops?
Very good, very good, i like that…
But what the h3ll!
Windows XP!
It was launched in 2001, 8 damn years ago
There is nothing wrong with XP at all
would u really wanna run Vista on something with that little power
let alone the install space required
The netbooks a cool idea, pricey
but maybe the future…
everything on there sounds great except the tv tuner. i was wondering what kind of tuner it came with and now that which, i'm totally disappointed. dvb-t is not in use in the states to my knowledge and probably wont ever be.