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Asus Waveface
Jan 12th
Asus is about to pioneer a new platform called Waveface. While no Waveface products exist yet, the basic premise behind these products would be a group of concept devices designed to provide internet connectivity wherever you are.
There are three Waveface devices presented: the Waveface Casa, Waveface Light, and WaveFace Ultra.
From Liliputing:
The Casa is a large screen designed for the home. It’s basically an internet-connected TV and entertainment center. While the mockup on display at the Asus booth is kind of huge, the idea is that there would be a flexible cover that could hide much of the screen when you’re not using it so that the TV doesn’t overwhelm everything else in your room. You could leave a small portion of the screen exposed though, to see weather, news, or other data.
The Waveface Light is a light-weight tablet designed for cloud computing. As such, it might not have all the capabilities of a full computer, but it would be usable both as a tablet and as laptop-style device thanks to a folding screen and a tactile on-screen keyboard.
The Waveface Ultra is a wearable computer that you can slap around your wrist like a bracelet or a watch. You can hold it flat to get a full view, or use it as a piece of connected jewelry if you only need to see a little bit of the device at a time.
These products are as of yet vaporware, and I’m guessing we won’t see these in a couple of years at least. Which is kind of making me impatient, Asus. I want to have these products already!
Sighted: Asus Eee PC Touch
Jan 9th
I may have reduced my Eee to the status of secondary computer already, but it doesn’t mean I no longer give a damn about Eee products. On the contrary, I’m pretty still interested in the different products they’re making. Also, I seriously want to see how bad they’re fragmenting the Eee brand. But that’s going to be a post for another day.
What you’re seeing is the much-awaited Eee PC tablet, the one where we talked about it running an NVIDIA Tegra processor. It is running a Tegra – most likely the recently-announced Tegra 2 – and this tablet here is called the Asus Eee PC Touch Series.
But here’s the rub – the Tegra doesn’t run Windows XP. Or Vista. Or 7. That means we’re going to be stuck with whatever OS Asus is going to put on these tablets. Sure the Tegra 2 is fast and all, but Asus better build a great Linux distro to run this thing. The modified Xandros they put on the Eee PCs just isn’t going to cut it. Also, it’s ugly.
On the upside, this means the Asus Eee PC Touch will have an astounding battery life; we can expect it to run for days without the need to recharge on normal usage. If they can put in a great OS with a nice UI, this will be a winner, especially when we know that the Eee branding means it’s a lower-tier product, thus the smaller price tag. Apple Tablet, you better watch out.
By the way, here’s a video:
[picture via Carrypad]
Asus to launch three business notebooks and an all-in-one lineups in 2010
Dec 28th
For those wondering about Asus’s notebook plans for 2010 after the announcement of their scaling back of their Eee PC production, Digitimes gives us a glimpse into Asus’s 2010 notebook lineup:
Asustek Computer plans to introduce three additional business notebook lineups, the B, PL and P series, as well as one series of business all-in-one PCs in 2010, according to the company.
The high-end models will be categorized under the B series, while the mid-range ultra-thin models will be listed under the PL series, and the P series will mainly be entry-level models.
The B series will feature a docking station to provide more functionality as well as unique industrial designs to attract enterprise users, said Asustek.
Asustek will also use its touchscreen-based Eee Top series all-in-one PCs to cut into the enterprise desktop market.
In additional news, Asustek has recently received a two-year purchasing order for its notebooks and Eee PCs worth a total amount of US$350 million from a China-based channel retailer.
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