Asus EeeTop ET2010PNT doc claims ION2 is G310 GPU

 

ION2 did not come up at the CES but now we’ve got some meaty details regarding the next-gen ION by way of Asus’ EeeTop PC’s brochure leak. Blogeee discovered the ION2 mention in a listing of Asus’ EeeTop ET2010PNT and according to the doc, ION2 is the same as G310 GPU, which supposedly is a rebranded G210.

Nvidia had confirmed that the next-gen ION will be compatible with Intel’s PineTrail platform and since PineTrail CPUs are embedded with graphics and a memory controller, Nvidia had the only one option – to go discrete, which is what they’ve done.

It will be interesting to see how much increase the new platform will give but if previous hearsays are to be believed, it is expected to be twice as powerful and energy efficient than the original ION.

As for the Taiwanese all-in-one, there are no pointers whatsoever to suggest its probable launch but H1 2010 seems more logical, provided Nvidia officially outs ION2 by then.

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Written by Kunal Gangar on January 15th, 2010 with no comments.
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Nvidia Tegra to power Asus Eee Pad?

Except its name, Asus Eee Pad was completely shrouded in mystery when we heard of it couple of weeks back. Now, Netbooknews has heard from its sources that Nvidia Tegra will power the Taiwanese’ tablet offering. It’s not clear which Tegra platform will find the place but since it is rumored to go on sale in March 2010, the site reckons Tegra 2 has a better chance. Amongst other confirmed things, multi-touch will be present while WinCE won’t be the likely OS.

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Written by Kinjal Sangoi on December 23rd, 2009 with no comments.
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Asus EeeBot Robot will run on Android

 

Who knew Google’s Android Bot will really come to life? The Taiwanese Government has given the mantle to Asus to produce an educational robot for kids. And since it is meant for e-learning purposes, Asus is trying to keep its cost down by running it on Android OS.

Known as the EeeBot project, Asus will work on its hardware design and try to subsidize the overall cost by building content and services on Google’s free OS. The project includes working on different technologies like human robot interaction, voice, visual and navigation.

Asus plans to take about two years to put the design into trial production after the plan has been finalized.

[Via PCWorld]

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Written by Kunal Gangar on December 17th, 2009 with no comments.
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FCC spills Eee Keyboard specs, pictures and user manual

 

Seems FCC’s confidentiality agreement has been lifted off the Eee Keyboard, effectively revealing lots of meaty details including specs, innards and exterior pictures, user manual and more. The Eee Keyboard will feature a 5-inch touchscreen display (800×480), N270 Intel Atom processor, 1GB RAM, 16 or 32GB flash storage, Broadcom AV-VD905 video decoder, Bluetooth , Wi-Fi, 4-cell battery, HDMI/VGA outputs, USB ports and interestingly UWB (Ultra-Wideband). The UWB receiver packs in different ports like audio-out, HDMI, mini-USB, 2 USB and is able to output 720p video to the HDTV within 5-meters range or 10-meters for other transmissions.

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[Via Engadget]

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Written by Kunal Gangar on October 12th, 2009 with no comments.
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Asus Eee PC 1210N is powered by Nvidia-Ion

 

First shown by way of a leaked roadmap, the Eee PC 1210N has been confirmed by an Asian retailer, PCpop. Slated for an October release, the 1210N will become Asus’ first Nvidia-Ion powered Eee PC netbook. On the specs front, it is powered by N270 1.6GHz CPU, 2GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce 9400M GPU, 250GB HDD, Wi-Fi, USB 2.0 ports, Ethernet, webcam, HDMI out and a 6-cell battery claiming to give about 11 hours of runtime.

The fact that it runs Windows 7 suggests that it will be launched around Win 7’s October 22 release date.

No word on how much this PC will cost.

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[Via Electronista]

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Written by Kunal Gangar on September 22nd, 2009 with no comments.
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Asus Eee Reader will be the cheapest e-book reader and feature a dual screen

 

We heard few murmurs about Asus’ Eee Reader last month and now the things look more concrete. Times UK has got some meaty details of Asus’ iteration of the e-book reader that clearly matches the description of the dual screen concept shown at CeBIT this year. Asus’ Eee Reader will feature dual color screens with hinges that tries to mock a real book. However, unlike other e-book readers who can only do one thing, Eee Reader will be multi-faceted – like making one screen work as a virtual keypad while other can be used as a normal display, view webpages and will have speakers, webcam and mic to carry video conferencing.

Just like its low-cost notebooks, Asus is also aiming to provide the advantages of e-book reading on the cheap. Asus is trying to squeeze the price under £100 ($164) mark.

To cater to the high-end e-book market, Asus will also bring a premium Eee Reader equipped with 3G and other bells and whistles.

Expect the Eee Reader to be official by the end of the year.

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Written by Kunal Gangar on September 7th, 2009 with no comments.
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Asus contemplating an e-book reader

 

Asus’ world domination with the Eee brand had slowed down recently but it looks like they’ll be back with a bang, starting with an e-book reader. Asus President, Jerry Shen confirmed to Digitimes that an e-book reader under its Eee brand can come by the end of 2009. Though other details weren’t divulged, it wouldn’t be surprising to see Kindle-like features in the Eee reader.

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Written by Kinjal Sangoi on August 27th, 2009 with no comments.
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ION powered Eee Box EB1012 comes to the party

 

Asus has unveiled its first nettop that will be based on Nvidia’s ION platform. The Eee Box EB1012 scores on few fronts against its local competitor’s Aspire Revo like the inclusion of dual core Atom N330 CPU and Wi-Fi antenna.

The rest of the specs include 2GB RAM that can be upped to 4GB, 250GB HDD, GeForce 9400M GPU, Ethernet, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, card reader, HDMI-out, USB and one eSATA port and optional Bluetooth. The machine will come with Vista Home Premium OS which can later be upgraded to Windows 7.

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[Via Netbooked]

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Written by Kunal Gangar on August 25th, 2009 with no comments.
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