Official News: Asustek rolling out ASUS 8.9-inch Eee PC with touchscreen & GPS possibility

At last official confirmation on the second generation ASUS 8.9-inch Eee PC, this new laptop will feature 8.9-inch touchscreen display and possibly GPS.

ASUS VP of Sales Kevin Lin has said that the starting price of $500 the Eee PC will be shipping as early as May or June 2008 in either 8GB to 12GB capacities and it could possibly have GPS support.

Now if they do plan on releasing it then this means it is about the same time when they release the E-DT (desktop PC) priced at US$199

The new second generation ASUS 8.9-inch Eee PC will have Intel’s low-cost notebook platform and will be upgraded from 512MB to 1GB, SSD (solid state drive) capacity will be upgraded from 4-8GB to 8-12GB.

Source – DigiTimes