The Eee PC 1005PR is the first 10 inch netbook from Asus with a high resolution 1366 x 768 pixel display. It was first spotted at CeBIT in Germany last week, but now Asus has posted an official product page for the mini-laptop.

Here’s a rundown of the specs:

• Display: 10.1″ 1366 x 768 pixels
• Graphics: GMA 3150 + Broadcom BCM 70015 HD video accelerator
• CPU: 1.66GHz Intel Atom N450
• OS: Windows 7 Starter Edition
• Memory: 1GB (Max: 2GB)
• Storage: 250GB HDD (plus 500GB Asus WebStorage)
• Connectivity: 802.11b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1, Ethernet
• I/O: VGA, mic, headphone, SDHC card slot, 3 USB ports
• Battery:Two options: 6 cell, 63Whr or 6 cell, 48Whr
• Dimensions: 10.3″ x 7″ x 1.4″
• Weight: 2.8

No word on pricing yet, but the Eee PC 1005PR should be available in April. And by all appearances, the netbook is virtually identical to the Eee PC 1005PE in most respects. The two key differences are the high resolution display at the Broadcom Crystal HD video accelerator, both of which are likely to drive up the price. My guess is that we’ll see this model selling for about $50 more than a standard Asus Eee PC 1005PE.

via Eee PC.it

At first glance, the Asus Eee Box EB1007 looks exactly like every other nettop that Asus has released in the past year or so. It’s a small, thin desktop PC that looks more like a Nintendo Wii than a fully functional computer. But on the inside, the EB1007 packs the latest and greatest in low power, decent performance chips.

The nettop features either a 1.66GHz Intel Atom D410 single core or D510 dual core processor, 2GB of RAM and a 160GB hard drive. It’s also capable of handling 1080p HD video playback, which means it either has a Broadcom Crystal HD video accelerator or a dedicated video card. My money’s on the recently launched next-generation NVIDIA ION platform, since Asus has a history of cramming ION graphics into its notebooks, nettops, and all-in-one PCs.

via Notebook Italia

It’s not just notebooks like the Asus Eee PC 1201PN on display at CeBIT in Germany that are getting the next-generation NVIDIA ION treatment. The folks at Engadget stumbled across the first all-in-one Eee Top desktop computer with next-generation ION graphics at the trade show today.

The Asus Eee Top ET2010PNT has an incredibly long and complicated sounding name. It also has a 1.66GHz Intel Atom D510 dual core processor and NVIDIA ION graphics which should give this machine enough power to play HD video and some video games without taxing the low power processor.

The computer also has a large touchscreen display and all the benefits of cramming an entire PC into the same case as the display… whatever they may be.

You can find a few more photos and not a lot of specs at Engadget.

Acer, Asus, Lenovo, and Zotac are among the first companies to announce products sporting the just-announced next-generation NVIDIA ION graphics platform. We already knew about the Acer Aspire One 532G 10 inch netbook which was announced at Mobile World Congress last month. But here are a few more products that will come with next-generation ION graphics.

Asus is introducing an updated version of the Eee PC 1201N, called the Eee PC 1201PN, which is shown above. It will also be available in silver. You can see another photo in the gallery below.

The company also has a new all-in-one PC and a new nettop in the works.

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It’s been well over a year since Asus first showed off its Eee Keyboard concept, which packs a complete Windows computer into a keyboard that you can connect to a TV over a wireless HDMI connection. The idea is that you can surf the web, stream video over a home network, or do just about anything you can do with a PC on your TV. The keyboard also has a built in touchscreen panel for interacting with certain elements of the computer while you’re watching a video or doing something else with the TV display.

Now, after a major redesign and a lot of waiting, Asus says it will finally get around to launching the Eee Keyboard in April. The question is… more than a year later, are you still at all interested in this device?

Asus has also officially introduced the DR-900 eBook reader. It has a 9 inch display, WiFi, and optional 3G. Its battery is supposed to be good for up to 10,000 page turns.

While Asus hasn’t made all the specs official yet, earlier this year specs were released for a mighty similar looking machine called the DR-950, which has a 1024 x 768 pixel display., 4GB of storage, headphone jack, and support for MP3, ePUB, PDF and TXT formats.

No word on a launch date or price yet.

When I reviewed the Asus Eee PC 1005PE, I didn’t really think the display was any dimmer than other netbook screens I’ve tested. But then, I tend to keep display brightness near the middle setting most of the time.

But if you’re looking for a brighter display, Asus has issued BIOS updates for the Eee PC 1005PE and 1001P which should make the screen brighter.The latest BIOS for each model is version 0804.

Members of the EeeUser forum report that the update also seems to affect the netbook’s fan speed. After applying the update, users report that the fan seems to change speeds less frequently.

via GadgetMix

Asus is no stranger to the kid-friendly netbook space. Last year the company introduced the 8.9 inch Disney Netpal Eee PC MK90H. Now the company’s back with a new model that doesn’t look like it was barfed on by a fairy princess.

The Asus Eee PC 1001PQ is basically a slightly more colorful version of the Eee PC 1001P which is already available for purchase for $299. It features the same chassis design and the same 10.1 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel display, 1.66GHz Intel Atom N450 processor, 1GB of RAM, and 160GB hard drive. It has a 6 cell, 48Whr battery and 802.11b/g WiFi.

There are two things that make it kid-friendly. It’s available in bright yellow (or solid black), and it features a suite of kid (and parent) friendly software including parental access controls for the web browser. You also get a handful of applications and games for children.

No word on the price, but I don’t imagine the netbook will cost too much more than the Eee PC 1001P, considering the only real difference is in the software.

The current-generation Asus Disney Netpal netbook is also available from Amazon for under $300.

via NewGadgets.de

In case you couldn’t tell from the flurry of news this morning, CeBIT 2010 started this morning. And Asus has a number of new and updated products on hand at the trade show in Germany. This morning the company introduced a new kid-friendly netbook model, and the new Asus Eee PC 1016P and 1018P are expected to make an appearance soon. But Asus has a few non-netbook products to show off as well:

EeeMedia EM0501

Asus describes this the EM0501 as a “High Definition Entertainment Center.” Basically it’s a small box about the size of an Eee Box nettop. On the inside, it’s got an 800MHz ARM-based Samsung processor, 512MB of RAM, and a 2.5″ hard drive slot. It features 802.11b/g/n WiFi and a 10/100 Mbps Ethernet jack and comes with an IR remote control.

The media center can handle 1080p HD video playback in a variety of formats including MPEG1/4, H.264, WMV, VC-1, DivX, Xvid, VOB, and MKV as well as most common audio and image formats.

Overall, it looks like a souped up version of the Asus O!Play media streamer with a more powerful processor and better connectivity options. No word on a price or release date, or what the user interface looks like.

Eee Box EB1501U

This appears to be a slightly updated version of the Eee Box EB1501. The primary difference is that the Eee Box EB1501U has 2 USB 3.0 ports on th efront of the box.

The rest of the specs are the same, including a dual core 1.6GHz Intel Atom 330 CPU, NVIDIA ION graphics, 2GB of RAM, up to 320G hard drive, 802.11b/g/n WiFi, HDMI output, and Windows 7 Home Premium.