ASUS EEE NOTE EA-800 TO GO FOR $230 IN TAIWAN

Asus has announced that its Eee Note EA-800 note taking device will retail for $230 in Taiwan starting this week. It was only last week that the device got a proper name. The Eee Note is the same machine as the Eee Tablet. But since the name Eee Tablet didn't quite suit a device that isn't quite a tablet Asus decided to rename the device.

At $230, the Eee Note is quite attractively priced. It has some versatile features too. The device, for instance, has a built-in camera and microphone for recording notes. There is also a 3.5mm headphone jack for playback.


The Eee Note EA-800 runs Linux. It has an 8 inch display with a resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels. Asus claims that the device will get around 13.5 hours of battery life. The Eee Note is expected to launch in the US in the first quarter of 2011.