Pre-order Asus Eee PC X101 to early September release

According to the recent pre-order page at ExcaliberPC - the Asus Eee PC X101 to arrive in the U.S. in early September, and at least for the moment when the ETA does not change, then 4 September. Ignore the current products that are clearly from another Eee PC. Originally we had heard it was due in July, which obviously never happened and we heard from Asus in late July that it come in August.

The Asus Eee PC X101 is one of the first (it's not actually the first one) the sub $ 200 netbook ($ 199 actually) come onto the market, allows with a cheap Intel Atom N435 processor and MeeGo operating system (and thus free of Windows to be taxes). Thanks to a 3-cell battery and an 8GB SSD, it should also slimmer and lighter than most of the typical 10-inch netbooks. There is a Windows version of this netbook, the X101H, the record also thicker to a standard hard drive, but we are not sure it is in the U.S. retail market, despite two appearances at the FCC.

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USB adapter for Asus Eee Pad Transformer

The Asus Eee Pad Transformer is one of the versatile 10-inch Android tablets around, because you can in an optional docking station, keyboard plug pretty much convert the shale into a laptop. The keyboard-Dock has its own battery, up to 7 hours of additional run-time. It also has a touchpad for navigating the operating system, Android, without to viewing. And the keyboard dock has 2 full-size USB ports and an SD card slot.

But without the $ 150 dock, the tablet has a microSD card slot and a proprietary dock connector. If you run into a USB accessory or full-size SD card you want to plug out of luck ... for now.

Asus is preparing to launch a new line of accessories such as a USB adapter and SD card adapter for the Eee Pad Transformer. You are already displayed in Amazon Germany. Each adapter is sold for 19 euros, or about $ 27 U.S.. There is also a 29 € ($ 41) docking station, available as a tablet functions. The dock also has two USB ports and SD card slot and a headphone jack.

Each of these new accessory plugs into the proprietary docking port on the bottom of the Asus Eee Pad Transformer - and each provides a cheap and easy way, the functionality of this popular Android tablet without spending $ 150 on a keyboard that you do not want may need to expand or.

There is no word when these new accessories to go on sale in the U.S., but they are expected to close within 1-3 months in Germany ship.

The Eee Pad Transformer has a 1 GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core processor, 1280 x 800 pixel display and runs Google Android 3.2 comb. It is available with 16 GB or 32 GB of internal memory.

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