Eee PC an actual statistical success – 350,000 sold already, says Asus

It’s today’s Asus Eee PC News of the Day!

Today’s Asus Eee PC news is the official global sales figures for the thing so far – it’s done a whopping 350,000 already, compared with the official pre-launch estimate/hope of 300k. And if parent company Asustek could’ve made more it would’ve sold more – Eee PCs of all specs and sizes are still annoying sold out pretty much worldwide.

To celebrate, here’s a particularly angelic and festive promotional image of a lovely happy family all brought together by the mega-portable laptop:

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Eee PC hack of the day – touch screen!

Can’t everyone just leave the poor little thing alone? The latest shameful example of Eee PC abuse comes from this guy who has installed one of those achingly fashionable touch screens onto the mini laptop.

He used a $60 touch screen kit he got off eBay, fitting it between the screen and its housing. He then presumably also used quite a lot of brain and technical knowledge to get it all working.

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Asus is aiming to sell a staggering 3.8 million Eee PCs next year – some with Windows on

eee_pc-windows.jpgAlthough the fact that it’s currently sold out everywhere in the whole world doesn’t give us a huge amount of faith that the Asus manufacturing facilities can churn out that many of the uber-portable laptops.

The big new selling point that’ll push the Eee PC to the ‘next level’ is Windows. Currently the Eee PC ships with a very cool version of Linux that’s lovely and…

Review: ASUS Eee PC 4G is the little laptop that deserves to be huge

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You gets what you pays for, right? Which is why if you want an ultraportable laptop with a decent battery life and wireless capabilities, you pay through the nose. Until now, anyway. The ASUS Eee PC is a small, light Linux-based laptop selling in the UK for £219, but with features you’d expect to see in something double its price.

The question is whether its small size means a too-cramped keyboard, whether it’s powerful enough to run all the applications you’d want, and whether its battery life is up to the job. Does it deliver? Read on for my verdict on the 4G model.