ASUS Eee PC X101 with MeeGo gets approved citation

ASUS’ MeeGo-running Eee PC X101 has found itself an approved artifact sheet, in the future of the 1.5GHz Intel Atom Oak Trail 1.33 GHz Intel Atom N435 ultraportable’s let loose soon this month. The 10.1-inch netbook has a 1024 x 600 exhibit, 1GB of RAM the same as standard (2GB max) and an 8GB SSD, humble specs but probably sufficient in lieu of the MeeGo OS it’s loaded with laptop battery.
While opening indications suggested with the aim of ASUS would offer the X101 the same as a dual-booting system able to load into either MeeGo or else Windows 7, the company soon categorical to split the two platforms relating two separate models. That’s gone the X101 to be present the low-cost option, with a sub-$200 RRP, while the X101H running Windows 7 is a hundred dollars or else so in addition. [Update: We mistakenly suggested the X101 would be present sub-$100 laptop battery; it's in point of fact likely to be present sub-$200]

Connectivity includes WiFi b/g/n and Bluetooth 3.0, along with two USB 2.0 ports, audio in/out, an SD/SDHC remembrance tag bookworm and a power socket to charge the standard 3-cell battery. ASUS reckons that’s agreeable in lieu of up to 4hrs runtime, which is on the low part in lieu of a up-to-the-minute netbook. There’s besides a 0.3-megapixel webcam and stereo speakers, and the X101 strength of character be present to be had indoors ashen, red or else auburn.

Interestingly, ASUS preloads a counterfeit of the British ruling body English Language Learning app, complete with interactive games, videos and audio library laptop battery, intended to assist non-English speakers to progress up to haste. Whether the X101′s target audience strength of character really value with the aim of – or else whether, perhaps other likely, it’ll be present the at the outset point to be present deleted from with the aim of meager 8GB of instant luggage compartment – remains to be present seen.