Telstra has revealed the addition of almost one million new mobile services in the six months to December 2011, but Sensis revenues plummeted 24 percent in 12 months.
But it is easy to quantify exactly what this means, given the S101’s weight. At only 1kg, it’s half a kilo lighter than regular Eee 1000-series models. It’s also only 1.8cm thick (or thin, whichever way you want to look at it).
To ensure the full power-saving potential of the Atom processor is harnessed, Asus uses its “Super Hybrid Engine” as with other Atom-powered Eee models which “allocates power according to users preferences and accurately detects users power requirements and makes the necessary power adjustments – preserving its battery life.”
Coming with a 16GB of SSD storage and in its initial configuration, Windows XP Home Edition, you also get ye oldEee 4-in-1 Flash card reader and access to an “encrypted 20GB internet storage facility aptly named Eee Storage”.
ThankfullEee Asus decided not to call it “Eee StoragEee” which would have been as playfully visually sillEee as my sprinklings of Eee throughout this article, partlEee in response to the press release saying how “Eeeasy and trendEee” the S101 PC is, although I’ve gone ridiculouslEee over the top. :-P
There’s 802.11n and Bluetooth as well, while Windows Live Messenger, Windows Live Mail and even Microsoft Works are also being pre-loaded for users convEeenience.
Although the original Asus Eee PC, the 7-inch model, was the “original celebrity” of the Eee range, giving birth to the whole Eee PC concept, with the 10-inch 1000 series models now having taken over that mantle, Asus is determined to ensure the S101 is the true “celebrity/celebritEee” of the range and will no doubt push the whole “supermodel” thing as fiercely as it can to one-up its runway competition from Acer, MSI, Toshiba, (ToshEeeba?), Dell, HP and others.
David Bass
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