Asus Launches more Eee Products

With the Asus Eee PC making a huge wave of success, parent company Asustek has just announced additional products in the Eee series. The same strategy will be followed — simple, basic and really cheap.

Three (3) additional products have been announced — a Desktop PC, an All-in-One Monitor and large-screen LCD TV.

E-DT (Desktop PC) – E-DT will use an Intel Celeron processor, with later generations adopting the new Intel Shelton ’08 platform, DiamondVille processors and the 945GC chipset. The company has set the price of the PC at between US$200-300 and will try to push it down to US$199. Monitor not included in the package. The rig alone might end up at around Php8,000USD 136INR 11,557EUR 130CNY 993 – Php10,000USD 170INR 14,446EUR 162CNY 1,241 each.

E-Monitor – the E-Monitor will be an all-in-one system (very much like the iMac from Apple or the XPS One from Dell) with screen sizes somewhere around 19-inches to 21-inches and will come with a built-in TV Tuner. The price – US$499 (~ Php20,000USD 341INR 28,892EUR 325CNY 2,482).

The E-TV – units will be somewhere in excess of 42″ with an integrated Linux-based PC functionality and will be priced about $200PHP 11,737INR 16,950EUR 190CNY 1,456 more than current LCD TVs in that range.

Of the 3, I think the E-Monitor will draw the most attention similar to what the Asus Eee PC is getting right now. This has got more to do with the size, simplicity and affordability of the product. Though the E-DT is already cheap at $199PHP 11,678INR 16,865EUR 190CNY 1,448, one can match the same price just by doing some bargain hunting. The LCD monitor on the other hand are very high-end products and with such market, buyers will be looking more than just a PC functionality to justify the extra cost. {source: Digitimes}