I haven’t been through this hands-on in detail yet but I wanted to highlight it ASAP to the readers here.
TechRadar have had time with a pre-production version of the ASUS T91 convertible netbook. This is the netbook that a lot of ultra mobile PC fans are looking at. It’s lightweight, very small and has an 8.9 inch convertible 1024×600 touchscreen.
The first thing I’m looking for on the report is battery life…. three hours and twenty minutes of video playback. I was expecting more considering that the Viliv S5 with it’s 24wh battery, can play video for 6hrs. Maybe the video was CPU-decoded? Maybe it’s just the big screen which will be adding a big drain on the battery.
Full specs and more links here.
I’ll update this post with my thoughts.
Update:
I wouldn’t really call this a review. No mention of screen brightness and battery life under normal use, keyboard quality, mousepad. I suspect this was just a 30 minute hands-on with the device but it gives positive vibes which is a good sign.
New article: ASUS T91 Pre-Production Hands-On from TechRadar http://cli.gs/XyXd4V
Is there any chance to use it like a graphic tablet (like Wacom Bamboo Fun)?
Not really. As it’s touch sensitive it reacts to any touch. Graphic tablets use a special pen.
At least there’s a timeline for the release. But no mention of heat, speaker quality, sunlight readability.
Still no word on the Eee Linux (Xandros) variant for this one?
Or if Eeebuntu will have an Ubuntu port for it?
The release date? not yet