Asus wows CeBit with Eee PC 1008HA ultra-thin netbook

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Written by Chris Hunter

Tuesday, 03 March 2009 07:42

Asus finally launched the Eee PC 1008HA at CeBIT today. The Eee PC 1008HA measures a svelte 1 inch thick and is really light at just 2.4 pounds.

The netbook which was formerly marketed as the Eee PC Shell has an uncanny reseblance to MSI's netbook. Like MSI’s Wind series, the lid on the Eee PC 1000HA slips down behind the case of the computer when it is opened providing the unit a slightly smaller profile.

The Eee PC 1008HA netbook is about as thin and light as the high end Eee PC S101. Just as important, it is anticipated that Asus will announce an even lighter price tag. Chippy from UMPC Portal snapped a set of photos of the Eee PC 1008HA, and it looks like it has a nice large keyboard and touchpad. It also appears to have an unusually large (for an Asus netbook) shift key on the right side of the keyboard which should make touch typists happy.

A report by SlashGear indicates that the Eee PC 1008HA is also designed to utilize the new Asus Eee Docking application bar, which lets you access an Eee Sharing utility to transfer files between Eee PC netbooks and an Eee Areana online media and gaming portal with a single click.

In a related report, ZDNet waxed creative about the Asus unveiling stating calling it another surprise at CeBIT. According the ZDNet, Eee PC doens’t just stand for “Easy to learn, Easy to work, Easy to play” anymore. It now stands for “Easy Excellent, and Exciting.”