Asus Eee 4G

Could the Asus Eee finally be the PDA/Laptop mobile users are looking for? I'd say it's closer than the UMPC and any ultra-portable laptop out there. At $399, it's just $100 more than the best Palm OS PDA, the TX.

It's certainly tempting for me because I've been looking for a good PDA replacement and so far I've looked at a wide variety of products. The Palm TX seemed good, but overpriced (this has not reduced since the day of release). It's probably really worth around $150. I also considered the iPod Touch, but it just lacks the most important PDA features... calendar that syncs and software support (Vindigo in particular). There are rumors of a Newton comeback, which might be the reason why they're holding off on the PDA features.

So here's what the Asus Eee 4G has: 7" LCD (800x480), 512 MB RAM, 4 GB SSD, 900 Mhz Intel Processor, 802.11b/g Wireless, Card Reader. It's not powerful, but pretty good for a $399 laptop. There's going to be another model released soon with 1 GB RAM and an 8 GB SSD. So I'll wait and see how they price up that one.