Asus Planning Cheap Eee Smartphone By Charlie Sorrel Wired News
January 15, 2009 | 5:03:58 PM http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2009/01/asus-planning-c.html This news comes with nary a hint of specifications, launch date, design or price, but the words came straight from the mouth of Jonney Shih, chairman of Asustek. Shih says that Asus is planning yet another Eee, this time a smartphone. In an interview with the New York Times, he said that the phone will be the command center at the heart of "the digital home", kind of like the way the iPhone works as a remote for iTunes, only it will control the whole house. According to Shih "That Eee phone may become an interactive control. The whole digital network is the key." We're interested to see what Asus comes up with. The company already knows how to pack a whole computer into a tiny package. It is also familiar with Linux. We'd expect – and this is only speculation – that an Eee Phone would run Google's Android. Why not? It's free, open source and works great on low-powered hardware. The only problem might be battery life. Google's OS is notoriously thirsty, and netbooks don't have a reputation for wall-wart independence. Like we said, we'll see, but we're certainly excited. -- ================================ George Antunes, Political Science Dept University of Houston; Houston, TX 77204 Voice: 713-743-3923 Fax: 713-743-3927 Mail: antunes at uh dot edu *********************************** * POST TO [email protected] * *********************************** Medianews mailing list [email protected] http://lists.etskywarn.net/mailman/listinfo/medianews
