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Asus CEO Confirms Low-Cost Eee Phone Is On The Way [Eee Phone]
Gizmodo —
... , and if you're going to do a modern smartphone on the cheap these days, Android's zero licensing fees probably make it the way to go. Look for it in the first half of this year, sayeth the rumors. [NYTimes] ...
ASUS CEO Confirms EE Phone, to run Android?
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis —
... CEO Jonney Shih let slip of what he called an EE Phone, which would potential control all of these interfaces. When it comes to low-cost technology, it doesn’t get much cheaper than free, and that’s what Android is. It’s not like we haven’t heard of the possibility of such a handset coming out in March, or that ASUS has been giving Android some fresh looks. We really could use a few more Android manufacturers, that’s for sure.
[NYTimes via Giz]
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Asus Confirms Eee Phone
Mobile Whack —
... to simply pick up Android and throw it in their new phone? Since Android is so cheap and everything? Would anyone from Asus care to comment? via NYTimes Tags: ...
ASUS working on Eee Phone - no mention Android
Android Authority —
ASUS joining OHA? The CEO of ASUS, Jonney Shih, recently sat down with the New York Times to talk about some of his company’s display products. While doing so, he also mentioned the Eee Phone, a device that ...
Asus CEO discusses future, verifies Eee Phone rumors
Boy Genius Report —
Asus CEO Jonney Shih envisions a Freejack-like future where everything is connected digitally, the walls of your home are giant displays and Anthony Hopkins tries to steal your body in an effort to live forever. Okay, maybe Shih didn’t cover that last part but his vision of a digital future isn’t far off from the predictions of many others in the tech world over the years. The difference of course, is that Shih wants Asus to be at the center of it all.
Today, the family crowds around a small PC screen when they are sharing digital ...
Asus chairman confirms Eee Phone, envisions it as a remote control for the digital home
Unwired View —
... of course. And Asus’ Shih believes that this remote control device could very well be a phone. An Eee-branded phone that’s designed to work perfectly with their wireless digital offerings.
Things like these aren’t really stuff of the future anymore, but it would still be interesting to see what else the first Asus Eee phone would be able to do, especially if it runs on Android. Also, it should be quite affordable. And that’s never a bad thing.
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Asus using Eee PC smarts to build low-cost Android smartphone
Gadgetell —
... run Android, an industry favorite right now. Android can keep the cost of the phone down since it does not charge licensing fees. With the inclusion of this phone, it will enhance the Asus cell phone lineup, which up until now has mostly included Windows Mobile smartphones in Asian markets. When this phone will be released and the exact price is still a mystery, but guesses are that it will be out within the first half of 2009.
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Asus confirms Eee Phone
Tech Ticker —
... The Eee Phone rumors have been finally put to rest by the main man himself, Jonney Shih. In an interview with NYTimes, he confirmed about the ongoing development of a low cost Eee phone. The phone however, will not just be another product with an Eee sticker but it will revolve around the Eee line of products, giving users the freedom to control them. He did not divulge any more details but the phone is expected to run on Android and release in the first half of this year. ...
Asustek Computer Readies Eee Phone - Chairman
X-bit labs —
... has confirmed its intention to introduce an easy-to-use smartphone under its Asus Eee brand. The device will not only be able to serve as a handset, but will also be able to control other Asus devices. According to Jonney Shih, the chairman of Asustek Computer, personal computers will become not only a part of daily routine, but will go into virtually any device or item. In order to control all of those devices, one product will be needed, says Mr. Shih in an interview with the New York Times news-paper. In fact, that device is in the development: the low-cost Asus Eee ...
Asus Planning Cheap Eee Smartphone
Wired: Gadget Lab —
... 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.
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The Next Gadget Gods [Predictions]
Gizmodo —
... need to compete with the all-in-one giants from Redmond and Cupertino. Chance of Godhood? 60%, could go up if they release more products, or undergo the operation Damon and Kinnear had in Stuck On You ASUS Jonney Shih Netbook-revolutionary Asus is probably the company (companEee?) doing the most with Apple's old mantra, "think different." Their stuff coming out of Taiwan is radical and fun, and Jonney Shih, little known in these parts, is the sole capitano up top. He's not afraid to rock the ...
