Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/11/cut_price_eee_japan/
Japanese tiny PC fans offered 50p Eee
Posted in Hardware, 11th July 2008 15:23 GMT
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Here's a way to get an Asus Eee PC for less than 50p - though flying to Japan to pick it up will set you back rather more than that.
Japanese gadget retailer Kojima is offering the original Eee PC 4G - the one with the 7in screen and 4GB solid-state drive; you know, the one that was actually cheap - for just ¥100. It even comes with a USB 3G modem.
The catch: you have to agree to spend ¥2900-6880 ($27-64/£14-33/€17-41) a month for airtime.
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Still, it beats the 78 quid [1] Carphone Warehouse's French operation is charging for a Small, Cheap Computer likewise bundled with a USB modem. And we reckon the Eee 4G has the better spec of the two machines: its 630MHz Celeron M actually packing a better punch than the Airis Kira 740's 1GHz C7-M.
And it gives us an opportunity to print that picture again...
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Links
- http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/06/27/france_cutprice_scc/
- http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/11/16/review_asus_eee_pc/
- http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/06/17/review_eee_pc_901/
- http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/04/25/review_asus_eee_900/
- http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/06/20/review_msi_wind/
- http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/07/01/review_getac_e100_tablet_pc/