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At a press conference at CeBIT in Germany Asus shared more details with the public. So far they are mostly focused on the German (and Austrian) market. The second generation EeePC will come with a T-Mobile Hotspot bundle that gives the user 300 hours of free use of T-Mobile hotspots – so no WIMAX, just a WiFi bundle.

The other bit of news that had been rumored before – primary OS for the new model will be Windows XP. The reports contradict each other regarding the availability of Linux as an option; so maybe the addition of a Microsoft OS is part of the 100 Euro ($150) price hike? Thanks for nothing, Asus. If this gets confirmed we all should start a petition for them to keep selling a Linux version. I don’t want to have to pay for the license to an OS that I certainly won’t use!

Still no information on processor and chipset…

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