Asus "Kindle-Killer" (Tee-Hee) Eee Tablet Delayed to Q1 2011

TomsGuide: "Although Asus is currently working on its line of Eee Pads featuring Windows 7 and Google Android, the company is also working on a separate Linux-based tablet currently dubbed as the Eee Tablet. The tablet made an appearance at Computex back in June, a completely different device from Asus' line of Eee Pads and originally slated for a September release. But with the projected release date come and gone, the company is currently still trying to decide on a proper name--Digital Note and Eee Note are reportedly potential choices. As seen back in June, the tablet will focus on note-taking, eBook reading and Internet browsing, sporting an 8-inch 1024 x 768 pixel grayscale touchscreen display (which doesn't use a backlight). ..."

Poor Timing Dooms Asus Eee Pads Before They Launch

PCWorld Business Center: "The price of the Asus tablets, combined with coming late to the party, and poorly timed product releases virtually guarantee the Asus devices will stumble--if not fail completely."

Asus eBook Reader Priced at “Only” $599 - Release Date: October 2010

Can you say Dead on Arrival?

Free PC Guides: "We don’t actually know if there’s only going to be one reader, or an entire series of them, but judging by the announced price, we shouldn’t hold our breaths. Yes, the title reads correctly: $599 for the Asus eBook Readers, while your usual one costs around $100, maybe $200 if you’re keen on getting the best in the league. Moreover, the Asus product doesn’t come with any breath-taking features: it doesn’t do your hair and there’s no massage included. Instead, it has an 8 inch Chimei innolux LCD display (which should improve the response time a notch), and a couple of other common add-ons, like web-browsing."

Asus Eee Tablet Grayscale Bloc-Note for September, Along with Eee Pad

From UberGizmo:

The Asus Eee Tablet is an electronic bloc-note that uses a 64-levels grayscale display to display black and white content at the resolution of 1024x768. Asus has built it to make the paper and pen obsolete, which is quite an ambitious goal. The device uses a pen as an input device and Asus touts that the display sensitivity is 2450 dpi, which means that we're reaching sub-pixel accuracy here. Thanks to that level of precision, Asus believes that the Eee Tablet (do not confuse it with the impressive Eee Pad!) will be an ideal note taking and sketching device. Of course, it can also display eBooks and text without a sweat.

If you are curious, the battery life is claimed to be 10 hours, and the price will be set at $199 to $299 depending on models. The Asus Eee Tablet will be commercialized in September. What do you think? In these days of multi-touch, do you miss using a pen?

Also check comments at TFTS:

Tablet haters look away as we have yet another tablet computer to show you. However, if you were expecting a Windows 7 powered touchscreen device like the Windpad 100 or Eee Pad, both of which we just showed you, you are to be disappointed. The latest device to come from ASUS is the Eee Tablet, a device that is set to hit the market alongside the Eee Pad, and with good reason.

While the Eee Pad is marketed towards those who are looking for a portable computing device that is theoretically capable of doing everything a normal computer is (thanks to Windows 7) the Eee Tablet is marketed towards an entirely different demographic.

First of all, the Eee Tablet will not feature a color screen but instead a non-backlit TFT-LCD capable of displaying 64 levels of gray. Now, you may be scratching your head wondering why you would ever want a device only capable of displaying gray ... but if you are constantly shuffling around with countless number of notebooks for any reason, this device is for you. ...