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Slashgear just posted an excellent and quite complete unboxing and review of the Eee 901. This is a device which has been stirring a lot of discussions about price versus functionality in the UMPC market, so it is little wonder those issues play a big part in this review.

From Slashgear’s summary…

Priced at $599 for either Windows or Linux versions, the 901 sits significantly higher than the MSI Wind ($499 for the XP model, $399 for the Linux; both with 80GB HDD) while the $379 Linux-based Acer Aspire One undercuts them all (albeit with less storage).  All use the same Atom processor.  The Eee 901 is our choice on specs alone – faster WiFi, more SSD capacity and Bluetooth as standard, together with a spare slot for future 3G WWAN expansion – but if it were our own money that decision would be a whole lot harder.  A great machine, yes, but a few months too late to be the convincing knock-out ASUS hoped it would be.

The review definitely has a lot to say about the device and the UMPC space right now…and it made me think a bit differently about the Eee 901. I had been assuming it would be an albatross for Asus…now I’m not so sure.

Check out the full review HERE…and the unboxing video is below.