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The rumoured Eee 904 I reported on yesterday has now been confirmed by Asus and will be called the Eee 904 HD due to the fact it will be sporting a standard HD rather then an SSD. Beyond the fact it will be an 8.9 inch screen in the larger 10 inch chassis and have a hard drive, Asus isn’t saying much about the device specs. They did state that it will NOT be replacing any other model and will be priced around $500. So much for my hope of a return to the $399 price point.

Shall we recap? Between rumors and actual announcements in the next couple months we are supposed to be seeing the Eee 901, Eee 904 HD, Eee 905 (unconfirmed), Eee 1000, Eee 1000h and Eee Box.

That’s an awful lot of Eees. However we aren’t done yet, add one more Eee to the flock, the Eee Monitor.

This all in one unit is being reported by Electronista to be a clear iMac clone with the same basic form and style and lots of very Non-Eee flourishes, such as Denon speakers, an integrated TV tuner, 6 USB ports, dual ethernet ports and a 19 or 20 inch screen. A very pretty machine, but what the devil is Asus thinking?

At least the device will use the same Atom chip as other new Eees and is designed around Linux rather then Windows XP which will help keep the price down around the $500 mark according to Electronista.

Do any of Asus’ recent moves make sense to you?

Me neither.

More and more I have a feeling Asus is driving themselves out of the UMPC Mini-notebook space by their own nonsensical choices and lack of brand focus.

Look for more pictures of the Eee Monitor HERE.

Both the Eee 904 HD and the Eee Monitor should be out in a few weeks according to PC Retail.

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By day a department manager and writer for a major network device vendor...by night Zealot stalks the mean magnetic streets, striking fear into the hearts of bandwidth abusers and theme park mascots. Zealot has been involved with mobile devices for more than a decade now, starting off with dumb phones, moving to PDAs and then to smartphones, notebooks and netbooks with the odd PMP thrown in. Most of his mobile time currently is spent on a Treo Pro, Zune HD, Thinkpad T61, Gigabyte M912M or a Hackintoshed Compaq Mini 704. He proudly groks the Geek community and considers himself a Neo Maxi Zune Dweebie (thanks Will Wheaton!).