Asus unveiled a rotating touch netbook

Yesterday, the Taiwanese computer maker has launched two new netbooks with 8.9-inch and 10-inch touch screens, which can rotate and even fold.

Asus unveiled a rotating touch netbook Picture 1 Yesterday, the Taiwanese computer maker has launched two new netbooks with 8.9-inch and 10-inch touch screens, which can rotate and even fold to turn into a tablet PC tablet.

The touchscreen Eee PC - T91 and T101H - has a design quite similar to Gigabyte's M912 netbook just launched earlier this year. Both netbooks are running Windows XP, using Intel Atom processors and rotating touch screens.

In terms of configuration, Gigabyte's M912 netbook uses a more powerful 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor, while the Eee PC T91 uses a more energy efficient 1.33GHz Atom chip and supports Intel Virtualization technology. T101H uses Diamondville chip.

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Asus Eee PC T101H

The T91 also has a TV tuner so users can watch their favorite shows on the road. And, GPS technology will turn netbooks into navigation devices.

These two netbooks will be available in the market within the next 3-6 months. Currently, the selling price has not been announced.