Cool — looking forward to it (but I’m in the SF area, so no WiMax yet)… Thanks for the response, and get some rest!

Kevin, I certainly don’t know what the booth folks said to someone, but there’s no doubt in my mind on what I heard the Asus CEO say in the press conference. Second quarter of this year we should see the Eee PC with larger screens and higher resolution. These will be WiMAX-ready devices, so if you’re lucky enough to be in a coverage area, you’ll have the opportunity to purchase a service plan from Sprint for your Eee. Perhaps the 12 to 18 months quote was on the general availability of WiMAX; that makes more sense to me.

Jezlyn, no I had NO idea that Asus would be using that video. That’s why it was so funny to me… what a great experience it was.

Yup, we’re worn out. It’s now just past midnight (which is really 3am on my internal clock) and I just finished a fun interview with Warner Crocker for the PodTech folks. The end of a long day that’s had us running since early morning. Aches and pains from walking aside, CES is a blast! :)

Hey, Kevin, congrats on the high-profile shout out during Asus’ press event! Were you aware ahead of time that Asus was going to use your video? Your son must be psyched as well. :) Great story.

And keep up the great CES coverage! You guys must be worn out already. :)

There seems to be some confusion on the availability of the larger screens. One commenter (on engadget?) stated that s/he had stopped by the booth, and that those and WiMax wouldn’t be for 12-18 months (that April would be a lesser upgrade)… ‘twould be nice to nail this down; need to decide whether it’s worth keeping my 7incher, or return to Costco and wait for 8.9 1024×600 :)… Unless I decide to splurge for a p1610…

Brad, I have the same question on the screen resolution but we couldn’t get any information on that at the time. We’ll hit ‘em up for a second pass to see what we can find out. My hunch is that all of them or at least the two larger displays will have the higher res. It would be nice if they offered it as an option in the 7-inch because some folks will be fine with 800 x 480 (if current sales tell us anything) but others wouldn’t mind paying a little extra for 1024 x 600.

Of course it was flattering that the eeePC chap used Kevin’s video in his presentation. But suppose it had been the other way round. Suppose Kevin had used Asus material without permission in a presentation. I bet there would have been calls from the lawyers!

Hello there, I have been a silent reader for quite some time now. I wanted to break the silence and let you both know how tickled I was to hear about Kevin and JKOTR appearing durring the ASUS keynote speach. Thank you for all the great coverage of CES and for the coverage the rest of the year. By the way my mobile devices are a N770 and a HTC Wizard. That’s it, my digital world revolves around those two great devices. But, I’m drooling for an EEE!!…and an advantage to replace my aging stable. Well I thank you again, and I’ll try and not be such a silent reader. My morning coffee would not be the same without your RSS feed on my 8125. Over and out, Fudge :)

I think the best UMPCs so far at CES are the new Digifriends device (the lime green/black thing with the removable keyboard) and the LG copy of the OQO design.

Hmmmm… I will wonder if they will borrow the Foleo idea of an ISO-compliant keyboard. That would really boost sales.

Congrats! And keep up the great CES reports…

Wow, I was expecting an 8.9 inch version, but I totally didn’t see the 8 incher coming! Will all three models get the newer high-res displays or just the 8.9 inch version?