Asus updates to the R2E UMPC

The Asus R2H UMPC has always been one of the most full-featured UMPCs out their even though its horsepower wasn’t that great.  It was one of the first UMPCs with integrated GPS and the innovative design has always been a hit.  Asus announced the refresh of the R2H with its release of the R2E which adds 3G (HSDPA) in addition to dropping the Celeron processor in favor of Intel’s A110 processor.  GPS is still an integrated option and there’s a new 80 GB hard drive.  The design of the R2E looks much like the older version so that hasn’t changed much, but why mess with what works.  It looks like the R2E will still have a 1 GB of memory maximum so here’s hoping Vista will run well on it.

(via engadget)

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