I think the Eeepc has blown away the competition.

CES proved there is nothing available yet.
HTC Shift has only few other divices that even come close with none of them offering the dual boot.
Sure the higher screen resolution would be nice however it would be coming anyway with the new penryn chips and solid states etc in a Shift 2.0.
…really what else can you get? there is nothing out there today …not even the Shift but it looks like they will still be the first.

While it was nice to get a hands on at CES, I think their crack is closing rapidly by the day.

They took (are taking) entirely too long to bring this model to market while the industry and changes in the landscape, like the Asus Eee PC, are starting to make the Shift look very old.

Not to mention Fujitsu just updated the P1610 with a (I think) lower price.

After toying with the Shift and the Fujitsu “Stormtrooper” as well as the P1610 at CES, I’d opt for either Fujitsu product (proven, tested, available NOW) over HTC.

I think when the Shift finally becomes available, there will be a great big “so what?” from the industry.

I think you’re right Kevin from what I saw of the CES products, there seems nothing which will pip the Shift, maybe until autumn 2008!

Now if only HTC could up the resolution!