Thoughts on the Jonney Machine...

From reader Jon Bradford, some insights regarding the Forbes article (featured in this post) -

Did you notice in the forbes article the following two statements ...

The 2- to 8-gigabyte memory cards can be upgraded to 32 gigabytes and the RAM from 256 megabyte to 1 gigabyte by simply taking out two screws on the back of the machine, something that Shen demonstrates but isn't including in the marketing materials.

This presents great opportunities for expansion, and (something more interesting)

Asustek is also linking with mobile telecom companies to provide a 3g attachment, so users can be connected when Wi-Fi isn't available.

Now think about it - a Nokia N95 costs $600 upwards (sim free). Imagine the opportunity for a telco to provide the EEE to consumers for free on a 18 month contract on a data tariff (say $40 per month). Effectively proving a laptop with total mobility for a monthly subscription - now who would buy into that ...

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Hi Jon, my Philippine sources keep telling me one of the cellular telcos is planning to bundle the Asus Eee PC with their HSDPA data plans. The two leading telcos actually already have various data plans. One of them in fact has been offering the USB Huawei dongle for quite sometime. The other has been bundling IBM Thinkpads...