Asus Eee PC 900 Craze in HK

Videos of people lining to buy the Asus Eee PC 900 in Hong Kong -

New Asus Eee PC sold out in Hong Kong

From PC Advisor UK -

The Asus Eee PC 900 sold out within hours of its launch in Hong Kong. A line formed a few hours before the first store opened on Friday and over 1,000 of the units were sold quickly.

Full article can be read here.

Asus Eee PC 900 Hong Kong Pricing, Availability Announced

Submitted by Brad Linder -

The Asus Eee PC 900 will be available in Hong Kong on April 19th, for about USD513. The original Eee PC 701 was released in Taiwan a few weeks before it made its US debut, so if lightning strikes twice we should be seeing a stateside release pretty soon.

More details are available at Brad's Liliputing site.

Asus Hong Kong Resellers Have No News on Asus Eee

I was in Hong Kong last week and made the rounds of Asus resellers in the Wan Chai Computer Center. Of course, (against logic) I inquired about the Asus Eee. I was expecting to get, at the very minimum, expected delivery dates. But to my surprise most of the resellers aren't even aware of the Asus Eee. One guy knew about it but whatever info he has he got it from the Net.

Since resellers typically get advanced info on new product deliveries to facilitate purchase orders, this makes me wonder - if the Asus Eee will be available in Hong Kong at product launch in September (which is next month), how come the dealers aren't even aware of the product by this time? Something tells me even a mid-October launch seems optimistic.