Philippine Telcos Bundle the Asus Eee PC

From the Ayson Chronicles -




Philippine mobile telco Smart is now offering the Asus Eee PC as a giveaway with its SMART Gold postpaid subscriptions. The 2GB is offered free with a Smart Gold Plan 1800. As an alternative, the Eee is included as a bundle with a mobile phone with Plan 2500. There are also plans afoot to offer the Asus eee in a bundle with the Smart Bro Plug-it, together with Linux drivers of these popular USB HSDPA modems.




Rival Globe Telecom is also including the 2G Surf in its “Globe Broadband Sulit Computer Bundle” consisting of the Asus Eee PC, a landline subscription, and an Internet connection. Unfortunately, the bundle doesn’t take advantage of the Eee PC's mobility.

T-mobile’s next phone is a…laptop?

Submitted by jon bradford -

"What if I could buy the laptop with 3g and an unlimited data tariff. Even accepting usage limitations on the data tariffs, T Mobile’s “Walk ‘n Web” tariff (£20 per month) is based upon 3Gb of usage - not substantially different from basic broadband tariffs in the UK.

Now that would be cool - an Asus EEE with always-on mobile Internet access..."

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An interesting take on using the Asus Eee as a mobile phone. :)

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