Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #14691 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Asus
• Model: 90OA19B11111431K12EQ
• Released on: 2009-06-08
• Platform: Windows XP
• Dimensions: 2.42 pounds

Manufacturer's Description
A mere 1 inch slim and 2.4 lbs light, the uber-stylish Eee PC 1008HA Seashell is ultra portable and easy to use. Eee PC 1008HA is so light and compact, you can take it anywhere with you. Dressed in a sparkling pearlescent "shell" casing that gives it a captivating sheen, the Eee PC 1008HA Seashell is beautiful inside and out.

The Eee PC 1008HA offers great user comfort and convenience with its 92% scaled keyboard, multi-touch touchpad and instant key (for quick access to Wi-Fi and the touchpad lock). Furthermore, its 10.1-inch LED-backlit display in its compact chassis will allow you to work or travel in absolute comfort for hours on end. Its generous and convenient 170GB ASUS Hybrid Storage will enable you to store, share and access your important data anytime, anywhere.

Get noticed today with the ultra-slim Eee PC 1008HA Seashell.

Ultra-Slim, Ultra-Chic

Seemingly crafted by nature itself, the Eee PC 1008HA Seashell draws its inspiration from seashells. Its opalescent and glossy exterior is crafted by the innovative in-Mold Roller technology, giving it a stylish yet scratch-resistent surface for everyday use. Only 1 inch thin and 2.4 lbs light, it's so light and compact, you can take it anywhere with you! And with sleek curves and smooth lines hugging its lustrous shell, the Eee PC Seashell will easily charm passers-by wherever it goes.

The slim and lightweight Eee PC 1008HA Seashell is a joy to behold and its compact dimensions make it the perfect runabout internet device anywhere.


Large LED Backlit Screen for Comfortable Viewing

A brilliant 10.1-inch LED backlit widescreen display makes reading documents and viewing multimedia files more comfortable. This latest generation of LED backlit technology allows for ultra-thin, ultra-bright and energy-efficient display allowing outstanding portability and versatility. 1024 x 600 resolution allows you to view most pages without often needing to scroll left or right.

Ergonomic Keyboard and Multi-touch Touchpad

The Eee PC 1008HA Seashell comes with a large-key keyboard that is 92% the size of regular notebook keyboard. This ergonomic design reduces fatigue and makes it more comfortable to type during prolonged use. Eee PC 1008HA also comes with an user-friendly wide format multi-touch touchpad to help you navigate and have an easy and fun experience. It's multi-touch interface allows you to scroll and zoom quickly with 2 fingers. It is intuitive to use and is child friendly. The touchpad is in a wide format so you can access contents displayed on the 10.1-inch widescreen easily.

Flexible Connectivity with Eee PC 1008HA

Eee PC 1008HA Seashell comes with WiFi 802.11 b/g/n (draft 2.4GHz n) network connectivity for ultimate wireless accessibility and mobility. Also included is Bluetooth V2.1 for flexibility and convenience with your Bluetooth devices. Eee PC 1008HA features 2 x USB 2.0 ports, 1 x VGA port (through the included mini-VGA adapter), 2 x Audio input/output ports, 1 x RJ-45 port, Kensington Lock port, all hidden away from your sight with port covers. A spring-loaded Plug-and-Play MMC/SD/SDHC flash card slot is also provided to let you easily access your digital photos and videos and expand your system storage. Eee PC 1008HA also features a 1.3M Pixels webcam built-in and Digital Array Microphones to allow you to have clear video conversations with family and friends when even out and about.     

Super Hybrid Engine for Extended Battery Life

Super Hybrid Engine and the high density Li-Polymer battery pack provides you with more power per charge; up to 6 hours* of unplugged use when you are out and about. Super Hybrid Engine also manages your power consumption, providing you with optimal power depending on your current usage needs.

Its lithium polymer battery is also super slim and lightweight, allowing the creation of the ultra-slim and ultra-chic seashell design. The Li-polymer battery inside the Eee PC 1008HA is also eco-friendly as it has a 2 to 3 times longer lifetime compared to the traditional Li-ion batteries to reduce the impact on the environment with a lower replacement rate.
To enjoy maximum battery life, simply change the default setting to the Auto Power-Saving Mode via the Super Hybrid Engine Instant Key above the keyboard.

Convenient ASUS Hybrid Storage and Power Efficient Intel Atom N280 Processor

Eee PC 1008HA comes with 170GB of ASUS Hybrid Storage that features a 160GB hard disk drive and 10GB of Eee Online Storage.** With the Eee Online Storage, your data can be shared with other people easily and can be accessed anywhere where internet is available.The ASUS Eee PC 1008HA Seashell is powered by the Intel Atom N280 processor.

Built with the world’s smallest transistors, the Atom N280 processor uses only 2.5 watts of power – less than 1/10 of the power consumption of ordinary desktop processors – offering a long battery life.

Quick Recovery with Just One Key

Eee PC comes with a built-in quick recovery system that restores your system to its factory settings by just pressing F9 three times during start-up.With Eee PC's quick F9 recovery process, you won't need any Windows CD or driver CD.

It is recommended that you backup your data with Eee Online Storage prior to using the recovery system.

The easy recovery system is only available with Windows systems.

*Operation lifetime subject to product model, normal usage conditions and configurations.
**Eee Storage service is complimentary for the first 18 months. Please register account information for 6 months extension (depend on country)
- All specifications and terms are subject to change without notice. Please check with your supplier for exact offers on selected models. Products may not be available in all markets.
- Operation lifetime subject to product model, normal usage conditions and configurations.

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Customer Reviews

Differentiating factor from other netbooks: Looks
Now, lets face it is. The reason to get this netbook over others, is the looks and the weight, which are exactly why I bought it. And in my opinion worth the slight premium you pay for this.

It is a netbook, so lets review it as one. It is not meant for gaming or photoshop. It is meant for surfing, checking your emails, listening to music and some basic office work. All netbooks currently have pretty identical hardware. So the only differentiating factors are keyboard, battery life and ... oh yes, design.

Lets get over the boring part first, yes it has the netbook de facto Atom 1.66GHz CPU, 160GB hard drive, 1GB of memory, WiFi and bluetooth. So pretty much the same hardware as every other self respecting netbook has. Well some do skimp on the bluetooth, which is I think is critical since a bluetooth mouse really makes a difference on usability. Don't get me wrong, the track pad on this thing is actually very good, but a track pad is really only good for casual stuff.

So on to the interesting parts. Design first, which is the main reason I bought this. I mean it is much better looking than the rivals; this of course is up for personal preference, but too many netbooks are like tiny versions of boring grey corporate laptops. Yes this has a little apple(ish) design feeling to it, which will please some, while not others. It is thin, shiny and well, modern and stylish. Yes, probably not everybody probably appreciates the white colour, but for some reason Asus doesn't sell the black one in UK. They sell it in other parts of the world, so go figure.

I admit, I bought this because of the looks and weight. It is smooth all over, and all the ports (2usb, VGA, mic and line out) are hidden behind flaps. Purely for style reasons. The track pad is part of the case, and only identifiable from rest of the surface by the different texture. All in all, I do call it stylish. And on this it probably would be time to mention the charger, which to my surprise was actually very very small. Something I wouldn't mind carrying around with this.

The 1008ha is slightly lighter and thinner than other netbooks, which was one of the deciding factors for me. The reduced weight makes it easy to carry around in my shoulderbag. I usually keep it in the sleeve that came with it. The sleeve seems actually very good and stylish, much better than the one provided for example with Samsung NC10 (which my friend purchased, and he agrees that the sleeve that comes with 1008ha is much better).

Next, the keyboard, which is actually pretty good. It is pretty decently sized, and has a quite a nice feeling to it. It isn't full size keyboard which should be kept in mind, but it is quite firm, has a nice touch, and works well when touch typing. Though obviously, the feel of a keyboard is a very personal experience and it varies quite a lot from person to person. So I do recommend trying it out before buying. I'm hesitant to say that the NC10 might have just a little better keyboard, but after using this now for few weeks I'm not sure anymore. They keyboard on this is actually quite pleasant once you get used to it.

The third item, battery life. It says in the marketing material it does 6 hours, which when you compare it to other netbooks, is pretty good. I think it maybe does 5hours in a real life situation, but I haven't really properly tested or measured this, so I won't say more. 5 hours is plenty for me.

There are a few trade-offs when it comes to this netbook. Those being the internal battery and difficulty of upgrading memory. The battery is build inside the machine, so you can't replace it, and this might indeed be a deal breaker for some. So you want to carefully consider how you want to use your netbook. Personally I'm willing to sacrifice that for the weight and looks. Also because of the design, there is no easy access to the memory module. So to upgrade the memory to 2GB (which it supports), you basically have to take the thing apart, quite possibly voiding the warranty in the process.

The Windows XP it comes with works well enough on the 1GB, so I'm still considering if it is worth sacrificing the warranty, as the upgrade procedure is quite difficult and there are some people on the Internet whose 1008ha won't start anymore after the memory upgrade has failed.

So yes there are a few trade-offs for the weight and the looks, but all worth it in my opinion. Finally a netbook that is light enough to be carried around.

I wrote this review on my 1008ha, with a few browser windows open and winamp streaming music from an external source. No problems with the keyboard or performance for this type use.

Best Netbook- So far
Its by far the best looking netbook out there, thin and sexy- particularly in white. This demands attention and gives total performance to back it up. It comes with norton and ms office 60 day trials preinstalled on the pc as well. Battery life is also quite amazing and unlike my old dell pc when using power saving mode the monitor remains bright, thank god :) U can also run a few basic 3d games as well. I found that all of the dawn of war games, apart from the latest can be run on this pc at max settings with no lag, how great is that :) With the 160GB hdd, u can just convert ur dvds to divx format and watch the at the same quality on the move. Its just slightly and i do mean slightly thicker than the mac book air, but it has better hdd space and battery life and at 1/5 of the cost, in other words just buy :)

Great Little Netbook
I purchased this Netbook after reading a review in Which? magazine. It is an extremely convenient tool for use when travelling. It is incredibly light and compact, yet still very powerful and well spec'ed. It has a very sleek appearance and attracts many favourable comments from others while I am using it. The reflective screen is a lttle bit of a nuisance in brightly lit environments, but the screen itself is incredibly sharp and colourful. At this price you cannot go wrong. The white exterior case shows up finger prints pretty easily, and I might have been tempted to buy a different colour had I known that it is available in several alternative colours.