Asus Philippines to Launch EeePC 1000 on July 29th

According to Asus Philippines, they are set to launch the upcoming EeePC 1000 this July 29th. I earlier ranted that Asus is launching the 1000 here, but not the 901. I’m betting Asus here still wants to clear its stock of EeePC 900 units (as the 901’s price difference is just about $50, or even reportedly zero in some parts of the world).

The Asus 901 and 1000 (photo credit: Engadget)

At any rate, the 1000 is a completely different line in terms of form factor, since it sports a 10-inch screen, and is therefore a bit larger and heavier than the 90x and 70x EeePCs. The 1000’s direct competitor is the MSI Wind. Most probably, pricing will be approximately same as with the MSI Wind’s PhP 26,000. Note that the EeePC 1000 retails for US$550 elsewhere (price recently dropped from $650), which is about PhP 24,750.

It’s the year of the netbooks, people! There’s more to come, with Dell’s “E” series to be launched this August, and the HDD models of the Acer Aspire one, also to be introduced come August. Who’s next? Apple?