ASUS Eee Note EA-800 priced at $230, launching in Taiwan this week

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Woah, it was only last week that we finalized the naming scheme for
ASUS's LCD-equipped note taker, yet today the company's announcing
that it'll be available to buy this week in its native Taiwan. Even
better news is the $230 price tag (NT$6,999), which makes the Eee Note
quite the affordable little device. It's versatile too, thanks to a
built-in camera and microphone for recording of notes and a 3.5mm
headphone jack for playback. Running on Linux, the 8-inch tablet (1024
x 768 res) is said to be capable of 13.5 hours of uninterrupted use,
which doesn't match the similarly monochromatic e-readers out there
but is a decent compromise for the functionality on offer. Hong Kong
should be the next market on its global tour, to be followed by
Germany, Italy and Russia around the turn of the year and China and
the US in Q1 of 2011.