There’s still no word on pricing, but Asus CEO Jonney Shih says the Eee PC T91 convertible touchscreen tablet netbook announced minutes ago will be available within the next 3-6 months.And if you can’t wait that long, you can check out a photo gallery of the netbook after the break. You can also find some images on the Eee PC T101H with a 10 inch touchscreen here.

Once I saw the $899 starting price tag for the Sony Vaio P, I pretty much decided to stop covering the device on this site. It’s just too expensive to seriously put in the same class of devices as an Asus Eee PC, MSI Wind, or Acer Aspire One.And Sony doesn’t really want to be in the same class as those devices.

Good news on the HP Mini 1000 Mi Edition front. After I asked myself a few questions about the netbook’s functionality this morning, I decided to check out the HP booth on the CES show floor. And wouldn’t you know it, the thing really is just running a modified version of Ubuntu Linux. You can pull up Ubuntu’s program manager by navigating through HP’s custom interface.

Sure, Asus played up the Eee PC T91 netbook with the 8.9 inch convertible touchscreen during the company’s presentation this afternoon. But when all the talking was done, you know what I discovered? An Asus Eee PC T101H hanging out on the stage. It’s basically the same machine as the T91, except it has a 10 inch display and a shiny new keyboard with the shift key located to the left of the up arrow!

The custom Linux distribution formerly known as Ubuntu Eee is now called Easy Peasy. And as of tonight, it’s available for download. Easy Peasy is based on Ubuntu 8.10 and includes custom drivers and software to ensure that the operating  system works properly on most Asus Eee PC hardware. The disc image weighs in at just over 800MB, so you’ll either want to burn it to a DVD (rather than a CD) or use something like UNetbootin to install the OS using a USB flash drive.

Update: The name of this netbook is the Eee PC 10.4Dn, not the Eee PC 1000HDN as I earlier reported. This is what happens when you’re blogging in a hurry!There are a few things that typically set netbooks apart from larger computers. They’re smaller, lighter, and cheaper. And up until now, they’ve tended to lack optical disc drives. But it looks like that’s about to change.