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Not only is Asus offering the new chiclet-style keyboard for the Asus Eee PC 1000HA. The company is also offering a $50 mail-in rebate on purchases made before April 30, 2009. If you order from ZipZoomfly you can also get another $5 off using the coupon code shown in the image above, bringing the price to just $294.99 after rebate.

The Asus Eee PC 1000HA has a 10.2 inc, 1024 x 600 pixel display, a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 CPU, 1GB of RAM, a 160GB hard drive, 802.11b/g WiFi and runs Windows XP Home. The only things separating this netbook from the newer Asus Eee PC 1000HE is that the 1000HE has 802.11n, Bluetooth, and a higher capacity battery. While the 1000HE gets around 7 to 9 hours of battery life on a single charge, the 1000HA lasts for 4 to 5 hours.

For more netbook deals, check out our list of 19 netbooks for $350 or less.

via Ben’s Bargains

ZipZoomFly has the Asus Eee PC 1000HE in stock again, and again the company is offering a pretty nice discount. If you’re one of the next 200 or so people to put in an order, you can pick the netbook up for $350, which is about $50 below list price, and $39 less than the $389 Amazon is currently charging.

The Asus Eee PC 1000HE has a 10.2 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel display, a 1.66GHz Intel Atom N280 CPU, 1GB of RAM, and a 160GB hard drive. It also has a high capacity 8700mAh battery which can run for as long as 9 hours on a single charge.

You can read more about the Eee PC 1000HE in the Liliputing Product Database.

thanks Brian!

I’m going to be honest here. The Asus Eee PC S101 is overpriced. I’ve tried to talk several people I know out of buying this $700 “netbook.” But there’s no denying that it’s one of the best looking netbooks available. It’s small, measuring just 1.1 inches thick. And it’s light, at just 2.4 pounds. But inside, it’s 100% netbook and I wouldn’t expect better performance from the S101 than from an MSI Wind for half the price.

That said, if you’re willing to pay a premium for a device that’s marginally thinner and lighter, you might be pleased to know that US retailers including Newegg and Amazon are now carrying the Eee PC S101. It’s available for $699.99 from Amazon in graphite and brown versions. Both models have 16GBs of solid state storage.

Here are a few other places you can find the S101 in the US:

• Newegg – brown ($699.99)
• Newegg - graphite ($699.99)
• ZipZoomFly – ASUS Eee PC S101 EPCS101-BLK013X N270 1.60GHz 10.2″ 16GB (SSD) HDD 1GB PC2-3200 (DDR2-400) 802.11b ($699)
• ZipZoomFly – ASUS Eee PC S101 PCS101-BRN016X N270 1.60GHz 10.2″ 16GB (SSD) HDD 1GB PC2-3200 (DDR2-400) 802.11b/g/ ($699)

MobileTechReview is reporting that the Asus Eee PC 900 is now available for preorder in the US. But to be honest, I checked most of the sites on the list, and the only one I could find that even had a product page was ZipZoomfly. And there’s no option to order the Eee PC 900, just to be notified when it’s available.

Still, it looks like the Eee PC 900 should be available in the US in less than two weeks, and as I expected, J&R in New York is listed as one of the handful of bricks and mortar stores that should have units in stock early on. So while I’m not sure that I’ll pick one up for myself (I’m still pretty happy with my Mini-Note and Eee PC 701), I’ll probably be making a field trip to J&R on May 12th to get a firsthand look at the new touchpad and screen.