Asus has added one more product to it’s EeePC Seashell series – it’s called 1005PR – another 10.1’ screen sized netbook from Asus.
Main feature of Asus Eee PC 1005PR Seashell is it’s built in Broadcom Crystal HD Accelerator which enabled a High Definition movie playback on 1366X768 resolution, 1080p quality. With the new Flash 10.1 (expected soon), you can watch high quality streaming videos from Youtube and Hulu on your 1005PR.
Asus 1005PR Seashell comes with a hard disk drive of capacity 250GB unlike other common Eee models, also bundled with a free 500GB Web Storage (WebStorage.com)
Let’s take a close look into the specifications
Operating System
Just like any other new Eee PC models, Asus EeePC 1005PR Seashell comes with Microsoft Windows 7 Operating system on a dual OS support, along with Express Gate OS.
Processor
Asus Eee PC 1005 PR Seashell is powered by Intel® Atom™ Pineview-M N450 processor (1.66GHz, 512KB L2 Cache)
Screen Display
As mentioned at the start of this post, Asus 1005PR Seashell has a 10.1-Inch Color-Shine 1366X768 WXGA LED Display, Intel UMA graphics with Broadcom Crystal HD Accelerator for a high definition experience
Storage
1005PR EeePC Seashell comes with a 250GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM) along with a 500GB Free Web Storage which assist you with a higher mobility, with all your files accessible from anywhere
Memory
Just like any other common netbook model, Asus EeePC 1005PR comes with 1 GB DDR2 SODIMM memory with a max capacity of 2 GB. It is usual practice to buy the netbook and upgrade memory as a higher memory model is not sold by the manufacturer readily.
Connectivity, Input / Output
Asus 1005PR comes with support to WLAN 802.11b/g/n @2.4GHz and Bluetooth2.1 + EDR. Other input / output support is as follows
1 x VGA Connector
3 x USB 2.0
1 x LAN RJ-45
2 x Audio Jack (Head Phone / Mic-in)
Card Reader: MMC/ SD(SDHC)
Keyboard
Asus Eee PC 1005PR-P Seashell comes with almost full-sized chiclet keyboard similar to what you can see in a model like Asus Eee PC 1000HE.
Camera
0.3M Pixel
Battery / Power backup
Asus 1005PR Seashell is claimed to have a power backup of upto 11 hours using the 6cells, 63W/h Li-ion Battery Pack or 9 hours on 6cells, 48W/h
Dimensions
262 x 178 x 25.9~36.5mm
Weight
1.27Kg including the 6 cell battery pack
Available Colors
In Mold Roller: Black, White, Blue, Pink
Texture with painting: Black, White, Blue
Price
This product is available for pre-order at Amazon for a price of $399.