Asus has released information about its next EeePC version (1000HE). Asus continues to give material for the headlines as the next netbook should run for almost ten hours on a single battery charge. At the moment preorders are taken, and the price of $399 is pretty reasonable for a computer of this calibre.

The 1000HE is powered by an Intel Atom N280, which chip consumes a maximum of 2.5 watts, which contributes to the longer battery. The system has a keyboard that's 92% the size of a standard keyboard and a 10-inch display which is rather luxurious for a netbook. The machine weighs 3.2 pounds and ships with Bluetooth and 802.11n Wi-Fi support. The 1000HE also has a 160-GB hard disk drive. In addition it has 10 GB free online space.