Latest ASUS News from CeBit, S6 and R1!

Hi all,
just a few tid bits that I have picked up from news sites around the web.
The first is the s6 series laptop... "The S6 with aluminum body and leather surface casing is the ultimate representation of digital fashion." It sports a 12.1-inch WXGA/glare type Colour Shine LCD screen..there are a few reports with pics showing pink leather on the palm rest, but this is likely that there will be a variety of coloursfor more info click here engaget


In other news ASUS also annouced the " R1 notebook series with special tablet PC form factor accommodates all the processing demands with top security features, including finger print recognition" This is part of the MS/intel origami project, which ASUS has been reported to be one of the driving forces behind. It was shown off at this years Cebit
That link is to a german site, they report that its running a ultra low voltage PM, has 512Mb ram a 7" screen set at 800*600, runs off a intel G915 chipset with the Intel GMA 900 gpu.
Here are a few pics
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Ok here are the specs for the A8J from the Asus website, looking at them there seems to be very little difference between this model and the W3J, so I guess my question is, apart from the addition of the camera, is there any specific difference between the A8Ja and the W3J ?

A8J

* Intel® Centrino® Duo Mobile Technology
- Intel® Core™ Duo Processor T2300/T2400/T2500/T2600
- Mobile Intel® 945PM (A8Ja/Jc)/ 945GM (A8F) Express Chipset
- Intel® PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection

* Microsoft® Windows® XP
- Home
- Professional

* DDR2 533/667MHz, up to 2G
* 14.0"/14.1" Widescreen Color Shine LCD

* ATI Mobility™ Radeon™ X1600 512MB with HyperMemory (A8Ja)/ NVidia GeForce Go7300 128MB with TurboCache(A8Jc)/ NVidia GeForce Go7600 512MB (A8Jm)

* 60/80/100/120 GB
* Built-in 0.35/1.3M pixel web-camera

 

The A series is in general the budget line, so my guess is perhaps in the physical design and in the materials used to construct the two, then there is always price...for eg compare the W2 with the A7.
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I'm a bit curious, how does one type on the Origami thing?

 

maybe a8 is the built-on model of w3j?? yes? no??

 

no, they are two different machines

 

yeah i don't think we'll ever get lucky again to have built-ons like z63a that are actually built the same as the ensembles since asus is trying to distinguish the two...and my ongoing question any more info on the cheaper A8's...i might wait if its not too long but it seems that since proportable has nothing on it in his latest news post it either isn't coming or is too far off into the future