"Orange will tomorrow offer Brits Asus'
newly announced Eee PC 900 16G for... well... nothing at all.
There's no such thing as a free lunch, of course, or a free laptop for that matter. While there's no up-front cost for the Eee, Orange will expect punters to sign up for a two-year, £25-a-month airtime contract.
That package grants users up to 3GB of data transfers a month, and up to 100 text messages sent from the machine.
Orange UK's deal follows similar packages offered elsewhere in the world, including the
50p Eee offered in Japan, and a
£78 Small, Cheap Computer deal punted in France.
The Eee 900 16G comes with an 8.9in display and 16GB of solid-state storage. It's based on Intel's 900MHz Celeron M 353 processor and has 1GB of DDR 2 memory.
The deal also bundles a gratis Option Icon 225 USB 3G modem, which supports HSDPA at up to 7.2Mb/s.
The Asus deal goes live on 16 August, through Orange shops and its website".
Source:-
The Register.
