Original URL: http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/08/15/orange_free_eee/
Orange to bundle free Eee with HSDPA modem, airtime
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15th August 2008 13:54 GMT
Orange will tomorrow offer Brits Asus' newly announced (http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/08/14/eee_line_extended/) Eee PC 900 16G for... well... nothing at all. Orange will expect however, 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.
Asus Eee and friend: free
Orange UK's deal follows similar packages offered elsewhere in the world, including the 50p Eee (http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/07/11/cut_price_eee_japan/) offered in Japan, and a £78 Small, Cheap Computer (http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/06/27/france_cutprice_scc/) 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.
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