Asus confirms touchscreen eee PC
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Asus, makers of the eee PC, have confirmed they will launch a touchscreen version with GPS built-in in May or June. It should cost about $500. They also plan to launch the E-DT PC for $199. The eee will have 1 gigabyte of ram and 8-12 gigabytes of solid state storage.