Some weeks ago I told you I had ordered our first Asus Eee PC. Today I'm glad to announce that the little toy is already at home. And even if I had named it Silfen, Beatriz decided to change that to Samantha.

I haven't had much time to play with it but I can tell you that the Eee PC is smaller than it looks on pics, works wonderfully and I really like it. A complete analysis is on its way.

Take a look at more pictures of our new Eee PC.

After the mess of the Palm Foleo and while there aren't official news about a commercial OLPC (it seems we may have some for Christmas) Asus, probably the biggest motherboard maker in the world, announces the Eee PC is almost here.

The name is certainly uncool (it reminds me of Nintendo's Wii) but the feature set looks quite well, let's see:

• A 7" screen.
• Ethernet and Wi-Fi.
• 256 Mb. to 1 Gb. DDR2.
• Solid state disk (SSD) from 2 Gb. to 8 Gb.
• It can run Linux (neat!) or Windows (I wonder who will be the wacko planning to run Vista on these).
• Stereo sound and mic.
• 4 cell battery with duration between 2.8 and 3.5 hours.
• 2.03 lbs.
• 3 USB ports.

Asus press release says they will have 4 models available in North America during the next weeks, with prices ranging from US$ 299 to US$ 399. I find them quite attractive, really.

And now that I've just ordered a Nokia N800 (price dropped US$ 100 in the last days in Amazon so I'm asking for a refund) and I want to get a more compact Darter from System 76, Amber the Pangolin is too much weight while traveling, I'm already adding an Eee PC to my Christmas wish list this year.