Holy cr@p, for $200 how can they possibly make money on this?! I saw Intel copping some bad PR flack for attempting to compete with the OLPC - $175 is the current price of the AMD-powered OLPC so I'm kind of sceptical if this Intel device will really retail for $200 or if this is an attempt to compete with (or derail) the OLPC by selling at below cost.

That said, anyone know when I can get one?!

I'd buy one just out of curiosity! Assuming it's open - which it probably is and if it's not it soon will be - there should be a wealth of hacks and apps that become available for this, including whatever gets developed for the MID platform.

Battery life looks a bit sucky though - only 3 hours? If this is indicative of the battery life for the upcoming Intel MID platform then Intel need to think again, but I guess this Asus device is not using the 45nm CPU due in 2008.

The Asus Eee PC makes the Palm Foleo look even more ridiculous... and it could also hurt Nokia as it substantially undercuts the price of Internet Tablets - this thing is almost "disposable"! No need to bother with a repair, just throw it out and get another...