Taiwan's own Asus has now announced that its latest Eee PC model, the 1002HA in the US. Coming with a 1-inch thick chassis with a brushed aluminum LCD cover and palm rest, the stylish 1002HA has a 10-inch LCD screen with a 1024 x 800 pixels resolution and a two-cell 4200mAh battery.

Also featuring the Super Hybrid Engine (SHE) technology, which can lower and raise the CPU clock in order to save batter life or provide more computing power, the new Eee PC is equipped with a 1.6 GHz Atom processor, 1GB of RAM, a 160GB hard drive, plus WiFi connectivity and a 1.3 megapixel camera.

Now on sale, the Eee PC 1002HA has a recommended price tag of $499.