Asus has introduced a new ultra mobile PC – the R2E. Unlike it predecessor working on Celeron this UMPC is based on Intel Ultra Mobile Platform 2007 (A110 800 MHz processor and 945GU chipset). The manufacturer says that the shift to the new platform will lower power consumption and increase productivity of the device.

Asus R2E comes with a 7” 800×480 pixels display, 1 GB DDR2, 80 GB HDD, Wi-Fi 802.11g and Bluetooth 2.0+EDR interface. In addition there are HSDPA-adapter, 1.3-megapixel web-camera and built-in GPS (optionally). The sales of Asus R2E will be launched next month at €1119.