Yesterday, Asus launched Eee Storage and Download services. Both the services can be very useful if someone is able to access it anywhere over the air. To make this possible Asus has formed partnerships with Telecom vendors to offer Eee PC netbook as a bundle with wireless service (just like the cellphone subscription). In Japan the company has formed partnerships with NTT DoCoMo and E-Mobile to offer Eee PC 701 for 100 Yen (US $0.91) as a part of a service bundle that will have monthly fee for wireless access. The company is also working with European telecoms like T-Mobile and TNT to push out a zero or one Euro (US$1.5) netbook bundles. These partnerships will make the netbooks more useful, as the netbooks will be able to access Internet over the air.
Acer the other netbook maker is also planning to follow suit and will push out free netbook bundles as soon as the Intel Atom processor shortage is solved. The company is in talks with several telecom vendors to offer netbook bundles for zero dollars. This is the reason why Acer has reinstated its goal of shipping five million units in 2008 even though sales of their netbooks have been low.
[Via Digi Times]