According to this article in The Marker the ASUS EEE will be released in Israel. The article is terrible since it doesn’t actually list which specs people will be getting.

Confirmed on Bezeq’s website it is the standard 4G that have been the first releases.

The prices in Israel are terrible – They will be sold for 1436 ILS (approx. $400) including Windows XP for new Bezeq ADSL customers.

Existing Bezeq customers who upgrade their speeds will have to pay 1796 ILS (approx. $500) and the ones released later with Linux will cost 1800 NIS (approx. $500).

So Windows is being subsidized by a telecom – it’s not even Widnows XP (misreported in the article) – According to the Bezeq site it is Microsoft Windows Home. This seems like a poor man’s google distro gone wrong, and Israelis are getting screwed on the price of a 4G.

I would hope most Israelis who would be interested in the machine won’t be “friars” and will find some way to get this from the US.

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