This rumor comes from two different sources; the 4G wireless part is apparently from a preview site from Asus themselves and suggests that a new version of the Eee will have WiMAX. The other part comes from some sources that tipped off a Taiwanese paper that Asus was already manufacturing Eee’s with 8.9-inch screens instead of the 7-inch screens that are currently included.

Here’s a Good News: On the 8.9” LCD format, the word is that the LCD panels only cost $15-20 more and likely wouldn’t affect the overall cost of the device much, but changing up the case and the motherboard and all those other components to fit the larger screen would likely cost more, and that kind of differentiation in your products would likely require separate production lines, so I wouldn’t add much weight to this rumor. But, we could see the unveiling of a new Eee with one or both of these new features at CES sometime next week.

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