Getting started with the new ASUS Eee model name? Join the club. Today news reached us that ASUS is preparing an updated Seashell model, the so-called 1005HAB, essentially the Seashell 1008HA (pictured), but with a removable battery.

ASUS to “support site, which appears 1005HAB to 10-inches, with a 1024 x 600 display and includes 1 GB of DDR2 RAM, a 160GB disk space and beautiful – this is the Corker – a 6-cell 2200 mAh removable battery. This means it is not quite as thin as the Seashell 1008HA slots at 25.7mm thick, with the 1005HAB is described as having a thickness of 35.5mm.

With the depth, a weight gain, so that the 1005HAB weighs 1.4kg instead of 1.1kg. Other than that, it seems to be the same clamshell design, but whether under the new “Seashell” Roof of the models is yet to be seen.

via netbookchoice