Attention gadget lovers! ASUS will be releasing their latest product in the market that will match Apple’s iPad. The ASUS Eee Pad.

Designed for the tech-savvy, on-the-go individual, the ultra-slim ASUS Eee Pad acts as a supplementary Windows-based portable tablet PC that keeps the user perpetually connected to the information superhighway. Social networking sites, movies, video-conferencing—virtually everything is at the users’ fingertips.

The 12” Eee Pad EP121 is a full-featured slate computer that serves as a multimedia player, e-reader, compact PC and Internet device. Powered by a CULV Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor and the Windows® 7 Home Premium operating system, it handles multitasking effortlessly, enabling users to check their email and calendars, have video conferences, and process Microsoft Word and Excel documents simultaneously. The Eee Pad EP121 offers two convenient modes of character input—an embedded virtual keyboard and a special docking station-cum-keyboard—and delivers more than 10 hours of smooth, continuous computing.

For added mobility, there’s the 10’’ Eee Pad EP101TC, which comes in at a mere 675g and a slim, pocket-friendly 12.2mm. Users can easily access their favorite applications by moving them to the main desktop. The Eee Pad EP101TC runs on Windows Embedded Compact 7—a complete toolkit with the latest Windows 7-based technologies and tools that create engaging user experiences and delivers connectivity to the Windows world. It provides a familiar full-featured experience across various connected devices and cloud computing services.

To those people who have been itching to get a hold of Apple’s newest consumer gadget, iPad, mark your calendars because Apple announced that the iPad table PC will be on sale outside the United States on the 28th of May.

Apple’s iPad will be hitting the market in nine countries namely, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. The cheapest iPad model will be sold for $499. You do the conversion.

According to Apple, they have already sold almost a million iPads in the United States since its release in the American market last 3rd of April.

Pre-ordering of the iPad tablet will start on the 10th of May. Nokia filed a lawsuit against Apple on the same day of when iPad’s global release was announced.

Nokia, the world’s largest mobile phone manufacturer, has filed a lawsuit against Steve Job’s Apple. Nokia claims that Apple’s iPad 3G and iPhone faces allegations of infringing five of its technology patents.

According to Nokia, their patented technology used to enhance data and speech transmission and the antenna innovations for compact devices was infringed by Apple.

Paul Melin, Nokia’s general manager of patent licensing, said that they have taken steps to protect Nokia’s pioneering development and to put an end to the unlawful use of their company’s fruits of research. He also stated that they have invested almost $51 billion for research and development in the past twenty years. They have produced almost 11,000 patents.

Apple will not let Nokia dictate the battle because just last year, when Nokia filed a similar lawsuit against them, the iPad and iPhone pioneer filed a countersuit claiming that Nokie infringed Apple’s patents for their smartphones. The battle between Nokia and Apple continues to heat up.

Microsoft is in for a remarkable challenge of getting businesses to shift to Windows Vista and this may most likely be accounted for to the positive reviews that Windows 7 has been obtaining. According to a survey created by Gartner in October, there are about 30% of huge businesses that may skip Vista while many others are still undecided whether or not to follow through. Gartner analyst Michael Silver said that aside from the fact that Windows 7 is getting approval, the current economic state around the world may influence almost half the number of businesses to miss out on Vista completely.