Reading further into the Digitimes story on Asus adding touchpanel screens into the Eee, PocketLint suggests that the panels will be the four-wire type adding just US$15 to the BOM.

“The 9-inch touch panel-equipped Eee PCs will adopt “four-wire resistive touch screen technology” adding just $15 to the manufacturing cost of the new tablet-esque gadget.”

While less precise than the five-wire garden-variety panel, the touchscreen interface is a much anticipated addition that would further add to the image of the Eee as a competitor to the recently introduced MacBook Air in the ultra-portable laptop category.

As reported on by Engadget, Asus in conjunction with Sprint and Intel announced today that they are going to be releasing Eee PC’s with WiMax connectivity at the CES 2008 conference in Las Vegas, NV.

Also mentioned at the conference were plans to upgrade the Eee’s LCD screen with multiple sizes ranging from the current 7 ” to 8″ and 8.9″.

Windows XP will be an officially supported/shipped operating system and a commitment to worldwide availability at launch and low-entry point MSRP’s was reiterated.