Asus finally saw it fit to fill those "not fooling anyone" speaker grills of the Eee with more screen!

The company officially unveiled the Eee PC 900 12G and it's new 9-inch (8.9-inch actually), 1024x600 widescreen goes a long way in improving its looks and usability.

Unfortunately, this comes at the cost of some portability; the new unit is described as slightly larger and thicker. To compensate, it packs a bigger trackpad and 12 GB of solid state storage. Not a bad tradeoff.

The new Eee 900 goes on sale mid-2008 for roughly $600.

Update: Engadget has pics of the unit with its screen turned on.