We were impressed by the first generation of the tiny, cheap Asus Eee PC notebook - you can read our full review here - but, in a meeting with Asus yesterday, the company gave a few details of what to expect from the next generation version.

The first new Eee products should come in February, with the original Eee design available in new colours - currently we've only seen it in black and white versions. Around the same time, in February or March, the first updated version with an 8GB flash memory disk should begin to appear for sale. Current models have just 4GB of storage, leaving around 2GB to use unless you add an SD card.

More interestingly, the first significantly different new model, with a larger 8 inch display, should be around before the end of Q2 - for those that don't speak geek, that's before the end of June. This model should be available with either 8GB of 16GB of storage space. Asus couldn't confirm prices, but we expect the cheaper version to come in at a price not far from the £220 being charged for the original model.