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ASUS to axe 7-inch netbooks

Stuart — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 11:43:24 +0000

ASUS may not be axing its entire 8.9-inch Eee PC netbook range after all, despite recent reports suggesting it would be.

ASUS CEO Jonney Shih spoke on the subject of phasing out older, smaller netbooks at CeBIT ‘09 in Hannover, Germany, and believes the 8.9-inch range still has good prospects, specifically for kids, telecom providers, or emerging markets.

This could mean that ASUS will target small niche markets with the 8.9-inchers, rather than push them as an integral part of ASUS’ netbook distribution.

Shih did confirm that the even smaller 7-inch Eee PCs are about to gradually be phased out, although suggested there could be some demand for them in emerging countries. This is contrary to reports from late last year where the company said both the 7-inch and 8.9-inch netbooks would continue to prosper with refreshed specs.

Source: CNET

ASUS planning price hikes on netbooks?

Stuart — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 00:02:20 +0000

Although the trend with netbook has been prices going down, there are many reports that ASUS is about to alter that pattern by increasing prices on its notebooks and Eee PC netbooks by up to 20% as of March 1st. There are also reports to the contrary including this debunking attempt by ASUS Germany.

Supposing this isn’t a flood of false information, the move will be a response to the ongoing global economic crisis and an increase in the cost of computer parts and manufacturing operations. ASUS will have a financial meeting on February 12th to discuss its Q4 2009 performance, and that may lead to some confirmation on whether we can expect a price hikes for ASUS netbooks soon.

Japan’s top ten selling netbooks of 2008

Stuart — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:08:51 +0000

BNC Japan has released a list of 2008’s top ten best-selling netbooks in Japan and the guys at Akihabara News have posted it.

Its always interesting to see how netbooks sell across the world compared to the United States, where we recently learned Acer was in charge of the market, largely thanks to its popular Aspire One netbook. Well, said machine isn’t quite the king in Japan, although the gap between it and the top ranking netbook — the ASUS Eee PC with 4GB SSD — is just over 1%. ASUS and Acer have a see-saw battle for the top five, before Kohjinsa stakes a place with its SA5KX08AL (80GB HDD) netbook in sixth place.

1. ASUS Eee PC (4GB SSD) 20.9%
2. Acer Aspire One (120GB HDD) 19.5%
3. ASUS Eee PC 901-X (12GB SSD) 16.8%
4. Acer Aspire One (160GB HDD) 5.1%
5. ASUS Eee PC 1000H (160GB HDD) 4.7%
6. Kohjinsa SA5KX08AL (80GB HDD) 2.6%
7. ASUS Eee PC S101-X (16GB SSD) 1.9%
8. Onkyo C101-4 (120GB HDD) 1.8%
9. ASUS Eee PC 701-SD-007X (8GB SSD) 1.8%
10. HP FR082PA (160GB HDD) 1.6%