ASUS is putting a lot of thought into merging its Eee PC netbook and notebook departments both to fight the credit crunch by decreasing management costs and also to help increase efficiency.
Market sources told the DigiTimes that Asustek has already sent out documents outlining the merger plan to key personnel in both departments and that [...]
February 26, 2009 – 1:10 pm
11.6-inch netbooks could soon be an industry standard with a new report from the DigiTimes suggesting that demand for 11.6-inch panels is rising.
Both major players in the netbook market, Acer and ASUS, have 11.6-inch netbooks (with 1366×786 resolution panels) on the way and the plan looks to be vendors differentiating between 10.1-inch and 11.6-inch netbooks [...]
February 20, 2009 – 7:26 pm
The DigiTimes is reporting that ASUS is on the verge of axing its entire 8.9-inch Eee PC netbook range this year.
Benson Lin, president of Asustek’s Asia-Pacific division, said that of Asustek’s 2009 Eee PC shipments, 90% of them will be 10-inch netbooks and 5% will be 7-inch models for telecom service operators.
Lin repeated what many [...]
February 20, 2009 – 7:00 pm
ASUS is considering using Google’s Android operating system in of its future netbooks, according to Liliputing.
With all the talk of Windows vs. Linux, a war that Acer told us in December that Microsoft iss winning, its interesting to hear about the possibility of a new third party OS being used on a big name netbook.
Android [...]
February 12, 2009 – 10:22 pm
ASUS CEO Jerry Shen today finally spoke about all the speculation on the company pushing netbook prices up by 20% from March. It turned out to be something of a misunderstanding if Shen’s words are to be interpreted right, as he said,
“Actually, the price is based on market competition so until now, for the netbook, [...]
February 12, 2009 – 12:02 am
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 [...]
January 20, 2009 – 11:35 am
Is the Asus netbook range about to be downsized? DigiTimes has a report that suggests a consolidation of Asustek’s Eee PC netbook line is forthcoming.
Asus president Jerry Shen said a series of business reorganization plans are scheduled to be announced soon, which will include the merging of resources including digital family and desktop PCs. Essentially, [...]
January 7, 2009 – 2:50 pm
Asus has lit up the ongoing CES 2009 with a bunch of exciting new netbook releases, much of the attention being on its freshly introduced Eee PC T91 convertible touchscreen netbook. Asus CEO, Jonney Shih, ran a short video at CES showing off the company’s new project. It will feature an 8.9-inch touchscreen that you [...]
December 29, 2008 – 7:33 pm
Following the Dell Mini 12 and the recently announced Samsung N20, the latest large-sized netbook to be revealed is Asustek’s 12.1-inch ASUS S121. According to SlashGear, this is just the ASUS S101 with a bigger screen. The netbook has yet to be officially confirmed by Asus, and hence full details aren’t known, but it is [...]
December 19, 2008 – 2:05 pm
Now that Asus’ much awaited Eee PC 1002HA is out and about, we’re all eager to get a better look at it. Cue the unboxing videos! Well, just one for now. YouTube user zeavott has posted an unboxing video of the 1002HA, covering the process of taking the brand new netbook out of its very [...]
