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Asus Eee PC to get touchscreens in May or June
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Posted on Wednesday, March 26 2008 @ 19:07:44 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck |
Asus said its second-generation Eee PC will be released in May or June. These models will be available for about $500 and will feature touchscreen panels and possible GPS support.The company is also looking to ship its E-DT (desktop PC) priced at US$199 at the same time, according to Lin.
The company aims to ship up to five million Eee PCs in 2008 through retail channels and contract orders combined, with quarterly retail-only shipments expected to total 650,000-700,000 units, according to the company. The device is seeing a 50% supply shortage in the Taiwan and Hong Kong regions and 70% worldwide in the first quarter of 2008.
Lin also pointed out that the company currently is facing a battery shortage for its Eee PCs due to a fire at a plant of LG Chem earlier this month but expects to solve the battery shortage in the second quarter of this year.
The 8.9-inch Eee PC will adopt Intel's low-cost notebook platform and the lowest memory capacity will be upgraded from 512MB to 1GB, while the SSD (solid state drive) capacity will be upgraded from 4-8GB to 8-12GB, according to industry sources.
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