Asus will phase out 7-inch Eee PC SKUs in mature markets, but company chairman Jonney Shih denied reports the vendor would drop 8.9-inch Eee PCs too.
"It seems that customers prefer to have a greater screen, which also
means a larger keyboard," Shih said. "I still believe we have a good
opportunity in 8.9-inch for kids, telecoms or emerging
markets."
In recent weeks, reports have surfaced that Asus' main competitor in
the netbook market, Acer, will cull its 8.9-inch series of netbooks,
and focus all its efforts on 10-inch units.
The company is also showing off new Eee PC models at CeBit, including the 1008HA Shell, a slim 10-inch Eee PC model, an Eee NAS PC, Eee videophone and new notebook models as well, including the first notebooks to feature ATI's new 40nm mobile GPUs.
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