The Taiwanese company also revealed a new widescreen laptop with big onboard stereo speakers
Asustek Computer showed a bit of style on Tuesday, skinning a netbook with faux alligator hide and outfitting a new premium widescreen laptop with dual touchpads and big Bang & Olufsen speakers.
Qualcomm expects the first Snapdragon laptops to hit the market by the end of this year
Qualcomm showed off a previously unannounced version of Asustek Computer's Eee PC based on its Snapdragon processor at the Computex exhibition on Monday, including one running Google's Android operating system.
Asustek sees the first quarter of 2010 as a better opportunity for non-Windows OSs, such as Android, in netbooks
Asustek Computer (Asus) plans to continue using Microsoft Windows OSs in its popular Eee PC netbooks this year despite widespread interest in alternatives such as Google's Android software.
Acer shipped just over 5 million netbooks last year
Acer edged out rival Asustek Computer to lead the world in netbook shipments last year.
Asus has partnered up with National Breast Caner Foundation to luanch the Pink Eee PC S101H.
Asus has partnered up with National Breast Caner Foundation to luanch the Pink Eee PC S101H.
But Acer believes it can better that figure with its Aspire One.
Asustek Computer (Asus) said Thursday that it sold 4.9 million Eee PC netbooks last year, a figure that rival Acer believes it can best.
Asustek joined Intel and Lenovo in announcing a worse view of the fourth quarter.
Asustek Computer, the world's largest motherboard maker and developer of the popular Eee PC line of netbooks, slashed its fourth quarter shipment outlook on Thursday, citing slower than expected demand for its products.
Asustek plans to unveil a new US$200 Eee PC in the first quarter of next year.
Asustek Computer plans to unveil a new Eee PC netbook that costs just US$200 in the first quarter of next year, a company representative said Thursday.
Microsoft promises to support netbooks
Microsoft has demonstrated its Windows 7 operating system (OS) on an Asus Eee PC featuring just 1GB of RAM and a 16GB solid-state drive.
Acer's Aspire one netbook shipments may beat those of the Asus Eee PC this year, despite an early lead by Asus.
Acer, the world's third-largest PC vendor, said shipments of its Aspire One netbook could reach 6 million units this year, which would edge out Asustek Computer's popular Eee PC at the top of the market.
A year after the launch of Asus’ Eee PC, industry representatives claim the device has kick-started a mini-laptop craze and carved out a new product category. And with more branded vendors now entering the netbook realm, many predict these low-cost units could
represent the biggest PC product sales in the next year.
Asustek Computer's Japanese arm has alerted owners of its new Eee Box low-cost desktop PC that the machine shipped with a virus.
Asustek Computer's Japanese arm has alerted owners of its new Eee Box low-cost desktop PC that the machine shipped with a virus.
Asustek turned to Intel Celeron CPUs in its latest Eee PCs in part due to the Atom shortage.
Asustek Computer has turned back the clock to use Intel microprocessors first launched in 2004 in its latest Eee PC netbooks, in part due to a shortage of Intel's Atom chips.
