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Touchscreen Eee PC Due Early 2009, Will Run Windows 7 Later Says Asus CEO [Eee PC]
Gizmodo —
... , official word is out that there'll be a touchscreen Eee PC next year. And that's from none other than the CEO, Jerry Shen, himself. The guys over at Laptopmag got the low-down from Shen, who confirmed the machine will exist by "early 2009," and will actually be running Windows 7 by mid 2009. That's pretty interesting stuff, and though he wouldn't specify a form factor for the touchy Eee, Shen also spilled the beans on a few other aspects of the Eee success story. ...
ASUS confirm touchscreen Eee PCs, Windows 7 in 2009
SlashGear —
... announced in early 2009, with both convertible and standard notebook form-factor designs being explored. That’s the latest news from ASUS CEO Jerry Shen, who has been sharing some more details about what’s become the largest netbook range on the market. As well as the touchscreen models, ASUS have obviously decided to take ...
ASUS CEO: Touchscreen Eee PCs and Windows 7 in mid-2009, $250 model on the way
Engadget —
Filed under: LaptopsWe heard the rumor now ASUS' CEO, Jerry Shen, confirms in an interview with Laptop that ASUS will slap a touchscreen and Windows 7 into a new Eee PC sometime in the second half of 2009. A statement likely to make a few project managers at Microsoft uncomfortable as that cuts into the official early 2010 padding built into their Win7 Gantt charts. The touch-enabled Eee PC model(s) could come in the form of a convertible tablet although Shen wouldn't specify -- he only promised more details in Q1, presumably at ...
Four million EEE PCs have been sold
jkOnTheRun —
... We always seem to be talking about netbooks but that's because they are such hot topics. If you aren't sure how big how about 4 million EEE PCs, which according to Asus CEO is the number of the netbooks that has been sold to date. Laptop Magazine interviewed Jerry Shen about the EEE PC and netbooks in particular. Kevin and I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Shen at the CES in January of this year after shamelessly parlaying Asus' use of ...
Asus: Expect touchscreen Eee PCs early next year; Windows 7 Eee PCs soon after
CrunchGear —
... The biggest news here is that Sheen admitted that a touchscreen Eee PC should be available by early 2009. Exactly what these Eee PCs will look like, what form factor they’ll take, he wasn’t prepared to divulge. ...
Asus CEO announces 4 million Eee PC’s have been sold
Gadgetell —
... netbook, and not any of the other Eee branded products such as the Eee Box. As for which models of the Eee PC did the best in terms of sales, the smaller 7-inch did well, in part because that was the only model available during the first quarter.
Otherwise, Shen has said that the 900, 901, 1000 and 1000H are all doing well thanks to their 9 and 10-inch 1024 x 600 resolution displays, but the smaller 7-inch models continue to be in demand as well.
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Touchscreen-based, Windows 7 compatible Eee PC’s coming in 2009
Gadgetell —
... enough, they are not something that would hold me off from making a netbook purchase now or in the short term future. Looking forward into the future, Shen stated that they are planning to offer “more exciting products next year” and they will be priced from $250 up to $700. He also gave us a little teaser, stating that Asus will be announcing new Eee products in Q1 of 2009. Sounds like we have a CES announcement to look forward to.
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EeePC First Birthday Sale Figures..More to Come
SolSie.com —
... In an interview with Laptop magazine, ASUS CEO Jerry Shen shared the sales figure of the EeePC netbook and future plans of the EeePC line, the iconic inexpensive small laptop that has created a new successful class of computing devices that many have failed. image Shen shared the following in the hour long interview: Read the full interview HERE ! [image] [image] Leave a comment Name (required) E-mail (required) URI Your Comment Notify me of followup comments via e-mail
MSI Wind Sales Soaring Toward 700,000
Wired: Gadget Lab —
... And if that isn't enough to convince Steve Jobs, Taiwanese company Asus expects to sell 5 million of its trendy Eee PC netbooks by the end of the year. ...
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