Looks like Asus Eee PCs will force the prices of the UMPCs and Laptops to be lowered. With the price advantage that they have other manufacturers are worried about the market.
According to DigiTimes Systems
…With its price advantage, Asustek expects its Eee PCs to make headway into the consumer notebook segment starting the second half of next year, with total shipments of Eee PCs to top three million units for all of 2008, company vice president Jerry Chen has said. Asustek plans to start delivering the low-cost notebooks in the latter half of this month…
…Intel’s planned introduction of its Menlow-based mobile Internet devices (MIDs) is likely to be adjusted, and Samsung Electronics, which has been following Intel’s steps to develop UMPC, would also be affected, the sources contended…
Asustek Eee PCs to push down ASPs of notebooks, UMPCs and other portable digital devices, say sources [DigiTimes]
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