Asustek is by now place to close down its Eee PC product
line and legitimately phase-out from the IT production after fully absorbing several
outstanding inventories. Like for Acer, so far, the business has not yet ended
any strategy to open new netbook ventures, signifying that the seller may as
well plan to step-out of the market.
Even though Atom series processors will at rest be accepted
by handset and embedded products, the sources consider the two product lines
are implausible to be capable to load the break formed by the lacking netbook products
in short period due to pathetic shipments.
Asustek CEO Jerry Shen in recent times established that the
company will discontinue production of Eee PC netbooks by means of Atom-based
processors such as the N2600 due to collision from tablet PCs and notebooks, as
well as a spiky drop in demand in promising markets. Asustek plans to have its
Transformer tablet PCs fill the 10-inch mobile device market; substituting its
netbook product line.
Micro-Star International (MSI), which is buying a small
volume of Atom N2800-based stuff, also has no plans to maintain shipping interrelated
products.
Though netbook sellers were at first positive concerning
demand from Southeast Asia, Latin America and Middle East regions, as tablet
PCs are increasing rapidly and lots of government procurement orders have twisted
to tablet PC products as a substitute, order for 10-inch netbooks has go down
rapidly, accelerating the segment's way out from the IT market.