Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/08/17/asus_netbook_dip_ipad/
iPad hits Asus Eee PC sales
Netbook popularity plunges
Posted in Tablets, 17th August 2010 13:02 GMT
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Still not convinced that Apple's iPad is eating into sales of netbooks [1]? Just ask netbook supremo Asus.
Last week, it revealed its netbook sales during Q2 were lower than those it recorded in Q1, and that it anticipates Q3 sales - which includes the back-to-school sales period, traditionally a good time for purveyors of low-cost laptops - will be lower still.
Eee PC sales hit 1.6m units in Q1, falling to 1.5m in Q2. Q3's total will fall to 1.4m units, Asus said, according [2] to DigiTimes. Asus CEO Jerry Shen said the company will continue to punch out netbooks, but of course it has its own media tablet [3] - now Android powered - in the works. ®