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How big do we want our Netbook screens?
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The advantage of having a Netbook: ultraportability and compactness. The necessary disadvantage, of course, is small screen size. Asustek’s announcement that its Eee PC line of Netbooks would be expanding into the 11.6-inch range, therefore, should be good …
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Asus to nix 7-inch Eee PC Netbooks
Eee PCs on display at the 2009 edition of CeBit. For more Eee PC photos, click on the image. (Note: The captions are in German.)
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HANNOVER, Germany–Asus is to phase out its 7-inch-screen Eee PC Netbooks in mature markets, company chairman Jonney Shih said on Tuesday.
During a press conference at the CeBit technology show here, Shih told ZDNet UK that the manufacturer would concentrate on its 10-inch Netbooks, which he said customers preferred. He denied recent reports that Asus would phase out its 8.9-inch Netbooks. However, he did say that it would cut 7-inch Eee PCs–the original size for the line–from its catalog.
Asus Chairman Jonney Shih at CeBit.
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“It seems that customers prefer to have a greater screen, which also means a larger keyboard,” Shih said. “I still believe we have a good opportunity in 8.9-inch for kids, telecoms (providers) or emerging markets. The 7-inch (Netbook) is going to be phased out, although some emerging countries may still have some demand.”
Asus has previously had to deny rumors that it would remove all its sub-10-inch Netbooks from its range. In November, it said both its 8.9-inch and 7-inch Netbooks would survive with refreshed specifications.
At CeBit, the annual spring tech show, Asus showed off a variety of new and recently announced products. It offered up an Eee videophone, an Eee NAS PC, and several new notebooks, including the Eee PC “Seashell” 1008HA, which is a one-inch-thick, 10-inch-screen version of the Eee Netbook design.
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Asus’ dual-screen concept laptop
Spotted at the German CeBit 2009 show was this interesting concept piece from Asus. It’s a laptop with two displays, instead of a traditional screen and keyboard. The company calls it “a revolutionary dual-panel concept notebook,” and says the design was inspired by “ideas contributed from users from around the world.”
Using a Web site called WePC.com, consumers could submit and discuss ideas for innovative laptops, and many of the submitted ideas seem to revolve around multiple displays in a single unit.
These photos represent a stab at bringing one of these crowd-sourced ideas to life, but Asus warns that “the concept is still a work-in-progress which requires continued feedback.”
This is how Asus describes the system:
The dual panel offers a flexible working space in which users can adapt to suit their prevailing usage scenarios, for example adjusting the size of the virtual touchpad and keyboard.Through hand gestures, handwriting recognition, and multitouch, users are presented with a control surface that is both flexible and intuitive. Users can use the dual-panel concept in a myriad of usage scenarios, for example as a conventional notebook with multitouch screens, a virtual keyboard and touchpad; a multimedia hub, in which both dual panels could combine to form a larger display for widescreen entertainment; or an E-book mode in which users can hold the dual panel concept notebook just like they would a conventional book while flipping pages through intuitive gestures or by touch.
These concepts aim to bring convenience to the user through technological innovations and user-centric design.
More pics after the break. …
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