Monica Chen, Taipei; Joseph Tsai, DIGITIMES
[Wednesday 26 December 2012]
With Asustek Computer recently announcing an end
to its Eee PC product line from the end of 2012, while Acer also has no plans to
release more netbook products, the netbook market will officially end after the
two vendors finish digesting their remaining inventories.
Facing strong competition from tablets, only
Asustek and Acer are still competing in the netbook market and are mainly
selling to emerging markets such as countries in Southeast Asia and South
America.
However, Intel will continue to keep its Atom
processors and will push into the embedded market for applications such as
digital signage and point of sale (POS).
Currently, Acer's Atom N2600-based 10-inch
netbook is priced less than NT$7,500 (US$258), while Asustek's Eee PC 1015CX is
also lower than NT$9,000.
To replace netbooks, notebook vendors have
launched several entry-level notebooks with prices from
NT$10,000-15,000.
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