22.01.2010 16:35 Uhr, Quelle: Engadget

ASUS' Jonney Shih talks tablets, Chrome OS and the (eventual) demise of netbooks

We've gotta say: after witnessing the ASUS press event at CES this year, we have a whole new love for the company and its outspoken Chairman, Jonney "megatrend" Shih. The man, myth, legend recently sat down with Silicon.com and talked a bit about his own brand of the future. Apparently ASUS has slate PC prototypes in its labs, along with netbooks running Android and Chrome OS, but there's nothing he's convinced is ready for market yet. For slates specifically, "Content is still not attractive enough today to the customer," according to Shih. He expects there to be content stores from Apple, Google and Microsoft to obtain content tailored to touchscreen tablets, and plans on waiting until there is such a compelling use case before bringing something to market (t

Weiterlesen bei Engadget