ASUS on Friday confirmed the existence of the Eee Pad and set itself up for a battle against Apple in the tablet space. Chief executive Jerry Shen said the Eee Pad would reach shops in the summer (likely late July) after an unveiling in early June and that it was being tweaked to compete against the iPad. The tablet has had its industrial design upgraded and is being developed with some cooperation from Google on the Android platform it uses, Shen said.
