华硕正在打造9寸触摸式屏幕Eeee PC笔记本电脑？

Linux公社消息:据国外网站报道,华硕将要打造采用WiMAX技术的Eeee  PC笔记本电脑，而且会推出8寸和9寸的Eeee  PC，但是目前不会有10寸的哦。然而电子时报的新闻透漏，从面板厂商的消息得知，下一代的Eeee  PC有8寸9寸和10寸三种版本，且9寸屏幕的 eeePC 将会有“四线阻抗”的触摸式屏幕，这么看来搭载触摸屏幕的Eeee  PC是有希望的，增加触摸能的成本是15块美金，到消费者的时候通常多5倍，所以要多到75块美金，约人民币 560 元。

我们不知道，当Eeee  PC一直增加功能和面板尺寸的时候，价格方面要拉到多少钱才是使用者内心可以负担的基准，我想这是华硕想要在2008年卖掉400万台Eeee  PC，定价将是关键中的关键，而非是功能。

Touch panel component makers sampling for future Eee PCs

Sources at touch panel and related component makers have revealed that companies are currently having their products undergo sampling with Asustek Computer in bids to win orders for next-generation Eee PCs which are set to launch later this year.

The second-generation of Eee PCs will support panel sizes of 8-, 9- and 10-inch, the sources said, of which, the 9-inch panel versions will feature a touch panel.

The 9-inch touch panel-equipped Eee PCs will adopt four-wire resistive touch screen technology. The expected bill of materials (BOM) to add touch panel functions is under US$15 , the sources said.

Although the list of panel partners for the new-generation of Eee PCs has not been finalized, the sources said Asustek will give preference to Taiwan-based vendors. Some industry players estimate that shipments of touch screen Eee PCs will only reach several hundred thousand units in 2008. They noted that if shipments for a specific configuration are too low, not only will the benefits from production scale be limited, but also yields will be affected.

Industry players estimate that Asustek shipped a total of 300,000-400,000 Eee PCs in its first quarter of sales. They project Asustek will ship a total of 4-5 million units in 2008.