Asus to launch secret killer product in June

Asus chief Jonney Shih said together with the announcement of the spin-off of manufacturing arm Pegatron that they are going to launch a “killer product“this June. The CEO is keeping mum as to what the product actually is but the blogosphere buzz points to the Eee Pad, a concept tablet device Asus showed off during CES early this year.

If it really is a slate tablet, we’ll see Asus clashing with Apple’s iPad in the near future. With Asustek spinning off Pegatron, which is rumored to be helping make the new iPhone models, they would be free to pursue this opportunity.

What I’m wondering is if this is true, how will Asus approach this market seeing that Apple already delivered a very affordable product themselves. Asus Eee PCs are known to be very tough, low-cost machines but don’t look as sophisticated as Apple’s own devices. I guess we’ll have to sit until June or wait for Asus to spill more info our way.

source Digitimes