While Asus may have been showing off a range of new netbooks over the past few weeks, we won’t be seeing any of these products until the second quarter. Asus are facing a variety of issues which has resulted in their profit forecasts being lowered.

Q4 of 2008 proved to be a disappointing time for Asus with sales down, unfavourable exchange rates and inaccurate pricing strategies. Analysts predict that due to the move from 8.9 inch netbooks to 10 inch netbooks, the gross margin for Eee PC is expected to be weak during the first quarter. These concerns arise from the aggressive pricing strategy of HP and Acer.

Asus plan to tackle their inventory problems and bring it back under control before netbooks, laptops and other EeePC series products are released.

Via: Liliputing & Taipei Times

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