Tag archive: Asustek

Google’s Chromebooks are here and making quite the impression – for better or for worse. Reviews have been varied, and we personally found the Samsung Series 5 to be lacking, but regardless of any negative feedback, Chromebooks are getting some attention and Google is reportedly pleased with their launch. “We've been very pleased with the response to the Chromebooks subscription model since we launched,” a Google spokesperson… Read More

Hand in hand with its Series 3 chipset announcements today at Taiwan's Computex computer trade show, chipmaker Intel and motherboard manufacturer Asustek have announced plans to collaborate on a fully-fledged notebook PC aimed at education and developing markets, one of which would be priced below $200. The new notebooks from Intel and Asustek would be full-fledged low-end notebooks with small screens and low-end processors, but… Read More

Asustek plans to release in June a new PDA based on the 520MHz XScale chip, which Asustek officials decline to identify by name or to discuss in detail. The Asus MyPal A730 PDA runs Microsoft's Pocket PC 2003 software and offers a 3.7-inch TFT LCD. The device will ship with 64MB of flash memory and either 128MB or 64MB of SDRAM, the company says. Read the full story at PC World.