Asus Launching E-Book Reader and Chrome OS Tablets / Smartbooks Later This Year

This shouldn't be a surprise, but Asus is looking to launch an e-book reader in a couple of months and they're going to go head-to-head with the Apple iPad with their own tablet. At Computex (June 1-5) they'll be showing off their e-book reader. That's actually all they said though so no details here. They hinted at launching a smartbook and even a tablet PC running Chrome OS in the second half of this year as well.

Update: According to Slash Gear, Asus' CEO said that this will be a "killer product." They're also assuming that this will be the Eee Pad which will be a tablet made with Nvidia's Tegra 2 graphics. We'll just have to wait until June to find out exactly what it will be.

[Computer World]
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