ASUS CEO Jonney Shih confirmed in an interview with Forbes that his company is planning to release “at least two” tablet PCs in the coming months, confirming rumours that go as far back as 2008. Shih remarked that there is a niche for iPad-like tablets:
“Netbooks are the best combination of personal computing and cloud computing. But between netbooks and smartphones and e-readers, we think there will be a space for something like a tablet or slate PC.”
One tablet will likely run Google software (Android or possibly the upcoming Chrome OS) while the second will use Microsoft Windows. Shih also recognized the importance of content and promised that the Google tablet would have “a lot of media.” Does Shih have something different in mind for the Windows version?
ASUS could unveil its new tablets at the upcoming Computex trade show in early June.