IT APPEARS THAT vendors are starting to worry about getting saddled with too many netbooks.
Rumours out of Taiwan say that netbooks using the latest dual-core Atom N550 processor are not expected to hit the markets until later this Autumn.
The reason is that vendors are less than happy about pushing netbooks while tablets are starting to come into their own.
Tablets were widely predicted to be netbook killers and in times when the economy is touch and go, vendors do not want to build up inventories of too many netbooks.
Acer’s dual-core netbook, the 10.1-inch Aspire One D255 is already set for launch in the US in early September with the release in Taiwan scheduled for the end of the month at a price below $437.43.
While Acer was the first to set a launch date for the dual-core netbooks, Asustek has not even decided on its launch schedules. Digitimes thinks that some netbook makers will wait until October or November to launch their models.
It is not as if the bigger players have not got the machines built. Asustek has already revealed its dual-core netbook, the Eee PC 1015PEM. Lenovo and Gigabyte have also both showcased dual-core netbook models.
Intel is not too surprised, though. It apparently didn’t expect Atom N550 based netbooks from OEMs to really start hitting the market until October and November anyway.
Source:http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1730204/dual-core-atom-netbooks-limp-market
