Asustek has established itself as a major netbook manufacturer with its Eee PC range. However, due to the fierce competition on view in this vernal segment, Asus will have to constantly make useful additions to the Eee PC range to stay in command.

This is exactly what it plans to do. The first quarter of 2009 might witness the launch of the first of the touch panel Eee PCs. The touch-sensitive netbooks might be displayed at CES 2009, according to Samson Hu, general manager of the Eee PC division at Asustek.

Hu promised that the company will begin shipping Eee PCs with dual-core Atom processors as soon as the processors arrive in the market. Also on the cards is a cheap SKU with a price tag of around $300.

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