We can expect a deluge of touch panel notebooks in the immediate future. Merely a week ago, general manger of the Eee PC division at Asustek, Samson Hu, had said that the company is contemplating touch panel Eee PCs.

Now, Digitimes’ sources have revealed to it that Asus intends to launch other touch panel notebooks, apart from Eee PCs, in the first or second quarter of 2009.

According to the sources, the said touch panel notebooks might take advantage of Windows 7. Asus hasn’t yet finalized the size of its new notebook.