Earlier this week, DigiTimes reported on Asustek’s woes in regards to rolling the Asus Eee PC 8G out to consumers. According to Asustek, the problem is both flash memory and battery related:
Asustek company president Jerry Shen admitted SLC NAND flash is running tight, although he noted that the shortage of batteries is more of a concern for the company.
Asustek claims that the Asus Eee PC 8G will begin shipping again in 1-2 weeks.
Today, DigiTimes mentioned that there will be no touchscreens coming to the upcoming next generation of the Eee PC lineup:
In other news, Shen also pointed out the company’s market research has determined that touch screen is not a highly demanded feature for Eee PC customers, and therefore it will suspend plans to include the option of a touch screen panel in the next generation of Eee PCs.
In addition, the Eee line will be adding a couple of new members to the family, this time expanding it radically from the 7″ Eee PC laptops we’ve already seen. The new products are: