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Asus launches Eee Pad and Eee Tablet as Apple notches two million iPad sales |
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On a day that Apple announced that its iPad had notched up sales of over two million in under 60 days from its April 3, 2010 launch, computer maker Asus announced its own answer to the iconic multi-touch notebook. Apple commenced shipping the iPad in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK this past weekend, and is slated for availability in nine more countries in July. Developers, Apple said, have created over 5,000 new apps for iPad that use its Multi-Touch user interface, large screen and high-quality graphics. Apple says the iPad also runs most of the over 200,000 apps available at the App Store.  Almost in parallel, Asus chairman Jonney Shih unveiled the Asus Eee Pad on stage at Computex. The 12-inch Eee Pad EP121 is a full-featured slate computer that can serve as a multimedia player, e-reader, compact PC and Internet device. Powered by a CULV Intel Core 2 Duo processor and the Windows 7 Home Premium operating system, it is built for multitasking – be it email, calenders, video conferences, or simultaneous work on Microsoft Word and Excel documents. It offers two convenient modes of character input, an embedded virtual keyboard and a special docking station-cum-keyboard. Asus says it can deliver over 10 hours of “smooth, continuous computing.” Asus also announced the Eee Tablet, which will compete with eReaders such as the Barnes and Noble's Nook and Amazon's Kindle. It features a 2450 dpi touch resolution screen, a built-in 2 megapixel camera and the ability to sync to a PC or notebook via USB or Micro SD to ensure notes, content, and calendars are up-to-date. |
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