By Ed Silverstein TMCnet Contributor
Years after giving the world the netbook, Asustek has emerged the latest computer company to unveil a tablet PC, in an effort to compete with Apple’s (News – Alert) highly successful iPad computer.
Asustek said this week before the start of the Computex trade show in Taiwan, that the tablet PC, known as the Eee Pad, will start selling in the first quarter of 2011, and it will feature a touch screen and use Intel (News – Alert) Corporation’s core processor, according to The Wall Street Journal.
The Eee Pad, operating on Windows 7, marks one more manufacturer using a Microsoft (News – Alert) software product, as Microsoft continues to compete with Apple for market share.
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