Charming Tablet PCs to be Unveiled at Upcoming Computex Show

Taipei, May 27, 2011 (CENS)--Taiwan's top suppliers of tablet PCs, namely Asustek Computer Inc., Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd., and MSI Computer Corp., will unveil their latest tablet PCs at Computex Taipei 2011, which will be unveiled on May 31.

Asustek will announce its latest product one day before the show at a press conference. Industry executives estimate the newest product shares some features with the company's EeePad Transformer, which doubles as a netbook when clipping into a dedicated keyboard and as a tablet when parting with the keyboard.

The company has recently made a splash in tablet PC market with EeePad Transformer, whose shipment volume is going up.

Gigabyte will debut its S1080 tablet powered by the Wintel architecture, which is a combination of Windows OS and Intel CPU. The tablet caters to business people with features not only for business but also for fun.

Gigabyte executives estimated new products would help boost the company's earnings throughout the second quarter, when its inventory clearance plan is projected to drive down sales for this quarter by 10% or so.

Among MSI's tablet PCs for the show, WindPad is designed by fashion design whizzkid Jeremy Scott of the United States. These tablets are either outfitted with AMD Brazos processing platform running Windows OS or with ARM Cortex A9 processer running Android OS.

This show, recognized as the world's No.2 information-communication-technology event, is estimated to create around US$20 billion worth of business this year.