This year Asus will stop producing and selling 8.9-inch Eee PC models.
This information is the news site semiconductor Digitimes (Taiwan) quoted from the President of Asia-Pacific region of Asus Benson Lin.
According to Benson Lin, in 2009 Asus will not release Eee PC models with 8.9-inch screens. The reason is that 10-inch screen netbooks have become popular and are mainstream in today's netbook market.
Asus Asia-Pacific president said in 2009, 10-inch screen netbooks will account for about 95% of Asus netbook output, while the remaining 5% will be netbooks. 7-inch model for telecom service providers.