"Asus shook up the industry with its $300--$600 mini notebook
last year. Asus continues to dominate the market for super small,
super cheap mini-notebooks. It may sell as many as 5 million Eee
PCs by the end of the year--far more than all other competitors
combined.
"It wasn't supposed to happen this way. Microsoft and OEM
partners Fujitsu, General Dynamics Itronix, HTC, OQO, Samsung and
even Asus have been planning, designing and building Ultra Mobile
PCs that were supposed to be so good people would pay $600 to
$2,000 for them..."
