Asustek Computer saw sales of its netbooks in the second quarter fall short of expectations mainly due to competition from the iPad, , according to “DigiTimes” (http://macosg.me/2/po).
The company has downward adjusted its target shipments for the third quarter to 1.4 million units, company president and CEO Jerry Shen said at an investors conference on Aug. 13. Asustek will continue to offer Eee PCs and enter the tablet PC segment with its Eee Note and Eee Pad series, he added.