Asus Phasing Out 7-inch, Not 8.9-inch Eee PC

From Tom's Hardware: Asus chairman Jonney Shih reiterated that the company would shift its focus most heavily on the 10-inch offerings. Shih also denied the Digitimes report from February saying that Asus would be ditching the 8.9-inch models. Instead, it’ll be the 7-inchers that’ll get snipped.

"It seems that customers prefer to have a greater screen, which also means a larger keyboard," Shih said, according to a ZDNet UK story. "I still believe we have a good opportunity in 8.9-inch for kids, telecoms [providers] or emerging markets. The seven-inch [netbook] is going to be phased out, although some emerging countries may still have some demand."

This makes far more logical sense to retain netbook with the larger screen, especially since the physical dimensions of the 7-inch and 8.9-inch Eee PC netbooks are nearly the same.

So, Asus is dropping the cheapest member of the family, and will soon be adding what appears to be a premium 10-inch model. The 1008HA will be the the thinnest and lightest Eee PC yet for its screen size.

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