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Asus has an eBook reader, video game console on ice
Liliputing —
... , or other product to promote, you ain’t seen nothing. According to the New York Times, the company’s engineers have developed some cool products that have yet to see the light of day, and which may not anytime soon. That includes an eBook reader and a Wii-style video game console. ...
Expect an Asus gaming console but not so soon
Tech Ticker —
... phones, netbooks, notebooks and in the future could be in the gaming console as well. Jonathan Tsang, Vice Chairman, Asustek said to BITS that they have a Wii like console ready but does not have a game to show its prowess.
“We have a product we think is better than the Wii but the content is complicated,” said Tsang.
The others details are scarce but if our guess is correct Asus might use its motion controlled Eee Stick or something similar to it.
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Asus Intends to Be Better Than Apple, After Besting Wii & Kindle First [TheAppleBlog]
GigaOM Network —
... , a category which Apple doesn’t seem to want to touch with a ten-foot pole, but that isn’t stopping Asustek’s Vice Chairman from talking some major smack. In an interview with the New York Times’ Ashley Vance, Vice Chairman Jonathan Tsang said that Asus has set their sights too low in the past, and that they now want to take on bigger fish. Like Apple. ...
ASUS: "Our goal is to provide products that better than Apple's"
Engadget —
ASUS might have launched the netbook era with the original Eee PC and followed up on that with wave after wave of successfully more innovative designs like the Seashell, but that's not enough for vice chairman Jonathan Tsang, who says the company's goal is "to provide products that are better than Apple's." No pulling punches here! According to Tsang, ASUS spends very little on marketing, instead preferring to spend the majority of its budget in engineering products so innovative consumers are forced to take notice. We don't know if that strategy will actually ...
Asus: Bigger Than Apple Someday?
I4U News —
... An interesting New York Times interview with Asustek vice chairman Jonathan Tsang has given us a look at what the future for Asus could hold. The Taiwanese PC maker has been one of the primary movers of the emergence of the netbook market, and now it looks like they want to bring their innovations out to the wider tech world. "Our goal is to provide products that are better than Apple's." said Tsang. ...
Asus Wants to Walk in Apple's Shoes [Blockquote]
Gizmodo —
... Of course, Asus probably sees Apple as less of a competitor than Acer, the king of netbooks. More on that little rivalry over at the NYT. [NYT via ...
Asustek Wants to Provide Products Better than Apple's
X-bit labs —
... was low-cost Asus Eee PC netbook series. Now that the company has gained brand recognition, it wants to build products that outshine those from Apple, a well-known provider of stylish systems. Our goal is to provide products that are better than Apple s. [ ] Before, we have been too conservative. We need to do better communications with the customers to let them know Asus is not only an Asian company, said Jonathan Tsang, the vice chairman of Asustek, in an interview with the New York Times . Even though Asustek does not sell trendy portable digital media players or cell ...
Asus quiere ser más grande que Apple, primer fallo: no ser Apple
Gizmología —
... En una pequeña, pero imperdible entrevista a Jonathan Tsang, el vicepresidente de Asus en Bits de New York Times, hay una frase que está dando la vuelta al mundo en solo unas pocas horas: ...
Asus e-reader device ready to go
TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home —
... “The company has polished off an e-book reader and a video game system to rival the Wii as well. Asustek, however, has yet to release either product because it’s struggling to hammer out content deals.” – New York Times, via ...
Asustek Plans To Be Your ‘PC’ Company - Better Than Apple?
The Blade by Ron Schenone, MVP —
... supplier.
Asustek, formed by a group of ex-Acer employees, plans to create more distance between itself and Pegatron in the coming years by inviting investors to take larger stakes in Pegatron, Mr. Tsang said.
I must say the Asustek is aiming very high by trying to build computers using Apple as their guide. But can Asustek build quality built PC’s that will rival Apple? You decide.
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Asus Talks Wii-Killer
Maximum PC all RSS Feed —
... According to Jonathan Tsang, the Vice Chairman of Asus, they have “polished off” a video game system that they claim will rival the Wii. “We have a product we think is better than the Wii. But the content is complicated,” stated Tsang in an interview. ...
The 'hard' bit with hardware
MacBytes.com —
... manufacture's Apple's Intel-based widescreen MacBooks and also some iPods, according to internet sources. Presumably they're learning a lot from manufacturing Apple stuff - last month ASUSTek's vice chairman, Jonathan Tsang, told the New York Times. "Our goal is to provide products that are better than Apple's." ASUSTek was founded by former Acer employees and recently formed a partnership with Garmin to release cell phones later in the year. It's a bit like saying "Our aim is to provide better products than our own Apple-badged products," but I think Tsang means in other ...
