Touchscreen-based, Windows 7 compatible Eee PC’s coming in 2009

In addition to the recent announcement regarding the Eee PC selling 4 million units, CEO Jerry Shen also confirmed a few details regarding some upcoming Eee PCs.

Without giving away all of the details, Shen was able to confirm that consumers should expect to see a touchscreen-based Eee PC available sometime in early-2009. That sounds exciting, but unfortunately, Shen did not go into very much detail about what we can expect those touchscreen models to look like, simply stating that they were exploring a convertible tablet model. Sounds like a nice addition, but we can only hope that the design is significantly improved and that we see something other than a current styled Eee with a touchscreen added.

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