Asus delays Eee PC shipments

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From Digitimes -

Yen Ting Chen, Taipei; Emily Chuang, DIGITIMES Thursday 27 September 2007

Asus is now expected to further delay shipments of its Eee PCs to the end of October this year. Originally announced in June, initial delivery was supposed to be in August. It has since repeatedly been moved, the latest being the third week of September.

The major reason for the latest delay is that Asus has decided to add more software applications. The company indicated that it expects to ship Eee PCs soon, adding the launch should be no later than that of the One Laptop per Child (OLPC)'s latest plan in November.

Despite the additional software to the Eee PCs, the cost will remain the same.