Pioneer of netbooks, the company Asustek Computer, is planning the second half of this year to release their version of the electronic book, probably, Eee Book, and your own plate to compete with Apple iPad. According to Jerry Shen (Jerry Shen), CEO of the company Asustek, a manufacturer after the release tablet will focus on providing user-generated content .The company also intends to present its first electronic book on display at Computex 2010, which will be held from 1 to 5 June. For more information on the new devices, the manufacturer has not yet disclose.

Shen hinted at the establishment this year smart book that is a miniature laptop, a bit like a netbook, but it uses microprocessors and other components commonly used in smartphones. These devices will be able to operate on battery power much longer than the netbooks, which are produced using traditional notebook components. Shen said that Asustek this year sees more opportunities for smart book.

Last year at Computex chip maker Qualcomm with great fanfare showed smart book Asustek Eee PC with the operating system Android. According to official statistics, the appearance of this device on the market has been postponed because the company Asustek did not want to focus its resources on an untested device. In the past year have shown little smart book, and they are almost no noticeable on the world market mini-notebooks.

In the second half of this year will be an operating system Google Chrome OS, which is designed for mini-notebooks, tablet PCs and other mobile computing devices. Several Taiwanese companies have expressed interest in the new OS.