which runs on Intel’s new Atom chip<\/a>, is designed to help people make a transition from netbook to tablet, explained Kai Wang, a ViewSonic product manager.<\/p>\n“While iPad users are aimed for entertainment, our new machine has functions more than that,” Mr Wang told reporters.<\/p>\n
The device will weigh just over 830 grams (1.8lb) and is expected to go to market in the summer, priced at around $799 (\u00a3485).<\/p>\n
Also giving an early peek at their show products were Shuttle.<\/p>\n
Their tablet, the Shuttle V08, is expected to cost just $200. Company manager David Chen hopes it can soak up users priced out of more advanced tablets – most likely to be students.<\/p>\n
“It’s true iPad is popular,” Mr Chen said. “But it is impossible for Apple to take the world’s entire tablet market.<\/p>\n
“There is still room for some tailor-made tablet developers.”<\/p>\n
Slower growth<\/span><\/p>\nRising consumer interest in tablets has seen researchers predict slower growth in PC sales across the world.<\/p>\n
Gartner Research cut its sales growth forecast for global PC sales in 2011 from 15.9% to 10.5%.<\/p>\n
Acer, the third biggest computing manufacturer worldwide, saw its PC sales drop by 20% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2011.<\/p>\n
According to IHS iSuppli, 8.1 million PCs were sold in the same period for all manufacturers.<\/p>\n
Worldwide sales of tablet computers are forecast to hit 50 million units this year and double to 100 million in 2012 the Taipei Computer Association has predicted.<\/p>\n
Apple is expected to retain the lion’s share of the market with 70-80%.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n
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