2010 To Be "Most Exciting" In Asus's History

Taiwanese manufacturer Asus is quietly becoming one of the best known brands amongst technology buffs worldwide. We sat down with John Swatton a few ago to discuss about what 2010 will look like for the company as it promises that it will be the most exciting year ever for the company.

1. What is going to happen to the Asus/Intel WePC project launched last year?

The WePC has been a huge success worldwide.  We continue to receive a high number of suggestions from a variety of enthusiasts.  It is important that we continue to innovate – this is our ethos.  

By listening to comments and suggestions from our customers, we are in an ideal position to understand what technology will help to empower them within today’s digital world.  

The WePC project was initiated thanks to our relationship with Intel.  This relationship is important to ASUS so the WePC project will continue for the time being (no plans have been made for ending the project).

2. Late last year, there were rumours about a potential acquisition of the laptop arm of Toshiba by Asus. What are the latest updates?

ASUS can neither confirm or deny any potential acquisition of Toshiba or any other company.

3. Where is the Asus/Garmin Nuvifone phone that was first announced back in 2008 and will Asus announce any further smartphone in 2010? 

The Nuvifone project in the UK is not looked after by ASUS UK, but by Garmin.

4. Any updates about some of your more promising products (EEE family, gaming, servers etc)

ASUS’ 2010 roadmap is possibly the most exciting in their history.  We are working on a number of very interesting projects.  Some could possibly have as much impact on the IT industry as the original Eee PC. Our ethos is innovation and we certainly have no plans to sit back and watch what everyone else is doing.  Our goal is to lead.