The headline pretty much sums up this story, straight from the rumour mill: DigiTimes reports Asus’ Eee PC business manager, Samson Hu, as confirming that the company intends to launch netbooks with touch-sensitive screens under the Eee PC brand early in 2009.

According to DigiTimes, Asus has yet to decide which Eee PC models will be given the touch treatment. However, it will apparently launch the products at the 2009 Consumer Electronic Show (CES). This takes place in Las Vegas from 8-11 January.

But that’s not all. Find out more from Hu and his Asus chums after the cut.

In addition to the touch-screen Eee PCs, Asus’s Samson Hu apparently told DigiTimes’ reporter Monica Chen that his company intends to launch netbooks powered by Intel’s forthcoming dual-core Atom processor. However, no-one quite yet knows when the dual-core Atoms will arrive.

Finally, Hu’s rather more senior colleague, Asus president Jerry Shen, told Chen that Asus intends launching a $300 Eee PC at some point during 2009. And that’s where this particular set of rumours reach their end. For DigiTimes’ original story, follow the link below.

Obviously, none of this comes as a great surprise and it’s good to know that Asus has found new ways to further dilute the Eee PC brand.

[via DigiTimes]

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