Samsung plans to leapforg Asus in terms of shipments

Acer still planning to retain the number 1 spot

Competition never ceases at netbook market. The latest news reported by Digitimes quotes that Samsung plans to overtake Asus in terms of netbook shipment. Right now Asus hangs on at the number 2 place with Acer leading the market for well over 2 years now. But with this news making rounds on the internet, it seems that Asus may soon loose its 2^nd position to Samsung in terms of netbooks shipped in 2010.

With Samsung launching many new models including Samsung N130 and N140 Intel Atom N270 based netbooks and the Samsung N510 with NVIDIA ion graphics, Samsung seems to be in full throttle to move past Asus. Samsung also plans to launch N150 and NB30 which will have Intel Atom N450 (codenamed Pineview) under its hood. Samsung plans to launch these at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) which is to be held in 2010.

With all these netbooks getting ready, Samsung plans to ship around 7 to 8 million units in 2010 with Asus trailing behind with 6 million Eee PC branded netbooks.

Meanwhile Acer expects to rule the netbook market once again with 12 milliom shipments in 2010. However with Samsung steadily inching in closer to Acer, Acer has started to feel the heat.

For Asus, it will be more or less traditional netbooks that will be the major revenue contributor in 2010 with the company making a small investment in netbook segment next year.