Asustek Computer is expected to see its tablet PC shipments reach a total of 2.5 million units with the addition of shipments of Google's Nexus 7, according to market watchers.
Google's Nexus 7 has already launched in the US with many channel retailers such as Wal-Mart, mostly selling out their inventories, while related orders have been increasing.
Due to Google's Nexus 7 originally being created to test the water, Google was rather conservative about placing its initial orders and only ordered about 600,000 units for June. However, since demand for the device is stronger than expected, ODMs have already started picking up their production volumes.
Asustek only shipped 1.2 million tablet PCs in the first half, but with the company expected to achieve shipments of 2.5 million units in the third quarter, Asustek's internal goal of shipping six million units for the whole year may still be reached.
Asustek expected to see surging tablet PC shipments in 3Q12
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