In spite of big demand for tablets, Asus is developing a $200 netbook, which is going to have Android platform or run Chrome OS.

Asus is known as a budget laptop maker, so the company is good at job of this kind.As the tablet market grows with iPad at the head, the market of netbooks shrank a bit. But Asus is not going to give up. With 10’’ screen the laptop is going to cost from 200 to 250 dollars. The launch of the gadget is appointed on June. It is going to work only on some Google OS.  Experts do not estimate the market of low-powered netbooks high, but if the price is so low it will provide the company with advantage because all tablets are sold at a price over 300 dollars.

Chrome OS was released 2 years ago but netbook based on this operating system has not been launched yet by the partners of Google such as HP, Lenovo, Asus, Toshiba.The Chrome OS needs low computing power and is meant for online data storage.

It was created for peripheral gadgets, and is not intended to be an alternative to computer used for all purposes.The iPad 2 is the cheapest at present with a price tag $500 (although one can buy earlier model even cheaper). Motorola Xoom, running on Android, costs $600. Under the circumstances if a netbook costs 2 times cheaper, then it is a sure thing to become a successful model.