TAIPEI, TAIWAN – Asustek Computer shipped nearly 300,000 portable PCs during the fourth quarter, increasing shares in the US notebook market, according to IDC data.
 
Asustek is planning to market notebooks through Wal-Mart starting in the second quarter. It wants to increase shipments to over 1 million, compared to 650,000 in 2008. 

Acer reported notebook/netbook shipments at 1.4 million to 1.5 million for the fourth quarter, compared to over 4 million last year. US shipments increased to 57% quarter-over-quarter.
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