After Computex, there has been no news about slates with Windows 7, which is rather surprised seeing how they promoted them back then. But now Asus Chairman Jonney Shih says that they will be back again at CES 2011, and promises “an Eee for everyone”. The slates will carry the “Eee” name, calling them the “Eee Slate” instead of the previous “Eee Pad”. Well I think that’s a good call, because the latter sounds like something else and not electronic.

Naturally, ASUS is also promising better performance and more flexibility than existing tablets. DigiTimes has also claimed that the EP121 (12-inch) will be targeting enterprise customers while two 10-inch Eee Pads (one with Windows 7 on Oak Trail and one with Android on Tegra 2) will hit retail as early as March for $499 to $599 for the mass market. Meanwhile, 7-inch Android models will also launch as early as March featuring either Tegra 2 or Qualcomm chipsets with at least one model featuring a “3.5G” radio for “phone functionality.” Here come the oversized phones.