Unfortunately history will remember Assus as innovators, because of their EEE. This was first cheap portable device that was was sold so much.
Actually they came last (first Nokia then Apple and after them Assus) but they crash the market and almost every one in the world has seen or even have an Assus EEE PC.
Nokia was the pioneers, but world was changed from Assus.

PS: Nevertheless I have N800, because I prefer Quality instead of Quantity :-)