View Single Post
Posts: 1,513 | Thanked: 2,248 times | Joined on Mar 2006 @ US
#1562
Originally Posted by Texrat View Post
The word "manufacture" is used very loosely these days. For example, the tablets start in Asia (Korea last time I checked) and are final-assembled in Mexico (used to be US before our factory shut down). So I'm sure the netbooks will experience something similar. Final "assembly" in the US could be something as basic as loading location-specific software or applying other value dictated by a US-based partner/customer...
That makes sense, though I call that "localization" or "rebranding". I don't think there is any MID/UMPC/netbook that is currently assembled in the United States in a way more substantial than that (but I could be wrong).
__________________
3-time Maemo Community Council Member
Co-Founder, Hildon Foundation