As one of the few PC producers in the world, ASUS was able to defy an industry-wide downward trend in sales with its well-received tablets,  Electronista reports. Unofficial sales figures mention 300,000 tablets shipping per month with the Eee Pad Transformer being responsible for the bulk of those sales. Sales of Motorola’s XOOM were purportedly 3x less and sales of RIM’s PlayBooks almost 2x less.

It seems ASUS took the right step when they, as one of the first, entered the touchscreen tablet market a few years ago. Let’s see how the future unfolds for ASUS. Will they become a market leader in tablets and overthrow the kingpin Apple? What do you think? Tell us in the comments!