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First Windows Phone from Acer: Allegro

Published on: 8th November, 2011

The Allegro smartphone of Acer is the first Windows Phone of the company. It has been confirmed for the market in European countries by its maker. The phone is known as the W4 before its arrival to India and will be sold as a low-cost handset. A unique characteristic of the new device is its [...]

Acer’s Iconia Tab A100, designed for women, to be launched in May

Published on: 18th April, 2011

The so long discussed Iconia Tab A100 from Acer could finally be getting close to a release. Part builders have recently said that the smaller Android 3.0 slate could be launched in late April or May. The design benefits from the same Tegra 2 processor and dual cameras as the 10-inch A500, but both a [...]

Acer’s dual-touchscreen Iconia Touchbook ready for pre-order in the US

Published on: 1st April, 2011

A few days ago, Acer got into details of its Iconia Touchbook launch in the United States. The 14-inch dual-touchscreen notebook would ship in a single configuration at a price of $1,200. The Iconia-6120 notebook will be equipped with an unnamed Core i5 processor, perhaps the pre-Sandy Bridge, a 640GB hard drive, 4GB of RAM, [...]

Acer expects its netbook sales to rise while others give up due to iPad

Published on: 26th January, 2011

Acer hopes to preserve its sales of netbooks as other companies could fail first, according to Scott Lin, Taiwan president of the company. Some competitors drop out this year and Acer’s netbook shipments could fill the empty places. Lin also said that the market was stable at about 30 million units this year and even [...]

Acer aims to beat Apple in tablet devices in the following 2-3 years

Published on: 15th December, 2010

Gianfranco Lanci, Acer’s CEO, participating at a question and answer session following a tablet unveiling, said that his company aimed to overtake Apple in tablets not later than two or three years. His estimation is for Acer to have 10 to 20 percent of the category in a short time after launch and later on [...]

Acer says netbooks will not die thanks to prices dropping to beat iPad

Published on: 5th October, 2010

President of Acer Taiwan Scott Lin said in a press conference that he expected netbooks to survive the offensive of tablets like the iPad in spite of general belief. He said that the dual-core Atom N550 would support the category as it provided fifty percent more performance keeping the price reasonable and giving users enough [...]

Acer said Apple devices were “mutant viruses”

Published on: 13th September, 2010

Stan Shih, Acer’s creator, characterized Apple’s products as being “mutant viruses” needing to be cured. Steve Jobs’ insistence on creating revolutionary hardware is seen by Shih as producing rampant growth, but a short-term one, for devices like the iPhone and iPad. According to Acer’s official, the approach may be initially successful, but it can be [...]

Gartner Research shows Mac sales at 24 percent in US, more than industry average

Published on: 22nd July, 2010

A report recently published by Gartner Research says that US Mac sales in the second quarter have reached 24 percent, which means 1.7 million units. This is outpacing the average of the industry. Gartner analysis places the domestic market share of Apple at 9.8 percent, which is higher than the 8.8 percent estimated by IDC. [...]

Apple credited with 8.8 percent US computer share and is closer to Acer

Published on: 18th July, 2010

Apple is closer to Acer’s third place in the United States computer market, as IDC estimates. Apple claims now 8.8 percent of market share and is ranked fourth, after a growth situated above the average year-over-year rate. It has 1.62 million Macs. Acer is third but has dropped from 12.3 percent to only 11 percent. [...]

Acer will launch its 7- and 10-inch Android tablets in fall

Published on: 18th July, 2010

Acer will begin to sell its 7-inch tablet as well as the previously not mentioned 10-inch version in the fall, according to sources from the notebook industry. As expected, ARM hips will be used and Android will be the operating system. The company is now negotiating with cellular providers the marketing and eventual subsidies for [...]

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