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Acer Cuts Their 2011 Tablet Shipping By About 60%
Acer Incorporated (TPE:2353) has cut their 2011 shipment target for tablets by about 60%. They are also expected to lower notebook shipments. Acer missed their last 3 quarterly forecasts and recently they saw their former CEO Gianfranco Lanci step down in March.
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Acer Names Jim Wong As Head Of Touch Business Group and PC Global Operations
Acer has named Jim Wong as the head of the Touch Business Group and PC Global Operations. After Acer launched a few tablet devices, Acer’s former tablet lead Gianfranco Lanci was ousted. Wong is replacing Gianfranco.
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Acer Gets Into Smartphone Market
Acer, the Taiwanese netbook manufacturing company has decided to step into the smartphone market. They announced this at Mobile World Congress and unveiled about 8 new handsets. “The smartphone market is a natural direction of our long-term mobile strategy,” stated Acer CEO Gianfranco Lanci.
The first four handsets will be available in March or APril. The first Acer models will be the DX900, X960, M900 and F900. These phones will be part of Acer’s Tempo line of phones and will feature touch-screen capabilities. Last year, Acer acquired E-Ten, a phone manufacturing company.
Categories Acer, Acer DX900, Acer M900, Acer X960, Gianfranco Lanci, Mobile World Congress
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