Acer will not issue an equivalent iPad
February 2, 2010 – 10:56 pm
After the release of Internet Tablet Apple iPad some manufacturers announced plans to release similar products. Among them are listed as ASUS and MSI. However, according to Acer president Scott Lin (Scott Lin), his company is not going to release similar devices. He also noted that Acer able to develop such internet tablets, in technical terms, this is not a difficult task, but their production does not fit into the existing business model. It is noted that Apple could provide support iPad ecosystem through iTunes, and other manufacturers, including those from Acer, has a comparable experience in creating similar online stores, said Lin.
Historically, proprietary platforms that are usually limited in extent and occupy a niche market. At the same time Apple is building its business is on the creation of such niches, which means time to market with the original device, a simple copy of which other producers can not repeat the same effect on the market.
On According to Lin, Acer in the near future intends to concentrate all their efforts on the development and manufacture of laptops and netbooks, which are gradually becoming more popular. Thus, in 2010, Acer plans to occupy about 50-60% market share of traditional full-size notebooks, 20-30% of the market ultrathin laptops and about 20% of the market netbooks passes ITC.ua. Also this year, Acer, intends to actively promote the market as the main products are thin notebooks, the thickness is less than 2 cm In addition, Lin noted that in 2009, Acer sold about 31 million laptops.
