Word: acer
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...ACER Bend with the Wind...
...Selling computers is a tough business at the best of times. These are the worst of times - global computer sales slumped nearly 7% in the first quarter of 2009. But PC maker Acer has bucked the trend. According to research firm IDC, Acer's PC shipments rose 10% in the first quarter of 2009 from the same period a year earlier, lifting Acer's global market share to 11.9%, up from 10.1% the year before. In notebook computers - Acer's speciality - the company claimed 17% of the world market in the first quarter, enough to make it the world...
...Acer CEO J.T. Wang chalks up the results to his company's willingness to adapt to unpleasant market realities. While competitors are trying to protect their profit margins by keeping prices of PCs stable, Acer, recognizing that consumers have less to spend nowadays, has been pushing low-cost computers including netbooks, shrunken portable PCs costing just a few hundred dollars. Wang says that computers priced under $500 are taking a larger share of overall sales; according to IDC, the average selling price of an Acer machine in the first quarter dropped to $611 from $855 a year earlier. "People...
...largest computer exhibition, which is being held in Taipei this week. Manufacturers are showing off new models that, unlike previous underperforming offerings with tiny 8-in. screens and cramped keyboards, are bulking up to challenge full-sized, full-featured notebook computers - albeit with higher prices. At Computex, Taiwan-based Acer is showing off its $499 Aspire One 751h netbook, which features an 11.6-in. screen and a standard-sized keyboard. Campbell Kan, Acer's VP of Mobile Computing, says the device, which debuted in April, is selling particularly well in Europe, where telecommunications companies are selling the Aspire...
...Netbooks are refining their role as an on-the-go Internet device. "The mobile phone is always on," says Kan, "so ideally netbooks should be like this." At Computex, Acer became the first manufacturer to unveil a computer that will use Google's Android operating system, created for smartphones, that will boot up in less than 20 seconds. It will be on the market in the third quarter of this year. Taiwanese consumer electronics maker BenQ plans to launch a netbook running Google's Android operating system next year. (Watch a video about dropping your laptop from 3 feet...