Lu Bing-hsian said that Acer's new tablet will gradually replace the company's netbook to meet market demand, "tablet will replace the netbook, tablet PC is the market's development direction."
Lu Bing-hsian said that Acer's new tablet will be equipped with Intel's Sandy Bridge processor, running the Android operating system. The largest Acer tablet is equipped with a 10-inch display.
Acer will continue to produce netbooks, but production will decrease.
Lu Bing-hsian said that Acer Tablet PCs run faster than Windows laptops and have quad-core processors. Acer did not disclose any information on the tablet. But Lu Bing-hsian said that Acer's tablet is aimed at ordinary users, not just gamers.
Lu Bing-hsian did not estimate the price or output of Acer's new tablet. Acer’s first tablet PC with a 12-inch display costs less than US$1,000 and sells 200 to 300 units per month. It stopped production in July last year.
Acer says tablet PC is the development direction
January 18 news, according to foreign media reports, Acer sales manager Lu Bing-hsian said on Monday that the company will release two or three tablets in the first half of this year, including a 7-inch display configuration.