Acer cuts Tablet Shipment Target for 2011 in Half

Acer has announced according to Digitimes that they are reducing the shipment target for Tablet PCs by 50%. Originally Acer planned 5-7 million units. Now the target is down to 2.5-3 million. Other tablet vendors besides Apple have also reduced their shipment targets recently. 50% is a rather big cut. Acers tablet cut is not all to blame on concerns on Android's ability to compete with the iPad. Acer is in the midst of a restructuring.

Acer's president Jim Wong said that the company has already shipped 800,000 tablets this year. The release of the new 7-inch tablet is supposed to let Acer reach another 800,000 units in Q3. 

Looking at the tablet bestseller list on Amazon, the Acer Iconica Tab A500 is not under the top 10. The Asus Eee Pad Transformer tablets lead the charts. It looks like Asus hit a nerve with consumers with the Transformer. With the optional keyboard dock you basically get a full laptop.

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OnLive Desktop brings the PC to tablets

Source: Berkshire Eagle Online

Sunday May 27, 2012 The touch-screen keyboard is similar, but there are a few changes from the native iPad keyboard, including the ability to use the "control" and "alt" keys as shortcuts to copy and paste. OnLive syncs eas ...
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Samsung argues 4G Galaxy Tab not in direct competition with Apple's 3G iPad 2

Source: AppleInsider

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Comcast releases Xfinity TV Player for Android

Source: Android Central

The biggest plus here is the tablet availability. Other on-demand streaming apps (hello HBOGo) are a little late with the tablet support, but Xfinity says it's compatible with any Android device running 2.3 or higher, ...
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