Jun 16 2011, 4:08am CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
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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Luigi Lugmayr
Luigi Lugmayr (Google) is the founding chief Editor of I4U News and brings over 15 years
experience in the technology field to the ever evolving and exciting
world of gadgets. He started I4U News back in 2000 and evolved it into
vibrant technology magazine.
Luigi can be contacted directly at ml@i4u.com.
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