Acer Founder Calls Tablet PCs a Fad!
Acer founder Stan Shih has commented that the fads for ultrabooks and tablet PCs are both short-term phenomena and urged companies in the notebook supply chain to come out with more value-added products through innovation. Shih added that Apple achieved success with iPad through its outside-the-box thinking, which is an attitude that all notebook players should learn.
Commenting on Apple bringing tablet PC and smartphone products into the PC market to compete with PC players and creating a great impact on PC demand, Shih pointed out that PCs are the base of the IT industry and tablet PCs are also developed from the base; therefore, in the future, products will still need to go through the PC platform to create even more add-on value. As for whether Acer’s upcoming 7-inch tablet PC, which is priced less than NT$10,000 (US$345), will stir up price competition within the tablet PC industry, Shih pointed out that consumers want products with low price and convenience, and these are pressures that each player will need to face.
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