Acer has followed in the footsteps of arch rival Asus with talk of possible plans to launch an Android-based smartphone.
CEO Gianfranco Lanci said at the company's Q1 investor’s conference this week that Acer is “working on an Android solution for the smartphone”, according to a report by PC World.
Lanci added that the as-yet- …
Companies are more likely to pre-announce new products if they don't compete with their existing products than if they do, as they don't want people to stop buying the existing product while waiting for the new. Premature pre-announcement has killed at least one computer maker (Osborne).
Acer won't mind people waiting to buy a phone until their own is ready (all gain, no loss), but if people postpone buying a netbook, this will hurt immediate sales and not guarantee future sales (they may eventually go for competing products instead).
So "too early to say" might not mean "we don't know yet" but only "we are not telling you yet".
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Acer ponders Android smartphone
Acer has followed in the footsteps of arch rival Asus with talk of possible plans to launch an Android-based smartphone. CEO Gianfranco Lanci said at the company's Q1 investor’s conference this week that Acer is “working on an Android solution for the smartphone”, according to a report by PC World. Lanci added that the as-yet- …
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Posted Thursday 30th April 2009 09:06 GMT
Toastan Buttar
No-one except geeks cares about the tech #
It's all about user experience. If you want to beat the most popular smartphone on the market or the most popular netbook on the market, you can:
1. Compete on price (with similar functionality).
2. Compete on user experience (with a premium price).
3. If you can pull off a better user experience AND at a lower price, the world will beat a path to your door, no question.
If you can't do any of the above well, good luck with that !
Boffins are the only people who care about the underlying technology in consumer electronics.
Posted Thursday 30th April 2009 09:16 GMT
Code Monkey
"Google OS" #
Cue lots of FSFtards demanding it be changed to "GNU/Google OS".
Posted Thursday 30th April 2009 10:30 GMT
Torben Mogensen
"Too early to say" #
Companies are more likely to pre-announce new products if they don't compete with their existing products than if they do, as they don't want people to stop buying the existing product while waiting for the new. Premature pre-announcement has killed at least one computer maker (Osborne).
Acer won't mind people waiting to buy a phone until their own is ready (all gain, no loss), but if people postpone buying a netbook, this will hurt immediate sales and not guarantee future sales (they may eventually go for competing products instead).
So "too early to say" might not mean "we don't know yet" but only "we are not telling you yet".
This topic is closed for new posts.