Acer MAY Launch Tablet-Like Device Soon, Aims To Be Number One In Mobile Market By 2013

Gateway has built its structure around its clients, creating simple, efficient processes that reduce delays and administrative complications to a minimum. It uses a slim-line organization that has the experience and the capacity to make real-time decisions, and is accessible to partners and clients alike.

The winning formula is a perfect combination of ingredients, and Gateway has them all: high added value for this channel; low competition between partners to guarantee higher margins; one of the most simple business models in the industry; capacity for innovation and integration with future technologies; “upper class” services and 100% focus on the medium-sized business segment. 

8. Unlike many of your direct competitors, Acer doesn't have an online store for corporate customers. Is the company planning to introduce one anytime soon?

We are looking carefully at this market, but at the present time it [the market for such a solution] is really too young… 

9. Acer has aggressively supported Linux on its popular Aspire netbooks. What is Acer's stand when it comes to open source?

The Android OS is part of our strategy. We choose this operating system early 2009, because we want to be ‘open’ to solutions that can simplify users’ life. We are also taking into consideration the adoption of Google Chrome OS, but nothing has been planned yet.

Our Aspire One with Android is more than a netbook - it’s a 360° mobile device. The true revolution of the new Aspire One D250 based on Android is that it brings together the best of two worlds. 

It offers the immediacy, the ultrafast connectivity and speed of Android for instant access to web browsing, emails and social interaction together the full and reliable productivity of the Windows environment, with a simple click to switch OS.

10. How do you see Acer by 2013?

We will be number 1 in the global mobility market. That’s our ambitious goal.