Not thrilled with CULVs either
Acer seems to have pulled the plug on its e-book plans. Acer chairman
Wang Jeng-tang believes the market is not big enough and that the
business model still isn't right, hence the company will wait to see
how the market develops.
Jeng-tang said that the company will closely follow the market to see
whether consumers embrace e-book readers and that they will launch
their own readers only once they see potential for profit.
On another note, Jeng-tang confirmed that Acer was developing a new
thin-and-light. The new notebook should be under 2cm thick, while
Acer's current lineup of Timeline notebooks measures 1 inch.
Despite the fact that reviewers all over the world praised Acer's
Timelines for their stunning battery life and value for money,
Jeng-tang said he was not thrilled with Intel's CULV processors. He
claims they offer inferior power and that they were partly to blame for
a 5 percent dip in notebooks shipments this quarter.
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