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Summary: Acer tells his investors that it plans to build more devices running Android or Chrome OS. That would be at the expense of the number of produced Windows PCs.

By Rowald Pruyn | August 9, 2013

 

The Wall Street Journal reports that Acer plans this Thursday hinted during a conference call with investors.

According to the newspaper wants the Taiwanese company are ‘non-Windows business’ expanding rapidly, so Android phones by the end of the year 10 to 12 percent of sales should be included.

“Android is very popular with smartphones and tablets to dominate … I also see a new market for Chromebooks,” said Acer chief executive Jim Wang.

The Iconia A1, one of the Android tablets that Acer out of trouble to help.

The company showed again disappointing figures in the second financial quarter, with an operational versions of EUR 15.3 million (EUR 8.5 million after tax). How different things were in 2012: when the company recorded in the same period are 10.8 million net profit in

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Acer said include the prices of DRAM memory underlying the loss, but clearly also in Windows found a scapegoat for its disappointing sales.

“For the PC industry, I see no light at the end of the tunnel,” said Wang from investors. “First we need to strengthen our market share and protect our market base. By tablets and smartphones in the right way off hands, we are preparing for the day after tomorrow. “

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About Rowald Pruyn

Rowald undeterred by the millions trojans and rootkits that Windows users engulf many years. So he writes regularly about the most diverse security news and with his background as a software tester, he sometimes had most programs already in progress. As an experienced Windows user he follows all Microsoft closely, though he has been using Internet Explorer no longer.