Acer laptop vendors will be brisk smartphone market. Although the economic crisis, Acer optimistic their smartphone able to repeat the success of products such as laptops.
At the end of this year, Acer predicts that their sales in 2009 will increase by 15-20 percent, which means profits will also increase to 25-30 percent. From those predictions, Acer expanded wings go with the smartphone. They were optimistic, in the first quarter of 2009, smart phones may have thrown them to the market.
Acer desire to 'join' in the smartphone industry can be successful when they join the smart phone company based in Taiwan, called E-Ten Information System. The process itself has completed the acquisition of September ago.
Acer sure if the time of their launch smartphone is the first quarter of 2009. With the start of Western Europe and Russia followed in other areas. Therefore, the DigiTimes reported on Tuesday (7/12/2008).
However, there are still confusing statements that appear from Acer CEO JT Wang, who recently said that the launch will be conducted at the latest at the end of 2008, simultaneously with the negotiation process with the Acer global provider of wireless services.
Comments by Wang as Acer itself, with a clarification if they will officially launch the products in the first quarter of 2009, although it did not provide details on specific areas where.
Acer discussed with the desire to enter this market, Wang said firmly with this becomes the main driving factors of growth for the company within three to five years into the future. Acer also has plans to add staff in the mobile phone division to reach almost 500 people, including the 200 who transferred from the division's R & D E-Ten.
