Acer, Asus Expecting Strong Demand For Tablet PCs

Taiwanese manufacturers Asus and Acer are gearing up for a higher demand that is expected of Android tablet devices this year. Both have expressed confidence of being able to ship no less than 10 million of these in 2013. Analysts are also predicting a sharp increase in demand for low cost tablets, something corroborated with a mad rush among manufacturers to launch low cost tablet based on the Android platform. Acer has already launched the Acer Iconia B1, two versions of which will be available priced at $150 and $179 respectively. Asus already tasted success with the Nexus tablet devices in the low coast segment and has also launched a budget tablet of its own in the form of the MeMO Pad range. On offer is a 7 and 10 inch version priced competitively at around $195 and $300 respectively. Among the other biggies in the business that has joined the tablet segment include HP that recently launched the Slate 7 priced affordably at just $179. Lenovo also has established as the second biggest tablet vendor in the US primarily on the back of budget priced tablet devices. Summing up the market mood, Acer CEO J.T. Wang said, “The market is mature, and it’s a good opportunity for Acer and other players too.” The general approach with the new range of budget tablet is to cut corners on offering fancy features like a high end camera while ensuring decent to even  good levels of performance. This will ensure the tablet PCs will make for a good buy for general computing tasks along with watching videos, listening to music, reading ebook or playing games. Acer, Asus Expecting Strong Demand For Tablet PCs is a post from: E-Reader News Send to Kindle

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