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engadget.com - 12/9/2008

Contract-laden 3G Acer Aspire One hitting US at just $99?

— engadget.com — These days most people wouldn't think of buying a new phone without getting a couple hundies off... in exchange for their wireless free will. But netbooks? Internationally such deals aren't altogether uncommon, but we haven't seen one here yet. That ... (more) Contract-laden 3G Acer Aspire One hitting US at just $99?

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blog.laptopmag.com - 12/9/2008

ASUS Loses Netbook Share to Acer; DisplaySearch Publishes Top Netbook Manufacters

— blog.laptopmag.com — We have been waiting for some solid evidence of the growth of the netbook market in the... past few months and DisplaySearch is finally out with it . This morning the market research company released a report on how the netbook (or mini-note as they ... (more) ASUS Loses Netbook Share to Acer; DisplaySearch ...

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digitimes.com - 12/5/2008

Several top-10 PC vendors to cut order volumes by 50% on year in 1Q09

— digitimes.com — Jimmy Hsu, Taipei; Joseph Tsai, DIGITIMES [Thursday 4 December 2008] Several top-ten PC vendors including Hewlett-Packard, Dell,... Acer and Asustek Computer are expected to reduce their PC order volumes in the first quarter of 2009 by around 50% ... (more) Several top-10 PC vendors to cut order volumes by 50% on ...

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Acer: we believe in smartphones
TamsPPC - the PocketPC Blog — ... Anyways: when Asus announced plans to flood the market with its crap, Acer had to step in. Fighting fire with fire may not be too nice, but sometimes is the only thing possible according to DigiTimes: ...

Acer to launch own brand Smartphones in Q1'09
Fudzilla — ... countries have been detailed. Acer is also trying to get some of its Smartphones in with various network operators which might be a hard sale, unless they go down the route that Asus has done recently and allow for some kind of re-branding or co-branding of the devices. In related news, E-Ten will go back to doing other devices, such as real-time stock market monitoring devices, which according to Digitimes was the core business of E-Ten during the late 1990's. More details here

Acer branded smartphones slated for Q1 2009
DV Hardware — ... DigiTimes reports Acer will release its first Acer-branded smartphones in Q1 2009: Acer's smartphone development has been driven by its acquisition earlier this year of Taiwan smartphone maker E-Ten Information Systems. The acquisition was completed in September and market watchers expected Acer-branded handsets to hit the market by the end of this year. However, Acer representatives have said that a more reasonable launch timetable would be first-quarter 2009 initially in Western Europe and Russia, with other markets to follow later. Adding to the ...