Reuters: Technology News: Acer sees tablet, notebook PC shipments to be flat in second quarter

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Acer sees tablet, notebook PC shipments to be flat in second quarter Jun 19th 2013, 03:22 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Lenovo planning smartphone venture in expansion drive Tue, Jun 4 2013 Acer expects touch-screens on up to 80 percent of its products by 2015 Mon, Jun 3 2013 China's Lenovo buys and diversifies to outshine PC rivals Thu, May 23 2013 Analysis & Opinion The road to smart technology Acer laptops are displayed in a computer mall in Taipei March 19, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Pichi Chuang TAIPEI | Tue Jun 18, 2013 11:22pm EDT TAIPEI (Reuters) - Acer Inc, the world's No.4 PC vendor, said on Wednesday that it expects notebook and tablet PC shipment to be flat in the second quarter from the first quarter, versus an prediction of 0-5 percent growth made in April. Acer Chairman J.T. Wang made the comment to reporters at the firm's annual shareholder meeting. Early this month, Wang told Reuters in an interview that he expects up to 80 percent of Acer's products to have touch-screen technology by next year or the year after, hoping new tablets and touch-notebook computers will revive its sales in a PC market where quarterly shipments are at their lowest in nearly four years. Acer said its sales were 19 percent lower in the first five months than in the same period a year ago. (Reporting by Clare Jim; Editing by Kim Coghill) Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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