Tablet, notebook PC shipments to be flat in Q2, says Acer

Taipei: 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 JT Wang made the comment to reporters at the firm’s annual shareholder meeting. [caption id=“attachment_886149” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Acer’s new 8-inch tablet Iconia W3. Reuters[/caption] 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. Reuters