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Fumbled Tablet Strategy Cost Acer CEO His Job, Sources Say

in News on April 1, 2011 at 9:07 am PT

CEO Gianfranco Lanci’s departure from Acer yesterday was both sudden and unexpected. What precipitated it? The company line says it was his differences with the Acer’s board of directors. But over what, specifically? Evidently, Lanci grievously misjudged the impact that tablets would have on the company’s core business.

A FiOS TV Tablet From Motorola?

in News on August 3, 2010 at 2:26 pm PT

Motorola has developed an Android tablet and hopes to launch it before the end of the year. This according to people briefed on the company’s plans who tell The Financial Times that it could hit stores “as early as this autumn.” The device is said to have a 10-inch screen and front and back-facing cameras for video capture and conferencing. And it’s rumored to be both thinner and lighter than Apple’s iPad. Beyond that, it’s main competitive advantage over the iPad is believed to be FiOS TV integration thanks to a deal with Verizon. And that could be key, since Apple hasn’t yet managed to roll out that subscription TV service it’s been working on.

2009 PC Sales Likely Lousy

in News on February 9, 2009 at 5:15 am PT

It’s nothing we don’t already know: Undermined by the worst recession in 50 years, PC sales are slowing. Drastically. There will be no double-digit sales gains in 2009. The six consecutive years of rising PC shipments we’ve seen will not be followed by a seventh. Instead, they’re likely to be followed by a decline–the first since 2001.