Acer restructured its businesses to create a new mobile unit called Touch Business Group (BG), which will focus on the company’s smartphone and tablet device activities. Sitting alongside Acer’s core PC Global Operations division, the new division will be headed by Jim Wong, corporate president of Acer; and Simon Hwang, president of Acer’s Eten Information Systems business, who has also been appointed deputy president of Touch BG.
Recently, Acer has unveiled a number of smartphones and tablets, which run either Android or Windows 7. The company is the third largest PC maker, though now expects its shipments to fall by 10% from the first quarter of 2011 to the second. Hence they’re exploring other markets and obviously want to take advantage of the existing supply chain to repeat the success in the booming smartphone and tablet markets.
We’re always looking forward to increased competition as it eventually leads to more affordable prices. 😉
[Via: MobileBusinessBriefing]