Acer, now the world’s second largest PC vendor has outlined their 2010 plans in an effort to grow their bottom line even further. 2010 will be a busy year for the Taiwanese company that plans to launch several new projects including a tablet, a Chrome netbook, an E-Reader and an app store.
The coming Acer application store is expected to feature hundreds of different applications based on a variety of different operating systems including Microsoft’s Windows and Windows Mobile as well as Google’s Android and Chrome OS. Acer is anticipating that the available applications will be free or low cost and will run on a variety of different Acer hardware configurations for smartphones and netbooks.
The E-book reader is another project slated for a June launch date in five European markets. Although details are sketchy, the Asus reader will have a 6-inch monochrome display and join an already busy E-book reader market that is dominated by the likes of Barnes & Noble Nook, Sony Reader and Amazon Kindle.
A Chrome OS powered netbook is also promised by Acer to retail in Q3 2010 and there is some talk that this Acer netbook may have dual boot functionality with Chrome and possibly a Windows based operating system.
The final big project for this year is their Acer Tablet which they hope will compete well with Apple’s Tablet that is expected to be announced shortly. According to Jim Wong, president of IT Products for Acer, the Apple tablet will “provide inspiration” for their own tablet design.
Cool i guess all major companies are launching their own application stores like nokia ovi store for example