Taiwanese PC maker Acer has experienced a big year, and they are celebrating by going after every market segment they believe will be big in the coming years. A report has surfaced that has the device maker preparing to produce a e-book reader, a tablet, a netbook with Chrome OS and all of this at the same time an app store will be rolled out to service these devices.
The app store will offer “hundreds” of low-cost or free apps aimed at the cheaper netbook market. Acer believes it can leverage its strong position in this segment to push the app store into a leading source of applications for netbooks.
The company also intends to produce a netbook running Google’s Chrome OS in the third quarter. That might be news to Google as Chrome is not expected to launch until right about that time. That means Acer is already preparing its entry into the brand new Chrome OS netbook market.
Like many other companies, Acer will also produce its first e-book reader to capitalize on the hot segment. The 6-inch reader will be launched in Europe first, as Acer has partners that can be leveraged for the business.
“Amazon, Barnes & Noble; they are U.S.-centric. In Western Europe and Asia-Pacific we have publishers to work with, and most of them are content owners,” Wong said. Acer is talking to magazine, newspaper and book publishers to provide content for its device, he said without naming them.
It definitely looks like Acer is not going to sit on its position in the PC world. Acer is the second largest PC vendor in the world.

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