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Acer to launch A1 Liquid Android handset in India next week
Well, this is certainly a good news for Android lovers in India. Acer has been hesitating to launch its Android smartphone in India for quiet sometime. Although it launched its Android based dual-boot Aspire netbook, A1 was still waiting in line.
Today folks over Cellpassion reported that Acer is indeed bringing A1 to India next week with a retail price tag of around Rs 25,000. Keeping in mind the fact that Samsung just few days ago dropped the price of Galaxy smartphone, it is a bad deal, I would say not to go for Acer A1, Galaxy is retailing for something around Rs 16,000.
To remind you all, The Liquid runs on Android 1.6 aka Donut. Talking about specs, the Liquid has a 3.5 inch capacitive touchscreen, Qualcomm Snapdragon processor underclocked at 768 MHz and a 5.0 MP camera.
Acer to release Foxconn-made Android phone Q1 '10
Acer will release its second handset using Android operating system this quarter with the device to be manufactured by Foxconn International Holdings Ltd.
Foxconn, a subsidiary of Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., will join Compal Communications Inc. as a manufacturer of Acer’s Android handsets, Jim Wong, Acer President of IT Products division said in an interview yesterday.
via China Post
Acer Android Phones coming to India in Dec
Acer is planning to launch Android OS-based mobile devices in India next month. Acer has launched one Android phone ‘A1′ till now in global market, so if Acer is talking about multiple launches, we can expect the launch flurry to start from India. Which has become a crucial market for every device manufacturer.
A recent entrant in the Indian market, Acer is banking to find a footing with affordable Android phones, most probably touchscreen devices, among the 500 million mobile subscribers in India. The company, which has launched eight devices developed on the Microsoft Windows platform, believes Google’s mobile operating system will allow it to develop customised mobile applications that could accelerate Acer’s growth.
According to Richard Tan, Acer’s country head for Smart Handheld Business, the company intends to come to the market with products that would offer an easier way to synchronise data between devices, courtesy of its presence in both the computer and mobile phone areas. He said, “We will launch devices that can sync data, files, images between computers and mobile phones.”
Tan added that next year the company would focus on developing content around the Android platform and launch up to 10 new mobile devices.
With its focus clearly on the mobile device segment priced in the range Rs 10,000–20,000, Acer is getting aggressive on expanding its retail presence.
Via Business Standard
Acer launches Android phone, says targets on track [Reuters]
Acer started to sell its first mobile phone model running on Android this week, and will introduce more Android handsets next year, the head of its phone unit said on Thursday.
The the world’s second-largest PC brand entered the cellphone market this year with 10 models. “Next year it will be much more balanced,” Aymar de Lencquesaing told Reuters in an interview.
“There is definitely momentum behind Android. The pace is faster than most would have anticipated one year ago,” he said, adding that the company had no plans to use other operating systems.
Android had 3.5 percent of the global smartphone market in the quarter ended September, compared with none 12 months earlier, while Microsoft saw its market share fall to 8.8 percent from 13.6 percent a year earlier, according to research firm Canalys.
De Lencquesaing said Acer had no plans to follow top cellphone makers, which introduce 50-100 new handsets each year.
“Our sweet spot is probably 8-10 devices, there we would feel comfortable,” he said.
The fast-growing smartphone industry has emerged as a battleground between traditional handset-makers and PC makers, with Asustek , Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo, and Dell also eyeing the growth market. “It’s a crowded market place,” de Lencquesaing said, adding he expected sharp falls in smartphone prices to benefit PC makers like Acer.
“Anyone in the PC business is used to sharp price falls. In the end the consumer wins, and it expands the market,” he said.
In a converse move to PC makers, the world’s top mobile phone maker Nokia (NOK1V.HE) started selling laptops last month.
While strong profit margins in the smartphone industry have attracted PC brands, the attraction of the low-margin computer industry, where scale is key to profitability, is less obvious.
“The PC business is a commoditised business where scale is very important,” de Lencquesaing said.
Acer has prioritised around 40 telecom operators through which to sell its handsets.
“Today about ten operators are selling Acer phones,” he said.
Acer aims to reach 6 to 7 percent of the smartphone market in 3-5 years from entering it, helped by volume growth of cheap smartphones.
“We will stick to that. It’s core to our strategy,” de Lencquesaing said. “So far we are executing more or less on plan.”
Analysts expect the smartphone market to approach 500 million units by 2014, this would mean annual volumes of 30 million-35 million smartphones for Acer.
De Lencquesaing said the company would reach a milestone of 1 million handsets sold next year.
Acer releases Android & Snapdragon powered Liquid A1
Acer, one of the giants in the computer industry, has just unveiled the world’s first Android-run Snapdragon Smartphone that can easily lay claim to being the most powerful mobile phone on the planet to date – the Acer Liquid A1. The reputation created comes from the use of the Android 1.6 (donut) platform that gets powered by an equally powerful Qualcomm 8250 CPU nicknamed Snapdragon.
Availability
Announced just in mid-October, expect the Acer Liquid A1 to arrive by November in time for holiday shopping.
Acer is giving consumers a choice of body cover colors, black, white or red to further complement its sleek fluid body that has been ergonomically shaped to look exceptionally trendy while being comfortable in your palm. There’s still no pricing information, but expect it to be within the usual affordable pricing of Acer.
Acer ditches WM to go Android way
Android Powered Acer A1 to come in Nov 2009.
Acer is marking a big shift in its development policy to switch over to Android for its cell phones. Digitimes posted a news item saying this by quoting industry sources.
It also says that half of the Acer phones in 2010 will be powered by Android OS. However, Acer’s first Android-powered smartphone, the A1, will be available in November 2009.
