Acer Plans to Launch $99 Tablet
According to a person with direct knowledge of the project, as referred by the Wall Street Journal, Acer is planning to launch an Android tablet priced around $99 early next year.
At seven inches with a 1024 x 600 resolution screen and 1.2GHz dual-core processor, the so-called Iconia B1 tablet will have somewhat similar specs to Amazon Kindle Fire and the Barnes and Noble Nook Color. But Acer plans to undercut those best-selling tablets' $139 price tag by offering the Iconia B1 for around $99, the person said. The final shelf price will be determined country-by-country.
The blue-edged Acer Iconia B1′s pictures surfaced this month on a Serbian forum. They were confirmed as authentic by a person familiar with the project.
Aside from the Iconia B1, another person with direct knowledge of Acer's tablet products said the company is also planning to launch a low-priced version of its Intel-based Windows 8 tablets early next year, as its current ones are "too pricey".
Source: The Wall Street Journal
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