2006: Acer will expand its market beyond PC

According to Acer Taiwan, in 2006, in addition to the big ambitions in the PC market, the company will also further expand the market of other products such as PDAs and LCD TVs. The head of Acer company, Mr. JT Wang, said he is expecting more than 100% growth in both PDA and LCD TV market share.

According to Wang, Acer's 2005 goal is to sell 700 thousand PDAs, six times more than last year. And this sales will continue to increase by 114% in 2006. On the other hand, Acer also hopes to surpass the 2nd place from 3rd place to providing PDA worldwide. Currently, Acer has 3 PDA series: n20, n30 and n50, all produced by Lite - On - Technology.

According to a recent study by IDC, 1.68 million PDAs were sold worldwide in the third quarter of 2005, and Acer is one of the fastest growing manufacturers. Currently, Acer is ranked third with 180,000 PDA sales in the quarter, up 421%.

For the LCD TV market, Acer plans to market 1 million units in 2007, a sizable number compared to 150,000 this year.

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