Acer’s first Android smartphone, the Acer Liquid, is fresh out of the gate and according to Aymar de Lencquesaing (Acer) this is the start of a long line of upcoming Android device set to launch in 2010:
Acer Inc started to sell its first mobile phone model running on Google’s Android software this week, and will introduce more Android handsets next year, the head of its phone unit said on Thursday.
The world’s second-largest PC brand entered the cellphone market this year with 10 models, with all but the Android phone using Microsoft’s Windows Mobile operating system.
“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.
As reported earlier, Acer is slowly shifting from Windows Mobile to Android, but should be one of Microsoft’s launch partner when Windows Mobile 7 finally rolls out.
Source: Reuters
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