Clearly that major manufacturers will not announce iPad counter products, the reason is "difference in business model"

A 9.7-inch multi-touch compatible touch screen, 1 GHz Apple A 4 processor, 16 GB to 64 GB SSD, motion sensor, etc. were packed in a lightweight ultra-thin body weighing 6.5 g with a thickness of 12.5 mmApple's "iPad"About the place as to whether PC maker companies will release antithetical products, but concerned about, it is a big maker who made it clear that it will not announce any competing products appeared.

As a reason for not releasing competing products, we cite differences in business models rather than technical issues.

Details are as below.
Acer has no plans for iPad-like product, says Acer Taiwan president

According to this article,We achieved the second largest global market share in the third quarter of 2009Scott Lin, head of the major PC maker Acer's Taiwanese corporation, said he did not release counter products that adopted the same concept as Apple's iPad.

The company is also working on products such as Aspire Timeline, an inexpensive thin notebook computer that has achieved long-term driving and high processing performance, so the technical hurdle for releasing products that adopt the same concept as the iPad is Although it is rare, Mr. Lin said that it will not release iPad competing products because it does not match Acer's business model.

Apple has established a business model to profit from iPad users other than hardware from selling content at the iTunes Store, but other computer makers including Acer operated such an online store Lin pointed out that simply releasing products that adopt similar concepts can not succeed because there is no such thing.

Although it is about the influence of iPad to PC makers such as Acer, since products such as iPad and netbook and thin notebook computer are targeted to consumers of completely different layers, if there is not much effect, Lin Mr. thinks that Acer is focused on thin notebook computers less than 2 cm in thickness as the main product in 2010.

By the way, although it is a consumer targeted by iPad, the following report does not target the layer that requires installation of HDMI port, support of Flash, multitasking etc to the iPad, rather it is not targeting their mother's generation Pointed to targeting light users like reading iPhone and iPod touch, reading e-books, checking e-mails with ease of use, and feeling that they would like to enjoy movies easily I will.

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