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• Acer smartphone up PC maker's sleeve

  PC vendor Acer will launch its first smartphones in mid-February at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

• Netbooks won't save PC market this year, surveys say

  Netbook shipments will see tremendous growth this year but won't be enough to boost overall worldwide PC shipments, which will sink due to the global economic downturn, according to surveys from IDC and Gartner released on Wednesday.

• Acer launches laptop with Intel's quad-core chip

  Acer on Monday launched a powerful quad-core laptop at a price that may appeal to buyers on a budget.

• IDC: Netbooks keep Q3 PC sales afloat

  Sales of mini-notebooks (netbooks) and a strong Australian dollar kept the PC market buoyant during the third quarter of this year, according to new IDC figures.
  

• Acer raises all prices by 25%

  Acer has raised the price of all its products by 25 per cent as it feels the impact of the economic down turn and the cheap Aussie dollar.

• Acer netbook shipments to beat Asus's Eee PC

  Acer, the world's third-largest PC vendor, said shipments of its Aspire One netbook could reach 6 million units this year, which would edge out Asustek Computer's popular Eee PC at the top of the market.

• Acer to meet PC sales goals despite global financial woes

  Acer, the world's third-largest PC vendor, will reach a US$20 billion revenue target and sales of 30 million computers this year despite financial troubles in the U.S., high energy prices and rising inflation, company executives said Friday.