"Ultrabook laptop specifications will become the mainstream model for tablet PCs and notebooks in the next five years." Acer Inc chairman J.T. Wang said on Saturday on a press conference during Taiwan's largest gadget show at the Halls 1 & 3 of Taipei's World Trade Center. He further said that ultrabook prices need to be reduced to about US$699 and that the information technology industry was shifting its focus to emerging markets. Prices of ultrabooks right now range between US$799 and US$1,299.
"The line between laptops and tablets will become less distinct with ultrabooks entering the market this year", Wang added.
At Acer's investor meeting last month, Wang stated that they were going to start pushing Ultrabooks because they have a higher profit margin. The hard drive shortage caused by the floods in Thailand has left the company with little choice then to focus their dwindling supply of hard drives on ultrabooks.
As per Wang, "Forecasts of ultrabook sales in the fourth quarter of this year are positive and the company will keep shipment volumes at between 250,000 and 300,000 unit". He also added that, "Intel has prepared a US$300 million deal with Acer and other IT companies to help improve ultrabook sales and costs."
Wang also said that the global IT industry was shifting from developed countries to emerging markets because of slow growth in the former.
Besides markets in Brazil, Russia, India and China, Wang recommended Vietnam and Indonesia, citing World Bank economic outlook reports indicating that emerging markets with large populations had the most manufacturing and consumption growth potential.
Sources: Netbooknews, Taipei Times
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