Taiwanese giant hit by move away from netbooks, but remains committed to the form-factor.
Acer reported its first ever quarterly loss this week, but its chairman J.T. Wang described this as a "correction period".
He expects tablet mania to recede, and for interest in notebooks to revive. Previously Acer's chairman had forecast the iPad's market share would fall to as low as 20 per cent of the tablet market. But recent figures put it as high as 69 per cent.
Acer 's net loss was $234.3 million - double the amount analysts were expecting. It doesn't expect to post a profit this year because of inventory adjustments, falling demand for notebooks and a weakening global economy.
Its' been a miserable few quarters for Acer, which went from global number two in PC shipments, to fourth spot behind Dell, Lenovo and HP (according to IDC).
And the firm has barely made a dent in the smartphone space, launching a range of ignored and derided Windows phones in 2009 and unveiling similarly undistinguished Iconia Android devices at MWC this year.
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