Acer : 3G and Chrome will revolutionise laptops in 2010
submitted by markodonoghue on 14 October 2009
Acer chief executive Gianfranco Lanci has predicted that 3G will be standard in laptops within a year, and that Google Chrome will become a major competitor to Windows.
Speaking at The Langham in central London, Lanci said: "We WILL start to see all-day computing connectivity. When today people think about connectivity people think about Wi-Fi, but I think 3G will become standard in notebooks six to nine months from now."
While he had some words of praise for Windows 7, declaring it "a big step ahead in terms of user experience, in terms of speed, and it's the first time a new OS doesn't need new hardware," Lanci also predicted that Google would become an important competitor.
"Chrome can be a viable alternative to Microsoft's OS's for web application on different mobile devices," he explained.
It wasn’t necessarily bad news for Microsoft, but Lanci felt sales of netbooks wouldn’t come at the cost of full-blown laptops.
“There is some cannibalisation between netbooks and laptops but it’s not so big. Most of the netbook buyers are new users or are thinking about netbooks for new applications, for emailing, social networks and browsing.”
Lanci cited “big growth” coming from young people and students, “but we’re also starting to see some growth coming from SMB. If you think about business people travelling about, the netbook is a good solution.”
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Mark O'Donoghue
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