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Acer Starts Selling Tablet as ‘Golden Days’ of Laptops Wane
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Acer Inc. started selling its first tablet computer as Chairman J.T. Wang hunts for new products and a new president to boost profit following three quarters of falling sales and declining market share.
Pre-orders for the Iconia Tab A500, to be sold exclusively through Best Buy stores at $449.99, begin today, with the Google Inc. Android-based device available April 24, Taipei-based Acer, the world’s second-largest laptop maker, said in a statement.