Acer responds to market challenges, cutting tablet shipments by 60 percent

After total sales dropped by 29.2 percent last month, Acer has re-evaluated their tablet plans for the year with a 60 percent decrease in proposed shipments. The massive drop-off comes after missing their previous three quarterly forecasts and losing chief executive Gianfranco Lanci earlier this year. While the reduction in numbers seemingly comes as a bad omen, Chairman J.T. Wang expects Acer to rebound beginning in the third quarter.
Acer had already reduced its shipment forecasts for the second quarter, dropping figures by 10 percent. The company now expects second quarter results to come in slightly higher than forecast. The PC manufacturer hopes to sell 800,000 tablets in both the second and third quarters. Total shipments for the year are no pegged at 2.5-3 million units, down from the 5-7 million initially forecast.
[via Reuters]

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Target Cancelling ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Pre-Orders

If you’ve already pre-ordered the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer through Target and are waiting for the Android Stork to drop that baby on your porch – don’t get your hopes up. We’ve gotten several reports from readers claiming Target sent them an E-Mail indicating their pre-order is cancelled, citing inability to procure the device from their suppliers. We’ve got yet to verify, but enough tips have come in that we’re pretty confident it’s true.

This could be great news for ASUS if Target’s cancellation is due to demand largely outpacing supply with retail channels getting their stock units axed. Unfortunately, we learned yesterday that it’s more likely to a component shortage – ASUS doesn’t have the supplies they need to MAKE the darn things. I’m sorry to say that “sure thing” pre-order is good for nothing and you’ve either got to fight your way to finding another Transformer elsewhere or set your sights on something else.
Feel free to bitch about it in the ASUS Forum. We’ve got word into Target asking about details and will report back with anything of substance.
UDPATE: Here is the e-mail users are receiving

Thank you for shopping at Target.com.
Unfortunately, the following item is not currently available from any of our sources.
Asus Eee Pad Transformer 10.1″ Android Tablet (TF101-A1) with 16GB Hard Drive, 1GB Memory – Black/Brown
We have cancelled this item from your order.
To view the current status and the costs associated with your order, please visit My Account (http://www.target.com/my-account).
Because you only pay for items when we ship them to you, your credit card has not been charged for this item.
Thank you for being a valued Guest. We hope you visit us again.
Sincerely,
Guest Service Department
Target.com
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Release Date Q2 2011 May

10.1-inch IPS touchscreen
Slide-out QWERTY keyboard
Nvidia Tegra 2
Front-facing 1.2MP camera
Rear-facing 5MP camera
Android 3.0 OS (Honeycomb)
Optional 3G

Eee Pad Transformer

$399.99 w/o Dock
Release Date Q2 2011 March
OS Android 3.0
10.1-inch IPS Panel
Nvidia Tegra 2
Front-facing 1.2MP camera
Rear-facing 5MP camera
Android 3.0 OS (Honeycomb)
mini-HDMI port for external 1080p HD video
Optional docking station with a QWERTY keyboard
Charging Time via USB: 16hrs
271mm x 175mm x 12.95mm

Reviews: Anandtech

Eee Slate EP121

$1200
12.1-inch LED-backlit capacitive touchscreen

1280 x 800 resolution & 178-degree viewing angle

Intel i5 dual-core CPU

Windows 7 Home Premium

32 GB/64 GB of SSD storage (expandable via SDXC)

Up to 4 GB of DDR3 RAM

802.11n Wi-Fi

Bluetooth 3.0

2MP camera

2x USB 2.0 ports

Mini-HDMI port

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Release Date Q4 2010

$309.99 as of 4/20/2011

Dual Boot OS: Android 1.6 (2.2 Soon) / Windows 7

10.1" LED blacklit display with 1024x600

700:1 Contrast Ratio

Tegra 2 CPU 1.Ghz Dual Core
Cache 1MB

Wi-Fi N / Bluetooth 2.1

 10.8" W x 6.7" H x 0.57" D
(275mm x 170mm x 16.5mm)

Weight: 1.93 lbs

1.3 MP Camera (front)

4 Hour Battery Life

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Viewpad 10Pro

Release Date Q2 2011 (May)

$580 Price Estimate

Dual Boot OS: Android 2.2 / Windows 7

10.1" LED blacklit display 1024x600 Resolution

Oak Trail 1.5 GHz Processor

2GB RAM 

                                                                                    Wi-Fi N & Bluetooth

1.3 MP Camera (front)

No Front Facing Camera

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Android 3.0 Honeycomb

10.1" WXGA LCD Screen (1280x 800)

1GHz Dual Core

Wi-Fi N & Bluetooth 2.1

249.1 x 167.8 x 12.9 mm

10 Hour Battery Life

2 MP Web Camera

5 MP Camera

HP TouchPad

9.7" display (1024 x 768 screen resolution)

Colors: 262,144

dual-core 1.2GHz Snapdragon CPU

16GB / 32GB of internal storage space

Wi-Fi N & Bluetooth 2.1

GPS (3G model only)

Front Camera: 1.3 MP

Size: 9.45 x 7.45 x 0.54 (240 x 189 x 14 mm)

Weight: 26.10 oz (740 g)

Battery: 6300 mAh

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Android OS 2.3 (upgrade 3.0 Honeycomb)

NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor

1024 MB RAM

7″ 2048×1200 Super-AMOLED Display

3D Display

Camera: 8mp  Dual LED flash. 

Web Camera: 3mp

Wi-Fi N & Bluetooth 3.0

64 GB Internal Memory

Tablet Specification Comparison
	Apple iPad 2	ASUS Eee Pad	BlackBerry PlayBook	Motorola Xoom
Dimensions	241.2mm x 185.7mm x 8.8mm	271mm x 175mm x 12.95mm	194mm x 130mm x 10mm	249.1mm x 167.8mm x 12.9mm
Display	9.7-inch 1024 x 768	10.1-inch 1280 x 800	7-inch 1024 x 600	10.1-inch 1280 x 800
Weight	601g (WiFi only)	675g	425g	730g
Processor	1GHz Apple A5 (2 x Cortex A9)	1GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 (2 x Cortex A9)	1GHz TI OMAP 4430 (2 x Cortex A9)	1GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 (2 x Cortex A9)
Memory	512MB	1GB	1GB	1GB
Storage	16GB up to 64GB	16GB + microSD card	16GB up to 64GB	32GB + microSD card
Pricing	$499 up to $829	$399	$499 up to $699	$799