PC giant tablet PC prices to be detonated

Driven by the iPad, PC giants such as Acer, Lenovo, Dell, and Asus have been involved in horizontal-board computers, and Samsung, Motorola, LG and other mobile vendors have not shown weakness. In the face of the impact of the Apple iPad, PC industry giants have finally begun to expand. Counterattack." The "hundred flowers" of tablet computers may soon trigger a price war.

Sources revealed to the "First Financial Daily" yesterday that Acer China will use the tablet PC to promote new growth. "It will be released in Beijing on the afternoon of the 15th." The source said.

Wang Zhen, chairman and CEO of Acer, set the tone for this strategy a few days ago: On the 7th, he hosted a briefing session for investors on the shores of Lake Lugano in Switzerland. The theme was specifically defined as “Towards the leadership of mobile terminals. "The Road to the People," stressed that if the Tablet PC shipped smoothly this year, it will be able to recover the behind schedule.

The PC leader known as the "Wang Cannon" stressed that Acer will not deliberately rush, will focus on the value of tablet computers, and will increase investment in R & D. It seems that in order not to be afraid of Apple for external renderings, last week, Acer deliberately announced in the United States that it will launch the Honeycomb Tablet PC on the 24th of this month and the price will be US$50 lower than the minimum configuration version of the Apple iPad 2.

Lenovo's actions are more intensive. After releasing the Le Pad product in Shanghai at the end of last month, Lenovo once again released a signal to the outside world to pass on its tablet strategy “more abundant than Apple”.

Lenovo did not put all its resources on open source operating systems. It announced yesterday that in June this year, the new tablet will be available worldwide. In addition to the Android version, it will also release a version of Microsoft's Windows, and in terms of naming is also associated with Le Pad. There are differences.

"We will also launch tablet computers for enterprise users and integrate Thinkpad's business features." Yesterday afternoon, Lenovo Group spokesman Chen Danqing told this newspaper that this is only the beginning. Lenovo's mobile Internet product strategy plans are more abundant than these. Much more.

Yang Chao, vice president of Dell Global and president of Greater China, also revealed to a number of media in Beijing last week that the Dell Streak tablet will be listed in China this month.

Asustek, who previously dug netbooks, is also in full swing. The company's Shanghai sources revealed that there should be tablet products launched in China by the end of this month. Just a few days ago, the Motorola Xoom was just sold in China.

Temporary advantage of the above manufacturers may be the price, their new flat-panel products are basically lower than the Apple iPad 2 price.

These PC giants followed Apple's push for tablet computers. Even if they have a price advantage in the short term, they may not be able to overtake their opponents in terms of core competitiveness. Although Apple also sells hardware terminals, its core competitiveness lies in the online service platform behind it. As of now, in addition to Lenovo’s rapid promotion of its “app store”, other PC companies have no mature plans. The number of Apple App Store software downloads has already exceeded 10 billion times.

Analysts believe that if an application model cannot be established as soon as possible, these swarming tablet computers may fall into a price war in the coming year. "Like the 2009 netbook market."