Acer already expressed their ambition to be the first PC maker to launch a Chrome OS netbook. Now Acer’s President of IT productions Unit, Jim Wong confirmed it to Bloomberg, while adding that the company is also planning to launch its own e-reader & App Store by mid-2010.
Acer’s App Store was also speculated earlier; Wong finally made it official saying that it will feature “hundreds” of free/low-cost apps for netbooks. The app store will support Android and Windows (and WinMobile) OS, while support for Chrome itself will be added later. This certainly promises to be a rival to the App store that Intel is cooking up (Appup).
Acer also plans to jump onto e-reader bandwagon. The 6-inch Acer Reader, scheduled for a June end launch, would then compete head-to-head with Barnes & Noble’s Nook & Amazon’s Kindle. Wong made a interesting statement saying that Barnes & Noble / Amazon are US-centric and that Acer plans to target West-Europe and Asia-Pacific regions (ah the first competitor to our local Infibeam Pi?). He also said that Acer is already in talks with newspapers/magazines/book publishers to provide content for it’s devices (no names taken though).
As for the Acer’s own tablet, Wong only kept us guessing:
"We're going to work either in the Windows world or in Google's defined OS space. We're developing something, and we will see what happens"
(via jkOnTheRun)
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