Summary Acer said its sales were 19 percent lower in the first five months.
(Reuters) - Acer Inc, the world s No.4 PC vendor, said on Wednesday that it expects notebook and tablet PC shipment to be flat in the second quarter from the first quarter, versus an prediction of 0-5 percent growth made in April.
Acer Chairman J.T. Wang made the comment to reporters at the firm s annual shareholder meeting.
Early this month, Wang told Reuters in an interview that he expects up to 80 percent of Acer s products to have touch-screen technology by next year or the year after, hoping new tablets and touch-notebook computers will revive its sales in a PC market where quarterly shipments are at their lowest in nearly four years.
Acer said its sales were 19 percent lower in the first five months than in the same period a year ago.
