Acer may delay tablet PC launch for another quarter to wait for Android 3.0

Acer's ARM/Android-based tablet PC is expected to be delayed to the first quarter of 2011, from the fourth quarter of 2010, as the company plans to wait until Google launches Android 3.0, which will feature support for larger display resolutions, according to sources from notebook players.

Google is set to launch Android 3.0 in the fourth quarter. Android 3.0 is designed specially for tablet-type PCs and will have a minimal CPU frequency requirement of only 1GHz to help significantly reduce power consumption.

However, Acer is still expected to launch a Windows 7-based model before the end of 2010.

The company will also maintain the launch schedules of its 6-inch grayscale and 7-inch color e-book readers, which use Linux operating systems, at the end of 2010.

In addition news, Acer launched its Android-based Liquid E Ferrari smartphone on August 18 in Taiwan and the device will mainly be distributed by Taiwan-based Weblink.