14 DAY TRIAL // When Acer released its Iconia slates, some might have felt that the prices weren't exactly the best selling point they could ever have, but it looks like Acer feels the chosen figure is well within profitable ranges.
The prices of tablets are one of the main elements that have prevented them from selling as well as their makers would like.
Of course, this goes for all of them, except the Apple iPad (to which they are all compared) and those few, recently-introduced ones, most, if not all, of which aren't really selling, so they don't count.
Then again, the Acer Icona Tab A500 is one that came out fairly recently itself, though not overly so, since it was long enough for its price tag to stir feelings.
While some do, of course, feel that the $449.99 demanded by the model is a bit steep, Acer reportedly said that the sum is still profitable for those involved.
More specifically, downstream distributors and upstream suppliers should all share in the profit, even though it undermines the pricing structure for tablets in general.
That said, the estimate placed for May at the moment is that Acer will succeed in shipping 300,000 tablet models.
On the flip side, the Iconia Tab A100, the 7-inch upcoming version, may end up delayed to the third quarters instead of the May-June time frame.
Depending on how things progress, intended shipmen levels may or may not be reached.
In the meantime, prospective buyers can more thoroughly assess their options by taking a look at the Motorola Xoom and the LG G-Slate, or the Eee Pad Transformer, which might just be the cause for the general $100 price cut for its product type.
What remains is to see if this sort of electronics really do have enough of a bearing on the PC market to visibly slow down laptop sales.