Acer may have only just announced its new 8-inch Iconia A1 Android tablet, but the Taiwanese manufacturer is far from finished introducing new devices to the market.
Along with an anticipated refresh of the Iconia B1, including 1GB RAM and a dual-core processor, Acer is also readying a new 10-inch Iconia A3 tablet.
According to Android Beat, the company's Senior Vice President Scott Lin said the Iconia A3 will be due out this summer, which is also when the new and improved Iconia B1 is slated to arrive.
With three tablets helping get Acer into the game, the Lin stated the company was hoping to hit an ambitious 10 million devices sold by the end of 2013.
Acer in the hole
Those numbers may sound ambitious at first, but Lin believes Acer has a strong line-up that will be able to put up some incredible sales figures.
The Iconia B1 has already sold 1.5 million to date, and Lin fully expects the refresh to double that tally by year's end.
Coupled with the expectations the Iconia A1 can move 5 million units, and the 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 8-inch Windows 8 tablet (the rumored W3), which Lin didn't name, but did confirm would be out around June.
Via Engadget
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