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Confidence and ambition don’t seem to be things in short supply at Acer, at least as far as Netbooks are concerned.

Acer president Gianfranco Lanci stated a few days ago that Acer shipped around 2.4 million Netbooks in the third quarter of 2008 and that demand for the Aspire One continues to climb in the US market. Therefore, he expects the company to surpass its 2008 Netbook goal of 5-6 million units shipped.

Acer has been making optimistic noises like that ever since the Acer Aspire One was released so it is not big news anymore, and the critically acclaimed device is priced low enough that it has been the surprise winner of this season’s “Most Successful Netbook” sweepstakes. However, the really impressive statement Lanci prognosticated that in 2009, the global Netbook market will increase to 30-35 million units shipped from all vendors, and that Acer is in position to claim 40-50% of that market! Fifty percent of the Netbook market will be quite an impressive feat by Acer and I admit I am dubious, now that Lenovo and LG are in the space as well and #1 PC producer HP’s Mininote prices are rivaling the Aspire One.

2009 will be an exciting year for Netbooks. I am looking forward to see what tricks Acer has up their sleeve for the Aspire Two in order to meet that 50 percent of all Netbooks sold goal.

(Source – Digitimes)