* Acer announced revenue in Q1 rose 36 percent year-on-year to NT$162.1 billion (US$5.2 billion) and its net profit increased 63 percent to 3.29 billion New Taiwan dollars (US$104.7 million); 27 percent of revenue comes from the U.S.
* Gianfranco Lanci announced that Acer will launch 4 new smartphones by Q32010, and a series of "Internet Devices" by the end of May which will run version 4.0 of its Shell user interface.
* According to Gartner and IDC, Acer now ranks #1 worldwide in notebook shipments.