"I am not worried about Asus' new gadget. It mainly targets lower-end buyers," said Lin, adding that many companies are introducing touch-screen laptops but only a few have created quality user experience.
"It depends on the corporations' strategies. We are starting with the high-end market," he added.
In addition, Acer said it will continue to look for other mobile devices, such as smartphones, for more revenues.
On Sept 13, Acer announced the cancellation of the launch of its smartphones running a cloud-based operating system developed by a division of Alibaba Group because of "direct pressure" from Google Inc, the developer of the Android system.
Although, Acer reiterated that it will continue its cooperation with Alibaba, no further moves were taken after the incident.
"Acer was a victim of Google and Alibaba's war," said Liu Peng, an analyst at Beijing-based research company Analysys International.
Acer was forced to enter the smartphone market because the growth in the PC market is slowing but there is fierce competition, according to Liu.
The company has not given up on its plans for a smartphone business but it will be very cautious in the area, according to Zhang from Acer Greater China. "We will not add research and development investment in this area," he said.
Acer plans to roll out six smartphones - most running the Android system - by the end of 2013.
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