What happens when you don’t keep taking the (right) tablets!

You take massive write downs and close businesses! Two more indicators of the parlous state of the consumer electronics market hit the wires this morning. Reuters reported that Acer has slashed its full-year shipment target for tablets by almost 60% and expects lower notebook shipments. This comes just two weeks after it announced a $150m write-off of dead kit in the channel. Meanwhile, the FT reports that US mega-electronics retailer Best Buy is considering closing its 11 UK stores, opened in a JV with Carphone Warehouse, after losses trebled to £62m. Meanwhile, I have done my bit to further boost Apple’s profits and succumbed to buying an iPad. It was sad enough that my wife used to be a snooker widow. Even sadder now she’s an 'apps' widow too!