Last August, Acer  announced plans to open an own application store. These plans are now getting more clear; the company just said it will be launching an application store mid this year:

The application store will be unveiled around the middle of the year with software to support Google’s Android platform, currently used on Acer’s netbooks and smartphones, as well as Microsoft’s Windows and Windows Mobile systems, while Google Chrome software will be added later, Wong said. Applications will be low-cost or free, he said, declining to specify a price or developer names (Jim Wong, president of IT Products division).

Acer is also launching an e-Book reader and has plans for a tablet. With launching an application store for Android, Windows and Google Chrome, Acer might be going for a device-wide store, spanning mobile phones, netbooks, e-Book readers and tablets. Intel also just launched a store for netbooks, in which Acer is one of the partners.

It will be very interesting to hear more details on Acer’s plans. We’ll keep you posted and will add the store to Appstores.info once sufficient details are enclosed.