Acer was one of the first laptop manufacturers to release an Ultrabook, Intel’s answer to Apple’s ultra-thin and light MacBook Air. Apparently their 11-inch and 13-inch models have been enough of a success that Acer will probably release a 15-inch Ultrabook as well.
Supposedly a…
Care to speculate on computing trends for 2012? We already know that Ultrabooks will likely be trending up next year thanks to the upcoming availability of Intel’s Ivy Bridge processor. Companies like HP and Dell are reported to be releasing their own Ultrabook models next…
The next generation of Ultrabooks are heading our way in 2012 and we should be seeing many of them at CES in just a few weeks. According to Acer Middle East country manager Grigory Nizovsky told reporters at a recent breakfast Acer is planning an…
Taiwan’s largest gadget show kicked off over taking Halls 1 & 3 of Taipei’s World Trade Center on Saturday. Acer Chairman J.T. Wang spoke at a press conference and said that Ultrabook prices need to be reduced to about US$699 and that the information technology…
Acer has officially launched a their new 10.1 inch Android tablet the Acer ICONIA TAB A200 which will be running Nvidia’s Tegra 2 dual core platform. Initially, the tablet will ship with Honeycomb but will quickly be upgraded in January to Android 4.0. According to…
Ultrabooks have yet to take a significant hold of the laptop market, but that stands to reason, considering Intel’s Ivy Bridge processors aren’t out yet (they’re expected to be available around March of 2012). However, once Ivy Bridge is readily available, Ultrabook production will really…
Digitimes is reporting that Intel’s prepared to further subsidize the ultrabook program — $100 per laptop — in order to allow ultra-thin notebook manufacturers to compete with the Macbook Air. The money is allegedly a “marketing subsidy” this should allow OEMs can focus on building…
Samsung has recently announced that they will be leaving the Netbook Space despite leaks of Cedar Trail Netbooks. This would leave Acer & ASUS who are currently the top two players in the Netbook with one less competitor. Acer vice president Scott Lin pointed out…
An official 2 minute commercial has shown up featuring the Acer A200 a new 10.1 inch tablet we’re expecting to launch at CES. The details are still a little vague but its expected to run Android’s latest iteration Ice Cream Sandwich. It’s also rumored to…
Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer HTC is allegedly considering introducing their own products with Chrome OS Google’s cloud operating system. HTC reportedly wants to combine the advantages of Chrome and Android to create new “Internet-enabled devices,”. These devices would exist somewhere between tablets and netbooks.
Perhaps HTC…
Looking for a netbook with some extra power? The Acer Aspire One 722 has gotten a processor bump from the AMD C50 to the dual core AMD C60. Is it a significant bump? It sure is since its going from a dual core processor from…
Notebook makers who have not yet released Ultrabooks are getting ready to release them at CES 2012. HP, Samsung and Dell are the three to keep a close eye on and we should be seeing new variations of ultrabooks from Acer, ASUS, Lenovo and Toshiba. …
Chromebook’s are really on many people’s radar when it comes to holiday season shopping, but it looks like Samsung, Acer & Google are going to try to put them there. Google’s done its part by making some minor tweaks to the operating system, including a…
The ViewSonic ViewPad 7x popped up back in May at Computex as the first 7-inch tablet to run Android 3.2 Honeycomb and we saw it again at IFA 2011 in Berlin. It was supposed to hit the streets at the end of September, but the…
Acer is now shipping upgraded configurations for its Aspire S3 notebook from Amazon for $1,231. The upgrade puts the S3 Ultrabook in a more direct competition with Apple’s Macbook which also offers a Core i5 & i7 series. The S3s outfitted with the Core i7…
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