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Acer announces S5 “thinnest” ultrabook, full HD 1080p tablet and more

, Jan 8th 2012 Discuss [0]

As the opening press conference of CES 2012, Acer released a a ton of information on their line of portable electronics coming in the next six months. Ultrabooks are the order of the day with 14 and 15-inch versions of their current S3 model, plus a new S5 model that' they're calling the thinnest ultrabook yet. Ther'es also the rumored full HD Iconia Tab android tablet, with a full 1920x1200 resolution. Read The Full Story

Acer teases 1080p quadcore Iconia Tab A700

, Jan 8th 2012 Discuss [0]

Acer may have spent most of its time talking ultrabooks at CES 2012 today, but the company also had a quick surprise for tablet fans: a new quadcore slate to take on ASUS' Transformer Prime. Briefly flashed before the assembled press - just giving us time to shoot off a picture - and then whisked away once more, the unnamed Iconia Tab, which we're guessing is the rumored A700, apparently has not only four cores but a Full HD 1080p display. Read The Full Story

AcerCloud adds Android remote access to Acer PCs

, Jan 8th 2012 Discuss [1]

Acer's new ultrabooks - the S5 and Timeline Ultra - also get some glue to hold them together, in the shape of the AcerCloud, the company's new remote access and sync service. Taking advantage of the Acer Always Connect wake-on-WiFi system in the new notebooks - and, Acer says, to be included on all its new consumer PCs from Q2 2012 - the AcerCloud system allows you to remotely boot your computer from standby/hibernation and access files and multimedia on it. Read The Full Story

Acer Aspire Timeline Ultra: DVD-toting ultrabooks with 8hr battery

, Jan 8th 2012 Discuss [0]

Acer's Thunderbolt-toting Aspire S5 isn't the company's only ultrabook of the day; there's also the Acer Aspire Timeline Ultra, a pair of 14- and 15-inch models with 8hr battery life. Just 20mm thick, despite packing in an optical drive, the two new Timeline Ultra notebooks run Intel Core processors paired with a range of SSD and HDD options. Read The Full Story

Acer Aspire S5 ultrabook: 15mm thick plus Thunderbolt

, Jan 8th 2012 Discuss [0]

Acer has revealed the Aspire S5, apparently the world’s thinnest ultrabook at just 15mm at its thickest point, and offering a high-speed 20Gbps Thunderbolt port. The 13.3-inch ultraportable resumes from standby in 1.5s, Acer reckons, and there’s Acer Always Connect to collect social network and email messages while the Aspire S5 is in standby mode; alternatively, you can remotely wake the notebook from your smartphone.

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Acer Iconia Tab A200 hits January 15 for $330

, Jan 5th 2012 Discuss [4]

Acer has officially launched the Iconia Tab A200 in the US, the company's latest Android slate, set to hit shelves on January 15 from $329.99. Announced in Asia last month, the Acer Iconia Tab A200 runs Android 3.2 Honeycomb on a 1GHz Tegra 2 chipset, paired with 8GB or 16GB of storage and a 10-inch 1280 x 800 display. Early adopters are promised an Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade in February. Read The Full Story

Acer and Lenovo to jump on Wintel tablet

, Jan 2nd 2012 Discuss [1]

Acer has been making some changes to its lineup with the killing of much of its current lineup. One thing that Acer was clear on is that it will not be leaving the tablet market. It's easy to forget when you talk tablets that Android isn’t the only tablet OS around. The new Windows 8 tablets are expected to show up later in the year. Read The Full Story

Acer Aspire One D270 arriving with Intel Cedar Trail

, Dec 30th 2011 Discuss [3]

The Acer Aspire One D270 netbook sports Intel's latest Cedar Trail based Atom processor and has already surfaced in the online product listings of some European retailers. The netbook will be one of the first to run on the Cedar Trail chip, of which also include a lineup of netbooks from ASUS and Samsung. Read The Full Story

Acer Iconia Tab A700 continues Android ICS drive with NVIDIA Tegra 3

, Dec 30th 2011 Discuss [6]

There's a whole mess of tablets coming in 2012, and if what Acer is presenting already in leaked photos is any indication, their Iconia Tab A700 10-inch tablet is just one tip of the iceberg, with it's NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core processor and Ice Cream Sandwich putting it in the running for world's greatest aside the ASUS Transformer Prime. There's no way to gauge if this machine will stand up the tests its predecessors the A500, A501, and A100 were subject to, but by the looks of it, Acer's certainly stayed the course with design sensibilities on the outside. Look for this device to appear at CES 2012 aside its A200 brethren without a doubt. Read The Full Story

Acer isn’t leaving tablet market according to founder

, Dec 28th 2011 Discuss [0]

Acer's founder has stepped up and denied the rumors that have been circulating that the company will be leaving the tablet market. Acer's founder Stan Shih has come forward and denied those rumors. Shih said that while the tablet market for Acer has been difficult it is not abandoning the market. Shih likened the process Acer is going through right now to the same teething issues the company had when it entered into the notebook market. Read The Full Story

Acer 15-inch Ultrabook in the works

, Dec 21st 2011 Discuss [0]

If you like the thin ultrabooks that are starting to hit the market in greater numbers, but want a larger screen keep an eye on Acer. Acer is reportedly set to launch a new ultrabook that packs a 15-inch screen. At the start, Acer was only offering ultrabooks with smaller 11-inch or 13-inch screens. The sales have apparently been good enough that the company is now ready to step into the larger screen market. Read The Full Story

Acer trims 2012 range by two-thirds, predicts Wintel besting Apple

, Dec 15th 2011 Discuss [2]

Acer's chairman has announced some big changes for the Acer line up in 2012. The company will be cutting its product line back significantly with a reduction of its line by two-thirds. That reduction will come after a reported full evaluation of the entire Acer product line. Presumably, the products cut will be those that aren't popular any more. I wonder if any of the Andorid tablets Acer is offering will meet the axe. Read The Full Story
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