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Acer and ASUS may have new netbooks only after mid-August

Published on: 14th July, 2010

PC makers from Taiwan Acer and ASUS currently wait to sell off current netbook inventories prior to ship new products, says a recent report. Unnamed sources from the industry told to Digitimes that this would not happen until mid of August. The companies are waiting to see the reaction of the market before committing to [...]

Acer cancels the Aspire One 532g with Ion 2 processor

Published on: 21st June, 2010

Acer has canceled the Aspire One 532g netbook. It would have been the first to use second-generation Ion-based graphics from NVIDIA but the company has canceled it worldwide. There is no explanation given so far, but driver issues are incriminated. Optimus graphics switching has been used to flip to Intel or Ion graphics for either [...]

Apple – the only US computer assembler to beat industry average

Published on: 11th June, 2010

Apple has been the only American assembler of computers to beat the average for growth of the industry in the beginning of 2010. With Macs climbing 32.4 percent year-over-year, Apple gained 3.4 percent market share of total computer sales worldwide, which means the seventh place. Hewlett Packard and Dell have grown slower than the 22.7 [...]

Acer and ASUS to conquer the European market

Published on: 28th May, 2010

Acer and ASUS have grabbed large shares of the western European computer market during the first months of this year. Acer has managed to be ranked first in the continent, first quarter figures indicating 23.4 percent, while its Taiwanese rival ASUS is in fourth place with 7.9 percent versus the previous 4.8 percent. This data [...]

Acer will not show Chrome OS devices at next Computex show

Published on: 19th May, 2010

Acer has denied rumors about presenting Chrome OS devices at the Computex show next month. The company claimed there was no short-term plan for the launch of a netbook using the desktop operating system of Google. Although Acer acknowledged Chrome OS was a good product, but was not ready to assume any plans of using [...]

Wi-LAN sues Acer, Apple, Dell, LG and others over Bluetooth patent violation

Published on: 20th April, 2010

Wi-LAN has continued its practices of suing a large number of companies of the technology industry instead of using business as an argument. The suit includes major electronics manufacturers like Apple, Acer, Dell, Sony, LG, Toshiba and other 12 companies that would violate a patent related to Bluetooth use. The Canadian-based Wi-LAN accuses the above [...]

Leaked specs for Acer’s new Timeline version

Published on: 21st March, 2010

Acer may soon release the so long awaited version of the company’s 11.6-inch Timeline notebook with an Intel Core i5 CPU. The new portable, called the 1830T, retains, from its predecessor, a display resolution of 1366×768, the full size keyboard, as well as a similar weight. This new variant is a little thinner than the [...]

CULV-equipped netbook and new Acer desktops and notebooks

Published on: 9th March, 2010

Acer unveiled a wide range of new computers at CeBIT. The series includes desktop computers, notebooks and a netbook. The Aspire One 752 is a netbook that integrates and Intel CULV processor and GS45 chipset instead of the Atom component used in the current 751 model. Intel’s 4500MHD integrated graphics handle high definition playback and [...]

Acer’s D241H display gets its own small, integrated computer

Published on: 9th March, 2010

In a low-profile introduction, Acer has released one of the company’s first intelligent computer displays: the D241H. The new display is using the same concept behind the instant-on booting feature for notebooks; it also uses a Wi-Fi connection in order to load a miniature operating system. The 24-inch LCD gets basic Internet access and widget-based [...]

Acer swells its phone ranks with four new models

Published on: 18th February, 2010

On February 15, 2010, Acer presented four new phones, two Android-based and two Windows Mobile-based. The best in the series is the beTouch E400, which is the company’s first Android 2.1 phone, even if it carries only a 600MHz processor; this is way the device’s price is expected to drop below the Liquid A1’s price. [...]

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