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Acer Liquid e to upgrade the A1

Published on: 18th February, 2010

As part of the smartphone updates, Acer has recently updated the flagship model, in order to benefit from the new software. The Liquid e is intended to replace the A1 by upgrading to Android 2.1; it also gets the new software features (this includes the new web browser and some dynamic wallpapers, similar to those [...]

The first Ion 2 netbook: Acer’s Aspire One

Published on: 18th February, 2010

Acer is planning to release the first netbook to use NVIDIA’s Ion 2, despite the current phone focus. Aspire One 532g is intended to upgrade the 532h with a GeForce G 310M, which provides full 1080p video and hardware-accelerated 3D, as well as less power consumption. Intel’s building graphics are overcome into the processor by [...]

Acer to follow Apple’s example and have its own app store; e-reader possible

Published on: 31st January, 2010

Jim Wong, IT Products president at Acer, has revealed that the company will follow Apple’s example and will develop its own applications store. The portal is meant to include mobile platforms like Windows Mobile and Android and also desktop platforms, such as Windows or Chrome OS. The initial catalog, ranging into the “hundreds”, will soon [...]

Acer’s prediction: US PC builders will not survive more than 20 years

Published on: 25th January, 2010

Stan Shih, Acer’s creator and former chief, said in an interview for the Taiwanese Commercial Times that he would not expect PC makers form the United States to survive more than the next 20 years. He thinks that the tendency towards budget PCs is still valid for the next years and US companies do not [...]

Core i5 and Radeon HD 5000 inside the new Acer Aspires

Published on: 13th January, 2010

At the CES show in Las Vegas, Acer presented its upgraded version of Aspire notebooks. New processors are inside the AS5740 and AS7740 models with 15.6-inch and 17.3-inch displays. The model with the biggest performance is actually the smallest model; with Radeon HD 5650 designed for gaming and 2.26GHz core i5 processor. On the other [...]

Three CULV notebooks shipped by Acer

Published on: 26th December, 2009

Acer has launched three CULV notebooks, the 8371, 8471 and 8571, all of them with relatively high speed and 8 hours of battery life. They are all equipped with Intel Core 2 Duo processors and are weighing about 3.5 pounds, which means they are relatively light weight. They measure about 1.1inches thick. The larger models [...]

More than 50 percent of Acer handsets for next year will use Android

Published on: 24th December, 2009

A leak claims that more than 50 percent of the 8 or probably 10 smartphones scheduled by Acer to be released next year will not use Windows Mobile, but Android. The company has acknowledged that the mix of operating systems will be more balanced towards Android that has equipped only one phone in 2009. Next [...]

Acer’s Liquid smartphone currently shipping in the UK

Published on: 13th December, 2009

Acer’s Liquid Android-based handset is now shipping in the United Kingdom, although slightly behind the initial schedule, retailers Clove and Expansys stocking the smartphone. The phone, running on Android 1.6, is only available in white for the time being. Acer has chosen to underclock the Qualcomm Snapdragon processor to 768MHz while other handsets use it [...]

Ferrari One notebook of Acer for US customers

Published on: 11th December, 2009

Acer announced a few days ago it will soon ship the 11.6-inch Ferrari One notebook to customers from the United States. The Ferrari One is considered a link between full-size notebooks and netbooks. It is relatively strong, its processing power being guaranteed by the 1.2GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual-core processor and the up to [...]

Chrome OS to equip Acer netbook?

Published on: 5th December, 2009

Acer is supposed to be perhaps the first company to produce computers based on the Chrome operating system. Acer has been working on the design of a netbook since mid-2009, when the platform from Google was announced. The computer is expected to ship in the second half of next year. This rumour is not confirmed [...]

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