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Macles has published pictures and info of an upcoming ultraportable notebook from Acer. The Aspire TimelineX 1830T will be yet another 11.6-inch notebook supporting 1366×768 resolution but its major differentiation will be the integration of Core i5 CPUs. This offering sports a Core i5-520UM processor clocking at 1.06GHz and can go up to 1.86GHz with [...]

 
If Digitimes’ new report is to be believed who cites “sources from notebook players”, Acer is planning to launch something unique and revolutionary. Apparently, Acer will release an ultra-thin notebook that will feature a touch keyboard and will have a frameless design as the glass substrate of the display panel will be used as a [...]

 
TVs are not the only electronics that are going 3D. Acer has announced two new projectors that are capable to project 3D content. Coupled with Nvidia’s 3D Vision, the projectors – H5360 and X1261 – are able to crank out realistic 3D experience by converting regular 2D images to three dimensional. Other than that, the [...]

 
Acer was confident of launching an e-book reader but has now confirmed that they won’t rush to the market just for the sake for launching. Acer even had some prototypes ready but reckoned to wait until the market is profitable.
“The size of the e-reader market is not that big and the industry has yet [...]

 
Acer Taiwan’s Prez Scott Lin confirmed that they have no plans of making a product to compete with Apple’s iPad. Lin says that although Acer can make a similar competing product but “such a product does not fit into Acer’s business model.”
Lin pointed out that churning out a device similar to iPad could fail since [...]

 
At the Acer Liquid launch, we also had the chance to play with the phone for quite some time and it sure looked and performed nicely. The phone runs the stock version of Android and the only customization Acer has done is integrating few apps like bringing the connectivity menu on the home screen for [...]

 
UPDATE: Acer Liquid Hands-on
Acer today unwrapped its first and only Android offering for the Indian consumers. Dubbed as Liquid, the phone runs on Android 1.6 and is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processor but unlike Snapdragon’s 1GHz clock speed, Acer’s Liquid will run at 768MHz. Acer reckons the reduced speed does not hamper the overall experience [...]

 
Two things that almost every consumer electronics manufacturer is doing these days is to develop their iteration of an App Store and an e-book reader. Acer’s not different too as Jim Wong President of IT Products division has confirmed that they’re indeed planning to launch it in middle of this year.
Acer’s App Store (or applications [...]

 
Acer has recalled about 22,000 notebooks in the United States that poses a potential burn hazard to consumers. This recall is the same that Acer did in October. The models affected are AS3410, AS3410T, AS3810T, AS3810TG, AS3810TZ and AS3810TZG where the notebooks’ microphone wire under the palm rest short circuit and can cause some harm. [...]

 
Acer has announced new ultraportables for business customers in US. The new TravelMate Timeline 8571, 8471 and 8371 offers decent looks as well as optimum battery life to suffice user’s on-the-go activities.
Coming in sizes of 13.3-, 14.1- and 15.6-inches, the Timeline notebooks feature choices of Intel Core 2 Duo processors, Windows 7 OS, up [...]

 
Winter Olympics 2010 is fast approaching and companies have started touting their special affiliations and products. This time it’s Acer who has brought out three special edition notebooks and an LCD for Olympics lovers. The products – Aspire 1810T, 4810T, 1410 and the G245H LCD are basically the same as normal retail SKUs but these [...]

 
Nvidia is yet to detail its Ion 2 platform but the Taiwanese rumormonger is claiming they’ve already landed orders from Acer. Ion 2 supports Intel’s Atom N450, N470, D510 or D410 CPUs and seemingly Acer wants to gain on this by integrating the Ion solution to make the netbooks (or nettops) more powerful.
Intel’s Pineview [...]

 
Digitimes is reporting that Acer could be the first one to launch a Chrome OS netbook. According to “industry sources” Acer has started developing the netbook and plans to launch in second half of 2010, which also happens to be the release time frame for Chrome OS.
Though it’s a rumor for now, you cannot rule [...]

 
Acer’s maiden offering from the Android arena has made its way out. The Liquid A1 Android phone is out in the market now that is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processor albeit underclocked.
Acer also spoke about its future smartphone plans and confirmed that more Android phones will be launched next year, keeping a perfect balance [...]

 
Acer’s dual-OS netbook has found its way to the Indian market. The Aspire One D250 will allow a user to run Windows XP to suffice their normal computing needs or play with Android for light web-surfing. Acer claims Android OS boots in just 18 seconds while shuts down well under 3 seconds.
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