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Another day another rumor emerges from the Taiwanese shores. The heart of the rumor today is Acer and its ultra-thin notebook Timeline series. Apparently, due to the not so pleasing sales of Acer’s 11.6-inch netbook, its OEM, Quanta Computer has been asked to develop an 11.6-inch ultra-thin notebook.
Ultra-thin chassis means it will fall under [...]

 
Acer’s Aspire One 751 has finally got few official pictures as well as a price to its name. Taiwanese shopping portal, PCHome is selling the 11.6-inch netbook for TW$21600 which comes to around US$654. That’s steep of course, considering the Intel Atom Z520 processor, 1GB RAM and 160GB. However, we are looking here at a [...]

 
With Aspire One leading the netbook charts, Acer is looking to cash in more with the brand. We have already seen a revamped 10.1-inch Aspire One and according to latest reports, Acer is already preparing an 11.6-inch variant of the netbook. The 11.6-inch Aspire One will be based on the same revamped version with the [...]

 
We have already seen the press pictures of the slimmer, updated 10-inch Aspire One. Now, thanks to a guy who managed to get his hands on it, we know the specifications too. The new Aspire One has a 10.2-inch display and has trimmed down fat to 2.4cm from the original 3.3cm. As far as other [...]

 
It looks like Acer is gearing to spruce up its Aspire One range. The image above shows a sleeker 10-inch Aspire One that will be sold alongside the current model. The exact specs are unknown at the moment but the source says it could be an SSD only model with OS options of either Windows [...]

 
The Indian subsidiary of Acer has announced a further price cut on its current 8.9-inch Aspire One model. This is the second price cut we are seeing in under a month. The new price for the Linux variant now stands at Rs. 14,499 ($301) while the Windows version goes for Rs. 16,499 ($343).
Acer’s aggressive [...]

 
Acer’s already ruling the netbook market and their game plan for further penetration is a larger sized Aspire One. The images you’re looking are of a 10.1-inch Aspire One and CES is the likely place for this baby to officially declare the successor of the highest selling netbook. There are not many changes in the [...]

 
Acer is turning up the heat in the Indian netbook market. They have announced that Aspire One netbook will now sell for Rs. 17,499 ($367) for the Linux version while the Windows XP variant goes for just under Rs. 20,000 ($420). Though these prices exclude taxes, Aspire One still makes a cheap buy considering its [...]

 
Didn’t we expect this? Acer has won a battle against the numero uno Asus in the netbook market. According to the figures of the Q3 netbook sales, Acer managed to capture 38.3 percent of the market share followed by Asus at 30.3 percent. The total number of units shipped by Acer was 2.15 million and [...]

 
I agree that Asus is the supreme when it comes to Eee PC and their vast netbook range but off late, it seems they have become a little complacent. Now, Acer claims that their netbook which launched in June this year could see a shipment in excess of 6 million units.
If this happens, it [...]

 
Logitech India has updated its universal remote range, Harmony with One. The Harmony One can take care of all the remote controlled electronic equipments in your home with ease. It has a 2.2-inch color touch screen with capacitive technology (also found in iPhone). This means that the touch screen will only respond from the electrical [...]

 
Acer today announced the availability of their netbook Aspire One in India. The netbooks will be exclusively available at all Tata Croma outlets from today. Aspire One has an 8.9-inch screen, Atom processor, option of Linpus Linux Lite or Windows XP Home, 120GB hard drive and 1GB RAM. Acer is the fifth company in India [...]

 
If 50 megapixel camera is not enough, Phase One has gone a step further and announced their 60.5 megapixel camera. The obvious class targeted here are professional photographers who want the tiniest detail in their 8,984 x 6,732 pixel photograph. The P 65+ is the first Full Frame 645 Medium Format Camera which also boasts [...]

 
Acer Aspire One’s existence turns out to be real. Engadget Chinese who are covering this year’s Computex have got their hands-on Acer’s netbook. The One is powered by an Atom processor by Intel, has an 8.9-inch display, Wi-Fi, SD card support, up to a gig of RAM and an option to run Linux or Windows [...]

 
When Asus thought of launching a small size sub-notebook, no one would have imagined that it will take the world by storm. And by the time this storm fades away, other companies want to cash in with the available opportunity. Pictured above is Dell’s offering, the Mini Inspiron. It is rumored to be equipped with [...]