Nexus One users can now buy a car dock for their Nexus One. Priced at $55, the car dock will not only hold the phone but will also charge the phone’s battery as well as allow users to use their phone as handsfree with the built-in speakers and volume controls.

The dock also starts the Car home app that gives easy access to Maps, Voice Search, Contacts and Music.

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[Via Google]

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 its Timeline series and boast more powerful specs that will help to drive its sales. This of course, will be done only after they’ll get rid of its netbook offering, which will be by the way to either discontinue the netbook variant or reduce the price of it.

[Via Digitimes]

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 converted price which means Americans can expect to get it a bit cheaper when it comes out in the market soon.

Loads of pictures, over here.

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[Via Engadget]

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 Ethernet jack and VGA port placed on the laptop hinges.

On the technical front, this model’s screen will boast an aspect ratio of 16:9 with 1366×768 resolution support. It will use Intel’s Z530 Atom processor with SCH USW15S chipset and GMA500 handling the graphics department.

[Via Macles]

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 parts of the specification is concerned, it still has N270 Atom running at 1.6GHz, 1GB RAM, 160GB HDD, SuSE 11.1 Linux OS and a slew of customary netbook features like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, card reader, 3-cell battery. It will apparentl carry UMTS too.

[Via Netbooknews]

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 or Linux. The SD expansion slot has returned and the aerodynamic shaped metallic hinge to make it sleek. The hinge design is now taken by the VGA and Ethernet port on both sides.

[Via Macles]

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 pricing actually hints about something – a 10.1-inch AA1. The price reduction is a possible move to stick the larger Aspire One in the original price bracket, which should be between Rs. 20,000 to 22,000.

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 specifications, but there will be no storage expansion slot and HDD and Linux combo option. Multicard reader will be placed for the expansion slot and only a single DIMM slot for RAM (up to 2GB). 3G, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR will form a part of the optional configuration.

Acer will also give a minor facelift to the successor. There will be a newly designed laptop hinge and a brushed metal finish around the keyboard. The trackpad mouse buttons will now be placed at the bottom.

[Via Macles]

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 counterparts available in the market.

It comes with the usual feature set like 8.9-inch screen, 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor, 1GB RAM, up to 160GB HDD, battery life up to 3 hours and five color options – Sapphire Blue, Brown, Black, Pink & White.

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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 Asus did 1.7 million only. With Aspire One sales gaining grounds, Asus will need something extra ordinary to take back that share. Don’t you think?

[Via Engadget]