Acer will make a public tablet for $99

Acer is developing one of the most affordable tablets in the industry, the price will not exceed $99, according to DigiTimes, citing sources among Taiwanese suppliers.

Extra-Acer tablet will be released in early 2013. To reduce the price of the company uses the device cheaper processor from MediaTek. Processors of this manufacturer are known for use in low-cost Chinese smartphone from little-known brands. In this device based on MediaTek-chips have higher quality and reliability compared to other Chinese vehicles.

Recently developed MediaTek chips for mobile devices, which have characteristics comparable to those in the dual-core A5 chip iPhone 4S, allowed Asian manufacturers to produce phones in the price range under $ 200 based on Android.

Representing the 99-dollar tablet, Acer will rise in line with companies such as Amazon and Google. In November last year, Amazon introduced the Kindle Fire for $ 199, and in July 2012 Google announced its own "tablet" for $ 200 with a 7-inch screen - Nexus 7. iPad mini in the category of the budget can be attributed only conditionally. Cost of the device starts at $ 329 dollars.

According to rumors, Asus also stashed model tablet for $ 99, but its release was postponed so as not to compete with the joint development with Google.

Began selling the finest in the world ultrabook Acer Aspire S5

Acer has started selling ultrabook Acer Aspire S5. Announced in January, a mobile computer, according to the manufacturer, is the thinnest in the world ultrabook: at its thickest point, its thickness does not exceed 15 mm. Weight of machine is approximately equal to 1.2 kg. Ultrabook equipped with a screen size of 13.3 inches, a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels.

 

The housing model Aspire S5-391-9880, made from magnesium alloy, the system is located on the processor Intel Core i7-35i7U, equipped with a SSD of 256 GB, interfaces, USB 3.0, HDMI, and Thunderbolt. An interesting feature of the design - the panel MagicFlip, covering the connectors are input-output ports.

Make notes longer battery life PowerSmart, consisting of not 300 charge cycles, as usual, and 1000 (after 1000 cycles, the battery capacity is reduced by 20%). Thanks to technology Acer Hybrid Standby Technology battery life up to 6.5 hours (standby time - 15 days).

Manufacturer's suggested price of Aspire S5-391-9880 in the United States, where innovation will be on sale in the last week of June, is $ 1,400.

New CloudMobile Acer and Acer Liquid Glow Prices and availability in Europe

Presented at the last Mobile World Congress 2012 and scheduled during the summer, Acer announced that soon will arrive in Europe the range of 4.0 of the Android smartphone manufacturer also revealing prices and availability first. It starts in fact from France with Acer CloudMobile coming from next September to € 349 , which include (photo right in the figure) offers a 4.3-inch display HD IPS (1280 × 720), dual-core 1.5 Ghz , 1GB RAM, 8GB of internal memory expandable via microSD, camera and Android 8 MPXl Ice Cream Sandwich (in theory should be Android 4.1 according to previous statements).

 

Acer Liquid Glow is positioned directly below instead of a step, with a 1 GHz processor (not specified), 3.7-inch WVGA display (800 × 480), 1GB of internal memory expandable with microSD included in the pack, camera 5 MPXl Ice Cream Sandwich and Android, available from next month of July at a price of € 179 .

Two proposals aimed at two different ranges of the market that could find good evidence of the public thanks to a new design and, in the case of Liquid Glow, aimed at a youthful audience, thanks to more affordable price that we remember for both devices may vary depending on the country in which it will be marketed.

We can only hope to see  Acer CloudMobile and find out if they really be able to be marketed at a price so competitive.

Acer Iconia A500 and A100, will begin the Roll-Out of Ice Cream Sandwich from April 27

Great news for owners of Acer Tablet Iconia A100 and A500. The manufacturer has in fact the official start date of the latest version of the Roll-Out of Android. Ice Cream Sandwich come in fact from next April 27 in America and then embracing all major international markets.

Model	Country	Next Release Version	Release Date
A100	U.S.	Android ICS 4.0.x	Scheduled to start 4-27-12
	Canada	Android ICS 4.0.x	Scheduled to start 03/05/12
	Mexico	Android ICS 4.0.x	TBA Mid-April
	Brazil	Android ICS 4.0.x	TBA Mid-April
	Latin America	Android ICS 4.0.x	Scheduled to start 4-25-12
A200	U.S.	Android ICS 4.0.x	Available Now
	Canada	Android ICS 4.0.x	Available Now
	Mexico	Android ICS 4.0.x	Available Now
	Brazil	Android ICS 4.0.x	Available Now
	Latin America	Android ICS 4.0.x	Available Now
A500	U.S.	Android ICS 4.0.x	Scheduled to start 4-27-12
	Canada	Android ICS 4.0.x	Scheduled to start 4-27-12
	Mexico	Android ICS 4.0.x	TBA Mid-April
	Brazil	Android ICS 4.0.x	TBA Mid-April
	Latin America	Android ICS 4.0.x	Scheduled to start 4-27-12
A501	U.S.	No Update Planned	-
	Canada	No Update Planned	-
	Mexico	No Update Planned	-
	Brazil	No Update Planned	-
	Latin America	No Update Planned	-

Although there is no Europe in the table, the update should arrive with similar timing in our continent. So we have to wait a few weeks.  by

[Map] Acer Kepler alone significantly super pole this stage the Timeline the Ultra

Recently jointly launched by Microsoft, NVIDIA and Acer tripartite the Ultrabook computer of a model for the Aspire Timeline Ultra. This is the first using the the Ultrabook product of the NVIDIA 600M discrete graphics. According to reports, the Aspire Timeline Ultra is based on the "Kepler" architecture in NVIDIA's latest GeForce GT640M discrete graphics, the maximum operating frequency of 625MHz, with 384 CUDA cores.

 

With other similar products, the launch of AspireTimeline the Ultra has a 15-inch form factor and also has a built-in DVD drive . The longest life on a single charge for 8 hours .

Other hardware, the Aspire Timeline Ultra compared to other similar products, and no more highlights. Including a full HD LCD screen, intelligent Intel processor, solid state hard drive, high-quality speakers and a variety of multimedia ports.

Sumit Agnihotry, Acer vice president of product marketing of the Americas: the Aspire the Timeline Ultra will be the Ultrabook products coveted by all users, it has excellent multitasking capabilities, coupled with NVIDIA's latest 600 series discrete graphics mobile version to help out, making. The product can easily cope with high-definition video and has a brilliant screen of the game works. in the next 9-12 months we will formally meet with the user so that this excellent product . "

The head of Acer: Apple will lose popularity after two years

The head of Acer's said that over the next two years, Apple will hand over the position of one of the leaders of the IT-industry. Although today Cupertino Corporation is a leading player in mobile market Very soon in the first place once again come out computers based on Windows, said JT Wang in an interview with Digitimes.

JT Wang said that in 2012 the cost will drop to ultrabook $ 699, and soon we will see a "wave-like growth" popular PC operating system Windows.

The only OS that in the opinion of the head of Acer's future will be "exactly" to develop, it's Android. In order not to happen in the IT-world, while Apple's products comes to an end, and soon the market will be as rich Windows, as it was before the iPad, a top manager believes Acer.

It should be noted that some time ago, Wang said that people can "recover" and stop using the iPad at any time. Earlier this year, he claimed that the share of Apple tablet will be reduced to 20% interest in naming the devices of this type of "temporary fever."

As for his own prospects, some hope the Taiwanese company holds the simplification and reduction of product lines. Ironically, out of the crisis Acer decided to follow the same path, which at one time chose Apple, focus on a small, but profitable products listed.

Acer began shipping the game system Aspire Predator AG3610-A78F / G

Acer has released a new Aspire Predator gaming station AG3610-A78F / G . This system works in conjunction processor Intel Core i7-2600 with a frequency 3.40GGts and motherboard chipset Intel H67 Express.

Assigned a discrete graphics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 with 1GB of VRAM Ti on the board. Memory system offers 8GB - it standard DDR3. 1TB hard drive capacity is enough for not one dozen modern games, hefty movies in HD and tens of thousands of music tracks.

The system is equipped with an optical drive DVD Super Multi Drive, and running the operating system, Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (SP1).

Supplies Acer Aspire Predator AG3610-A78F / G has already begun. The price system is not reported.