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tgdaily.com - 12/2/2008
Acer to challenge Apple and Asus with a low-cost iMac clone and a 10.2” netbook
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The world's #3 PC manufacturer plans on releasing a 10.2” netbook and an all-in-one desktop computer, which will go head-to-head with Asus and Apple. The company said that the netbook, scheduled for a 2009 release, is meant to take on Asus' popular Eee netbooks, adding that its system will be ...
Acer branded smartphones to hit the market in 1Q09, company clarifies
digitimes.com - 12/5/2008
Acer branded smartphones to hit the market in 1Q09, company clarifies
— digitimes.com — Despite a bleak economic outlook, Acer remains optimistic about its growth opportunities for 2009. The company expects... its notebook shipments to increase 15-20% in 2009 and its overall sales to grow 25-30% on year. Acer is also optimistic about the ... (more) Acer branded smartphones to hit the market in 1Q09, ...

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Acer smartphone coming Q1 2009
slashgear.com - 12/5/2008
Acer smartphone coming Q1 2009
— slashgear.com — Acer has confirmed it will release its first self-branded smartphone in Q1 2009. The handset will be... co-developed by Acer’s own original smartphone R&D team and their counterparts from E-Ten, the company acquired by Acer back in September. ... (more) Acer smartphone coming Q1 2009

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bestbuy.com - 12/8/2008
Acer - Aspire One Netbook with Intel® Atom™ Processor N270 - Blue - AOA150-1570
— bestbuy.com — From our expanded online assortment; not available in all Best Buy stores Intel® Atom™ processor N270 Features... a 533MHz frontside bus, 512KB cache and 1.6GHz processor speed. 1GB PC5300 DDR2 memory For multitasking power, expandable to 2GB. Note: ... (more) Acer - Aspire One Netbook with Intel® Atom™ ...

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Acer set to release iMac competitor and 10.2″ netbook next year
SlashGear — ... Acer is all set to crank up the competition next year. Apparently, they will be coming out with a new all-in-one desktop and a netbook. And though we’ve heard some information about the Acer all-in-one before, this is the first time, we’re getting some solid insight into the computer. ...

Next Acer netbook coming with larger screen... and larger pricetag
jkOnTheRun — ... Now Acer is planning to expand into the higher-end market. Well, "high-end" as far as netbooks go according to TG Daily. We knew that Acer was planning a model larger than the 8.9-inch display AAO they've offered this year. The new one appears to be even more competitive to the MSI Wind, Lenovo S10, Samsung NC10 and many of the Asus 1000-series devices thanks to an expected 10.2-inch display. TGD says that Acer is sticking with Intel and the Atom CPU, but the device will come with Microsoft Windows Vista and a generous hard-drive, perhaps up to 320GB. The drive size ...

Next Acer netbook coming with larger screen... and larger price tag
jkOnTheRun — ... Now Acer is planning to expand into the higher-end market. Well, "high-end" as far as netbooks go according to TG Daily. We knew that Acer was planning a model larger than the 8.9-inch display AAO they've offered this year. The new one appears to be even more competitive to the MSI Wind, Lenovo S10, Samsung NC10 and many of the Asus 1000-series devices thanks to an expected 10.2-inch display. TGD says that Acer is sticking with Intel and the Atom CPU, but the device will come with Microsoft Windows Vista and a generous hard-drive, perhaps up to 320GB. The drive size ...

Acer planning a Windows Vista netbook?
Liliputing — ... . Now TG Daily reports there will be something else different  about these next generation netbooks from Acer: They’ll run Windows Vista instead of Linux or Windows XP. ...

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