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digitimes.com - 6/3/2009

Microsoft to use a new term for netbook

— digitimes.com — Microsoft plans to redefine mini-notebooks that Intel has categorized as netbooks with a new term – low... cost small notebook PC, according to Steven Guggenheimer, general manager of the Application Platform & Development Marketing Division at Microsoft. (more) Microsoft to use a new term for netbook

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businesswire.com - 6/2/2009

Acer Brings “All Day Computing” to the U.S. Market with the Aspire Timeline Thin and Light ...

— businesswire.com — SAN JOSE, Calif.--( BUSINESS WIRE )--Acer America, part of the world’s second largest manufacturer of notebook PCs... (1) , today introduced the U.S. availability of its much anticipated Aspire Timeline Series of “all day computing” notebooks. Averaging ... (more) Acer Brings “All Day Computing” to the U.S. Market with ...

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chinese.engadget.com - 6/1/2009

Computex 2009 搶先看：Eee PC 1101HA

— chinese.engadget.com — Eee PC 家族再添一丁！和 Acer 751h 一樣，它是 11.6" 1366x768 螢幕配上 Intel Menlow Z520/Z530 的機種，並且採用 Seashell 系列的設計。其他規格包括 1GB 的記憶體、160GB... 硬碟、3 個 USB 和 SD/MMC 讀卡機。有趣的是，它有兩個 6-cell 電池的版本，電量分別是 2200mAh 和 2800mAh，照官方說法分別可以用 9.5hr 和 11hr。 ---- Yet another newcomer to the ... (more) Computex 2009 搶先看：Eee PC 1101HA

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Android-based Acer netbook landing Q3
SlashGear — ... Acer’s Jim Wong, global president for IT products, has confirmed that the company plan to launch an Android-based netbook in Q3 this year.  Full details of the netbook are unknown, but it’s believed to be based on the same Intel Atom processors as Acer’s existing netbook range. ...

Acer launching world's first Android-based netbook in Q3
Engadget — ... Acer's been straightforward with the fact that it's been dabbling with Android on netbooks. In fact, the entire industry seems to be. Now we've got word that Acer will in fact launch an Android-based netbook in the 3rd quarter of 2009. The move was announced ...

Acer to launch an Android netbook this year; Asus, maybe not so much
Liliputing — ... PC maker Acer has announced plans to develop a netbook running the Google Android operating system by the third quarter of 2009. While a number of companies have talked about building Google Android netbooks with ARM processors, it looks like Acer wants to ...

Acer: Android Netbook Q3, Phone in Q4
AndroidGuys — ... The world’s 3 largest PC brand is now only a matter of weeks from shipping netbooks running Android.  Without knocking other products like SkyTone’s Alpha 680, this feels like the first legitimate run at a netbook.  No details have been given on what to expect in the device other than it runs using the Intel Atom processor. ...

Acer will sell Android netbooks later this year and, no, this is not the death of Windows on netbooks
CrunchGear — ... murkier, especially if there’s a big difference in price. Windows XP apparently costs $25 for a PC maker to load onto a netbook, which may add $35 to $50 to the consumers’ final price. Suddenly, for someone like me who uses both Windows and Android on a regular basis, I may just be tempted to go with an Android netbook. No detailed pricing or availability on Acer’s Android netbooks except that they’ll be here sometime in the third quarter. [via Reuters]

Acer shakes hands with Android
Betanews — ... However, it's still a new kid in town, and Acer isn't about to forgo Windows. "When we are doing this new Android netbook, we are not going to make the [Windows-based] one go away. Both systems will still remain available to customers, and one will not go away because of the other," Wong told Reuters. ...

5Words for Tuesday, June 2nd 2009
Technologizer — ... Calm before the E3 storm… 4GB iPhone? I remain dubious. Acer to build Android notebook. DoJ: remote DVRs are legal. SanDisk’s SD card for netbooks. World’s. Cutest. Digital. Audio. Player. Foveon? They’re still in existence? Coming soon: more Twitter spam. Blu-Ray in a portable package. Share/E-Mail ...

Acer To Gamble On Google Android For Netbooks
Silicon Alley Insider — Acer will likely be the first major PC maker to ship netbook computers that run Google's (GOOG) free, open-source Android operating system. Acer will start selling the new notebooks in Q3, according to Reuters . This is the latest market where Google hopes to disrupt rival Microsoft (MSFT). Because Android is free, it means that Acer will be able to sell the netbooks for cheaper than Windows-based computers. Analysts estimate that a copy of Windows XP costs the PC maker about $25; a full version of the forthcoming Windows 7 could be much more. (Though that's why Microsoft is ...

Acer Android Netbooks Will Include Windows After All
jkOnTheRun — ... If you thought an Acer netbook running Android would be cheaper than the same system running Windows, you thought wrong. It’s not your fault though. When Acer originally said they’d be offering Android on netbooks, they left out one key detail until today, ...