Back in March we heard that Acer were releasing an Olympic version of their Iconia A510 in the UK, in time for the Olympic games which are being held in London this year. Exact release information and pricing were previously unknown but, we can now confirm that the Olympic styled Acer Iconia A510 will go on sale next month in the UK.

The Olympic model features the same specifications as the standard A510, which includes a 10.1 inch display, a 1.3GHz quad core Tegra 3 processor, 5 megapixel camera, 32GB of internal storage and runs on Android 4.0, aka Ice Cream Sandwich. The special edition model however has the five Olympic rings engraved on the back of the tablet. Acer are also preloading the tablet with a trial of Eurosport channels.

Carphone Warehouse will begin selling the Olympic A510 in June with a price tag of £350. Like before however, there’s still no word on whether this will see a release outside of the UK.

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The Acer Iconia Tab A700 has already made its appearance at the FCC website, which likely means that it is only a short matter of time before it hits the market, possibly this summer.

An earlier model of device was previewed during CES last January, packed with a 10-inch screen with a high resolution display of 1920 x 1200 pixels, and with support for 1080p video playback. The device came with a 1.3 GHz NVIDIA Tegra 3 SoC quad core processor along with a full gigabyte of RAM. A customized version of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich is the Operating System of the device.

It also has HDMI, micro-USB ports, and a micro USB slot. It is unknown, however, whether Acer will stick with these specifications for the current model. After the CES preview, Acer has kept rather silent about the device. The FCC website doesn’t reveal anything about the device, either, except that it will have Wi-Fi connectivity.

The Acer Iconia Tab A700 is expected to be more expensive than previous models, like the Acer Iconia Tab A510, which retails at $449, and the Acer Iconia Tab A200, which costs $299. However, Acer has not announced anything regarding its pricing.

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Acer is preparing to launch its new Aspire M5 series in the UK this coming June. This ultrabook series was a hit when it was previewed during CES in January, where it went by the name Timeline Ultra. Now, Acer is boasting of two models, one with a 14-inch form factor, and another with a 15-inch one.

The laptops feature a metallic silver cover with a reduced bezel and streamlined angles. They are packed with third generation Intel Core processors. There is also a backlit chiclet keyboard with a numeric keypad as well as an optical disk drive.

For an immerse viewing experience, the Aspire M5 series has an NVIDIA GeForce GT640M graphics processor with 1GB DDR5. It comes with PhysX technology and Microsoft DirectX for smooth, speedy, and sharp details.

The laptops also come with the Acer Green Instant On feature which enables to device to resume from sleep mode in only 1.5 seconds. There is also Acer Instant Connect onboard which allows for fast access to the Internet in as little as 2.5 seconds.

Users may choose between a hybrid storage space composed of a hard disk drive with an integrated solid state disk, or a device with a solid state disk only. Both options offer fast access to files and extend the battery life of the laptop.

The prices for these laptops are still unavailable.

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CES 2012 held last January has introduced one of the Acer’s newest products, the Aspire S5 ultrabook. Yet there weren’t official pricing and launching details announced then. But according to a source, this ultra portable laptop seems to go on sale this coming June in United Arab Emirates which was tentatively priced at $1400.

The Aspire S5 is a 13.3-incher ultrabook with a fine 1366 x 768-pixel display resolution. In terms of memory storage, the ultra slim notebook PC is outfitted a maximum RAM of 8 GB plus a 128 GB of Solid State Disk. This ultrabook will ship with Intel’s latest Ivy processor running on Windows 7 Operating System.

One unique feature of Acer Aspire S5 that stands out with the rest of ultrabook kinds is a Magic Flip screen on the back part of the notebook. You just need to press a key and the panel will flip to unleash the set of ports including USB, HDMI and other connectors.

This 0.6-inch inch thick ultrabook will soon be available to other countries as well, but without definite date for now.

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The fact that there are newly released ultrabooks and hybrid devices to run the mobile PC market today, still, smaller and lighter laptops called netbooks are nonetheless gaining a hit part out of this growing electronic industry.

Acer has created once again some kicks and tricks for the rising laptop market. With its newly unveiled Aspire One 725 netbook, consumers can actually feel the need for a different light browsing alternative.

The Aspire One 725 is an 11.6 incher netbook boasting a 1366 × 768p display resolution. What’s more exciting is that it features AMD’s low-power Fusion chipset through the dual-core C-60 processor. Also, this unit is equipped with AMD Radeon HD 6290 GPU together with up to 4 GB of RAM and a 320/500 GB hard drive.

Acer opted to include brightness of up to 200-nits with its CineCrystal display; aiming to transform a quite better device than your typical netbook. The Aspire One 725 also features Wi-Fi b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, HDMI port and will have support for the 850/900/1900/2100 MHz 3G bands for a max speed of 7.2 Mbit/s. It is one inch thick and comes with a 4-cell battery.

However, for now, Acer didn’t give even some hints about its pricing and releasing info.

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Those of you waiting on the official release of the Asus Padfone may need to wait a little while longer in certain regions, as the device is unlikely to make it to the market at the originally scheduled release dates. And no, this time Android 4.0 ICS isn’t the one to blame.

As it turns out, the Asus smartphone/tablet hybrid Padfone is being delayed due to the current lack of availability of Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processors. This is according to a tweet posted on the Asus Indonesia Twitter page. As you can imagine, it will not be possible to release the Padfone without the processor that’s supposed to make it run, so for now it will be delayed until Qualcomm sorts everything out.

Asus can only say that the Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 chip shortage is affecting not just them, but in fact all of Qualcomm’s customers. Now, that doesn’t exactly do anything to fix the problem, but at least Asus is honest and it seems it’s not really their fault that the Padfone is being delayed, anyway.

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Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich is finally available on Sony and Acer devices that previously came with Android Honeycomb. This update will arrive sometime before the end of the month. Users will be notified through an alert that the Ice Cream Sandwich update is now available for their device.

Among the slates that would be receiving the update are the Acer Iconia Tab A100 7-inch tablet, the Acer Iconia Tab A500 10-inch tablet, and the Sony Tablet S 9.4-inch tablet. These slates are older models have been in the market since 2011, the Iconia Tab A500 being the first Android tablet that Acer released.

The Ice Cream Sandwich update will provide users with many new features including a new lock screen, UI, home screen folders, resizeable widgets, quick response for calls, enhanced text input and spell check, improved contacts features. There are also better camera and video capabilities, an improved Gallery, Live effects for video. Android has also enhanced the web browsing and email experience.

On top of these improvements, Sony has added extra features for their users such as support for small apps, a group of selected apps that are able to run while other regular apps are running. A similar feature is found in Samsung’s TouchWiz UI.

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Acer is set to release its newest ultrabook series to the International market – the Acer Aspire M3-581T-H54U Ultrabook. It was announced that the date of its launch will be this coming 26th of April.

The notebook has 15.6–inch 1366 x 768p LCD display. Behind the scene is a 1.60 GHz Intel Core i5-2467M processor with Turbo Boost technology up to 2.3 GHz. This will enable a faster multi-tasking while operating in very low power levels. It runs on Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit(SP1) OS.

It has a 256 GB SSD drive and Solid State Disk (SSD) which provides a quicker access to files. As well as it has a 4 GB of DDR3 RAM, and an Intel HM77 Express chipset supporting its motherboard.

This ultrabook Hardware interface includes a SD card reader, a USB 3.0 port, an HDMI port and a DVD Super Multi Drive. It also has a built –in 1.3 MP webcam, microphone, and stereo speakers.

The notebook enables its users the privilege to connect to the internet via Wi-Fi and wireless connection is made possible by its integrated Bluetooth 4.0 + HS.

Once this newest ultrabook from Acer comes out in the market, it will have a tag price of 100,000 Yen or about $1,235.

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Acer has made available the Iconia Tab A510 for pre-order. The device packs a Tegra 3 quad-core processor and 1 GB of RAM. Out of the box, it comes preloaded with Android OS 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. There is also 32 GB of storage capacity.

This tablet’s display spans 10.1 inches and is a ten-point touchscreen with a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels and 85 degree viewing angles.

Wi-Fi a/b/g/n and Bluetooth 2.1+EDR are the connectivity options available for users. It also comes with a front camera with 1 MP and fixed focus as well as a rear camera with 5 MP and autofocus. The camera as well comes with a feature that allows users to shoot photos while recording High Definition quality video.

Several apps are preloaded to improve productivity including the popular Polaris Office 3.5. The device also comes with a clear.fi DLNA streaming system and Acer Ring User Interface.

The device has measurements of 10.2 x 6.9 x 0.43 inches and tips the scale at around 24 ounces.

This tablet is also known as the official Olympic Games tablet and proudly equipped the sports fest logo along with the Acer logo.

The Iconia Tab A510 comes in black or silver and costs $499.99.

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Starting last month, it seems that the notebook industry already conquered the previously problematic  slow sales since several companies have found solutions regarding hard drive shortage. It is also good news that even so the new iPad has just released, the demand for notebook PCs just continue to rise– a positive side for the industry; according to Digitimes Research’s Senior Analyst Joanne Chien.

She mentioned that Acer is performing excellent sales after the company has adjusted its operation and strategies in 2011. Acer is also very aggressive in preparing for their ultrabook product lines as well.

According to Webopedia.com, “ultrabooks are a new category of notebook computers that seeks to fill the gap between lightweight laptops and tablets.”  Ultrabooks are more powerful but, of course, they are more expensive too.

Known ultrabooks like the MacBooks cost around $600 each while the higher-end models are priced as much as $1,100 and up.

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