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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As Intel has us expecting great things to come from Ultrabooks not only this year but also for the next one, it will be interesting to see just how well Ultrabook makers will do in terms of sales. Acer is one such Ultrabook-maker and based on a report coming from out in Australia, it looks like they’re definitely making good progress. According to the latest IDC report which was posted February of this year (for Q4 2011), Acer has outsold every other portable PC manufacturer in the market. Out of a total of 225,000 units shipped in Q4 2011, Acer holds a remarkable 20.92% market share compared with all its competitors. The fact that Acer was the first manufacturer to release an Ultrabook out in Australia–and the world–with the Acer Aspire S3 Ultrabook has helped tremendously. Acer’s Product Management Director Nigel Gore was quoted as saying, “Looking ahead, 2012 is set to be an exciting year. Our focus for growth in a competitive landscape is to introduce leading edge products such as Ultrabooks and tablets.”

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If you consider yourself one of the many people who are currently longing for your very own Windows 8 tablet PC (a proper one, that is), then you want to keep your eyes peeled for what’s going to happen by September-October of this year. Because according to a report on the Chinese site DigiTimes, that is when companies like Asus, Acer, Samsung, Lenovo, and HP can be expected to launch their x86-based Windows 8 tablet PCs in the market. What exactly are they waiting for? Possibly perfection, but it’s also said that these same companies, along with several others like Samsung, Toshiba, and Sony, have plans to launch Windows 8 on ARM (WoA) offerings as well. We won’t be seeing any official releases for devices of that kind until early 2013, though. This is all according to the same unnamed source cited by DigiTimes in its report. The only thing that’s really sure at the moment is that you will still have time to save up for these babies for when they actually do get released in the market. Keep it here for updates.

DigiTimes via Acer Central

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Right, we already got a few snippets about Acer’s imminent AMD Fusion-powered netbook although you can always be sure of Amazon to hand out the spec and pricing details. Unlike the Fusion HP 311m business set we’ve just reviewed, which sports a higher-end AMD E-450 APU, the Aspire One AO722-0473 is not only powered by Dual Core C-60 processor, but runs a TurboCore auto overclocking quality that ticks the clock speed to 1.33GHz – including a 1MB L2 cache memory.

The 11.6 inch netbook still melds AMD Radeon HD 6290 graphics that accompanies 256MB of dedicated memory. Hence, there shouldn’t be a problem playing full HD video including some light gaming. And considering (asking price $283.71) indeed we should look forward to real opposition from major Atom netbooks in both pricing and graphics prowess. More inboard is one HDMI out port that supports HDCP; now link this with a wireless HDMI configuration, you’d have easily turned your machine into a fully functional entertainment hub.

You’ll also find a multi-in-1 card reader and 3 USB 2.0 ports. It also has a Wireless-N with backward harmonized (WIFI-802.11b/g/n). Given all its positive attributes, we propose at least heading to Amazon and having one in person. However if you find it maddening by accidental right clicks, then it isn’t likely to be easy on use – not without a push from Acer, at least.

Via Netbook-expert

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According to a report, Acer Chairman JT Wang alleged that Microsoft software could soon effectively take on Apple. Perhaps the only challenge that persists at the moment for Microsoft’s Windows is the growth of Apple’s iOS on tablets (iPad), and smartphones (iPhone) – according to an editorial in Taipei-based Digitimes, which published Wang’s comments on Monday.

Citing Wang’s comments, Microsoft’s Windows “hasn’t had any achievements within these two markets that can help it gain share,” citing a decline in Netbook sales hence resulting in only “slim” growth in the conventional laptop market. Although the publisher didn’t detail on Wang’s point, we assume Wang was speaking about market intrusion by the iPad, for instance, on the Netbook as well as low-end laptop market.

Although, recent reports from Gartner indicate only meek growth in PC sales in 2011; the Acer Group was placed in the 4^th position in world rankings in terms of PC sales in the third quarter, according to IDC.

According to Wang, Apple’s “notebook products are only minor drivers” for growth and pale citing to the exciting escalation seen in its iPads and iPhones. However, Windows 8 could change this. In a few coming years, Wang sees a rebirth of the Microsoft camp behind Windows 8 as Microsoft reacts more efficiently to “consumer demands,” according to the report. Expect to see Windows 8 by 2013.

The Windows 8 is anticipated to run on wider range of devices, including, smartphones, tablets, Ultrabook clamshell laptops (latter rivaling Apple’s MacBook Air) and tablet-laptop hybrids.

Source: Cnet

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Acer has technically upgraded its 18.4

inch lineup to state-of-the-art. An

 Intel Core i3-330M and ATI Mobility

 HD 5640 speak for a pretty good

performance. The Aspire 8942G is thus

 suitable as a multimedia platform or

 as a full-fledged desktop replacement

 can be read in our comprehensive

 review.

The Acer 8942G is definitely what gamers

 dream, coming with a 1.6 GHz Intel I7

 quad core 8GB DDR3 RAM and AMD5850 video

 with 1GB DDR5 all that promises full

DirectX-11 support.

The laptop comes with the latest Core i7

 quad-core processor with a high-end ATI

 Mobility Radeon HD5850 graphics. Thus it

 makes quick work of high-definition Blu

-ray movies and games. This attractive

notepad does not have a mere read-only

Blu-ray combo drive. The Aspire 8942G is

thus able to write to the high-density

media, allowing up to 25GB of data to be

 stored on the optical disc.

Whilst the Aspire 8940G's 18.4 inch Full

 HD display did not exactly provide for

 feelings of rapture due to a meager

 brightness of 155.5 cd/m2 and a not so

good illumination of 67%, the Aspire

8942G's display turns out far better,

even if top rates aren't achieved once

 again. The contrast and black value can

 thus be described as adequate. The

colors appear quite natural and saturated.

 The image is also sufficiently bright

 with a pretty rich contrast as well.

 Only the not really optimal black value

 leaves us with a sour taste, especially

 in dark scenes.

But the features that are really impressive

 are the five speakers and subwoofer under

 the hood, which should prove to be a great

 delight to the audiofiles. The unit also

comes with an integrated TV tuner to capture

free-to-air channels. The laptop is decked

out with two hard disk drive bays with a

total of 1.2GB capacity for storing media

 files. So enjoy music, games and movies

 from any place you go!

The hard disk is of Western Digital and has

an amazing capacity of 640 Giga Byte. Because

 a further (easily accessible) external hard

 disk slot is concealed in the case, the

capacity of your Acer Aspire 8942G can easily

 be increased to one Terra Byte in the future.

 The already built-in hard disk runs with 5400

 RPM and has only one single partition. The

 throughput rate (79.5 MB/s) and access rate

 (18.3 ms) are inconspicuous. The transfer

rate of averagely 62.2 MB/s is quite good and

 is somewhat better than a majority of

notebooks.

Other features that deserve our attention

include a fingerprint sensor for quick logins,

 e-SATA port and an ExpressCard/54 slot. The

 latter is a fast disappearing standard on

laptops as most peripherals prefer USB

compatibility instead.

The 18.4 inch Acer 8940G has one of the

largest screens in the notepad market with

 an excellent performance and a high quality

 audio. So it is definitely worth a

consideration if you are in search of a

 notepad!

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Apparently, Intel still won’t budge and just won’t give PC makers such as Acer the CPU price subsidy necessary to launch sub-$1000 ultrabooks. And even though people like Acer Taiwan president Scott Lin appear confident about future sales of ultrabooks (compared with tablet PCs), it seems that the whole industry is a bit cautiously optimistic about the whole thing.

Knowing that PC makers are at least going to need something to help further adoption of ultrabooks once they actually become available, Intel plans on increasing its marketing subsidies to notebook vendors to attract them into promoting the new devices, according to a report on DigiTimes. Now, this might mean that Acer, Asus, and other ultrabook vendors will have to come up with some ridiculous promos to get people to buy their stuff, but let’s just give them the benefit of the doubt.

The good news is that sub-$1000 ultrabooks are still indeed on their way. Unfortunately, these might not make it to market until the 2nd quarter of 2012, in April, with the introduction of Intel’s Ivy Bridge platform. So if you aren’t in a hurry to purchase an ultrabook, you’re in for a great big discount provided that you can keep waiting it out for the next six months.

Via DigiTimes

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Acer Taiwan president Scott Lin knows that tablet PCs are currently selling like hotcakes. Yes, as someone who leads a company that sells devices being taken over by these slate-like contraptions on the market, Lin is bound to realize just how much of an impact tablet PCs are having on computers such as notebooks these days. Well, the tablet PC may be enjoying its ride in the waves of success right now, but according to Lin, upcoming Ultrabooks such as the Acer Aspire S3 will be the ones having the last laugh. Lin’s theory is that since ultrabooks can go toe to toe with tablet PCs not just in terms of performance but also in terms of thinness and lightness, consumers will soon realize that it’s ultrabooks that they want to buy instead of another iTablet from some fruity company in California. Lin bets that Windows 8-powered ultrabooks will be the prime driving force of PC makers in taking the market back from tablets. In a few months, we should be able to see if there’s any truth at all in what’s been said above.

Via DigiTimes

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Acer’s Android Honeycomb-powered Iconia Tab A500 tablet PC will now become available in South Korea on a limited basis. According to the official press release, Acer plans to offer 1000 units of the Iconia Tab A500 tablet PC for 399,000 Korean won or about $348 USD. This is a great move in terms of pricing since some competitors are still on the $450 USD price range with their products.

The Acer Iconia Tab A500 features a 10.1-inch 1280×800 LCD screen, Android 3.1 Honeycomb (an Android 3.2 Honeycomb update is in the pipeline) and Wi-Fi connectivity. Computing and graphics processing are handled by NVIDIA’s Tegra 2 SoC with a 1GHz dual core ARM Cortex A9 CPU and NVIDIA GeForce graphics.

The Acer Iconia Tab A500 sale in South Korea starts today, so you might need to hurry if you want to grab one out of the 1000 that’s being made available by Acer.

Korea Newswire via Acer Central

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Acer’s Aspire 5750G, a multimedia all rounder with a 2630QM quad core and Nvidia GT540M promises to be a good enough substitute for the desktop. The Nvidia Optimus is great for office use and and good battery run time makes it one of the favorites in the list. The i7-2630QM quad core CPU from Intel makes its debut at an attractive price. Paired with Nvidia’s GT 540M graphics card, the Aspire 5750G looks set to give a remarkable application and gaming performance. Acer has revised the notebook’s exterior, which is now slightly modified in comparison to its predecessor, the Acer Aspire 5742G. The slight protrusion of the display on the base unit, which separates both components optically, has been maintained. But compared to some high glossy laptops, one has to stay contented with a low smudging susceptibility. Although nothing but only plastic is used as the surface active material, it can impress us when it comes to stability. But the 5750G remains unimpressed by selective pressure on the chassis. If we glance at the 5750G’s interface, it’s clear that the positioning reveals the modifications on the case. The fact that the LAN port has been moved next to the power socket in the left back corner is however agreeable.  Now as far as keyboard is concerned, Acer still uses the same keyboard that was found in the predecessor. The typing feel leaves the user with some mixed feelings, just like its predecessor. On the one hand, the separated chiclet design (capped keys, evident gaps) bids a clearly palpable pressure point and a pleasant key drop. Nevertheless, the feedback proves to be somewhat impartial. The reason for this is that the keys have a tendency to tilt at their edges and, beyond that they haven’t been made absolutely even. Thus, it makes it difficult for the fingers to palpate the key center for an optimal feedback. It could also prove to be difficult to clean the key gaps. The number pad adjacent to the keyboard deserves special mention. It facilitates entering numbers and can also be helpful in various applications and games. Acer has also made use of the familiar looking touch pad. The surface is very smooth in contrast to the surrounding materials and allows the finger to glide pleasantly over it. Alongside it, the vertical scroll field on the right edge has been haptically marked. The multi-touch pad doesn’t have to take reproach in terms of response. It makes use of the LGD0250 display which is different from its predecessor. With a weight of 2.5 kgs which is not so light by any standards but still it offers enough mobility for it to be carried around.

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