When we handed Acer’s Iconia Tab to our tame tablet reviewer, they were bewildered by its 1,920 x 1,200 display. While it may have been easy to use, quick and lovely to look at, it was also a bit on the hefty side, with its meager battery not helping. So then, six months down the line, we’re asking you to sound off about what you liked and loathed about this device, because we’re fairly sure the Acers of this world are listening.
Do you feel lucky? Well, I suppose those who have already received notification that their Acer W700 keyboard case has begun to ship will certainly answer in the affirmative. This Windows 8-powered tablet known as the Acer W700 did run into some issues of its own at launch, from being delayed to a hiccup in the supply line, while the accompanying plastic dock has been touted to be clumsy and not too portable. It is then nice to see Acer take the correctional step of shipping a revamped keyboard case as you can see above.
The new Acer W700 keyboard case will comprise of three different parts, where one is a microfiber sleeve to which a silicon case and the keyboard that will connect via Bluetooth are able to be charged with the accompanying microUSB cable. If you want to insert and remove the Acer W700 from the silicon case, it is still more trouble than the keyboard cover solution that Microsoft offers with their Surface Pro, but it does seem to serve its function well enough.
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MediaTek may have only just reached quad-core smartphones in earnest, but its aims are expanding — in a more literal sense. The company’s Xie Qingjiang says that plans are underway to build a tablet-specific processor that would ship in the third quarter of the year. While other details are scarce, it’s safe to say the chip will take advantage of all the extra breathing room for more performance. The real questions surround just who will use the new creation: there’s no guarantee that Acer will find a fit for the design inside of its future 8- and 10-inch budget slates, for example. When MediaTek is seemingly making generational leaps in a matter of months, though, we suspect that there won’t be a shortage of customers.
Via: Unwired View
Source: Sina (translated)
Here’s a fun fact: in the three months since Windows 8 went on sale, Engadget has reviewed 16 laptops, including a few hybrid form factors. Yep, that’s right: more than one a week for the past 12 weeks, and that’s not even counting a couple tablets running Windows RT. So, now that we’ve given over our collective social lives to writing about Win 8, we finally feel qualified to make a few recommendations. Here, in our first-ever laptop buyer’s guide, we’ll walk you through the most promising of the bunch — everything from convertibles to laptop / tablet mashups. Indeed, we’ve got lots of touch-enabled systems ahead (including nods to models that didn’t make the cut), but if you’re simply in the market for a good, old-fashioned notebook, we have a few of those to recommend, too. So without further ado, join us.
Note: With regard to the Windows PCs we highlight here, we’ll be focusing on machines that run full Windows 8, specifically. For recommendations of ARM-based tablets running Windows RT you can look to our tablet buyer’s guide.
Filed under: Laptops, Apple, Samsung, Sony, Microsoft, ASUS, Dell, Acer, Lenovo
Acer alluded plans last year of launching a smartphone that will be powered by Intel’s processors. We were about to rest the case when a new report popped out today saying that Intel partnered with Acer to launch a smartphone called Liquid C1 in Bangkok, Thailand. The smartphone is reportedly powered by Intel’s Lexington-based Atom Z240 processor and will retail for 9,990 baht or roughly $335.27. (more…)
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Remember that unnamed Acer phone we caught skulking about Intel’s CES event? It’s been given a proper launch: meet the Liquid C1. True to form, the fully revealed device centers around a Lexington-based, 1.2GHz Atom Z2420 processor. The chip gives the C1 enough grunt to power an 8-megapixel camera with burst shooting while keeping the price in check, at about 9,990 baht ($335) off-contract for the inaugural Thailand release in February. Locals will otherwise get a solid Android 4.0 smartphone with a 4.3-inch display, HSPA+ 3G and a battery that lasts for nine hours of 3G talk. Other countries in southeast Asia are next on the list to get Acer’s turn at an Intel-powered handset, although we wouldn’t expect to see it everywhere — Intel’s Uday Marty warns ZDNet that the absence of LTE will keep phones like the C1 away from markets where the faster data is commonplace.
Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile, Acer
Source: ZDNet
This week we’re having a look at the Acer Iconia W500 series, specifically in the model tagged Iconia W510-1422 with full Windows 8 and multiple modes of computing action. This machine works as a tablet, as a notebook with its keyboard dock (in the box with this model), and with 295 degrees of twist in its hinge – a third “presentation” mode, complete with the extra battery power of the dock in-tact. This machine takes full Windows 8 to the tablet universe with a rather solid setup and a base cost of right around $750 USD – if that sounds like a deal to you, make with the tapping.
The Acer Iconia W510-1422 is not just a tablet first, notebook second sort of situation like many modern multi-mode machines are. Instead you’ve got full Windows 8 (as opposed to the tablet-centric Windows RT) along with a solid touchscreen display and a keyboard dock thats clearly made to be part of the full package rather than an after-thought. The keyboard here is clearly the bottom half of the unit rather than the piece you leave at home when you’re feeling no need to key.
Because you can bend the display back to a display position (with the keys of the keyboard then facing down towards the table) you’ve got a rather nice and nearly unique situation on your hands. While we’ve seen this position for tablet convertible machines several times over the past few months, you can rest assured that Acer does it right with a well-balanced and relatively rugged delivery of all pieces involved. And it feels natural to use this machine in each of its three major positions – that’s important when it comes to this modern touch-friendly Windows 8 environment we’re in here in the first part of 2013.
On this unit you’ve got a LED-backlit TFT LCD HD 10.1-inch display up front with 1366 x 768 pixel resolution covered by a smooth sheet of Gorilla Glass 2. Viewing angles are essentially perfect across the grid and the brightness you’ve got here is ready for everyday action (everywhere save direct sunlight). You’ll be rolling out with 5-finger touch as opposed to the 10 you’ll find on desktop PCs in 2013 for the most part, but unless you’ve got something rather unique on your hands that needs more than a couple fingers at a time, you’ll never notice.
Inside you’ve got wireless connectivity as well as Bluetooth 4.0+HS and all around the rim you’ve got high-quality connections and blasters of media. Two speakers sit on the sides of the tablet portion of this setup to the left and the right, this allowing sound to bounce off your palm and into your ears with ease. This machine has an integrated digital microphone that works well with the cameras in front and back and you’ve got a set of ports for USB connectivity as well.
On the tablet itself you’ve got a microUSB port and a microHDMI port for 1080p output as well as multi-display. With this port you’re able to use a massive display as a second screen – as you well should – and it works smooth as if it were a single-unit solution. The microUSB port allows you to connect to whatever other PC you’ve got handy and works with the microUSB-to-full size USB converter accessory that comes in the box as well – great for mice.
The keyboard portion of this setup also has a full-sized USB port for additional accessories, and the whole setup is powered by a port (with included power cord) that exists on the tablet itself and on the keyboard dock. When the tablet is connected to the keyboard, it does so with this port, leaving the keyboard dock to do all the powering of the whole unit.
The front-facing camera you’ve got here is more than ready for great video chat – better than some desktop machines these days with 1920 x 1080 resolution and 1080p video recording ready for action. The back-facing camera is also decent, though not exactly on-par with the camera you’re getting on most modern smartphones with the same specifications. have a peek at a few demo photos below to get an idea of what you’re working with here.
Note that most of the photos are taken with the back-facing camera indoors while the photo looking upward at the dog was taken with the front-facing camera. Again, this front-facing camera should be used primarily for video chat rather than photography, mind you.
The full Windows 8 experience you’ll be working with here offers up a collection of Acer-added applications for cloud computing, security, connectivity with your other wireless devices on the web, and everything in-between. This machine features the “Acer Ring” with its ability to quick-launch apps and websites as well as take screenshots on-the-fly. Acer Ring is essentially a home screen replacement app that allow you to take control of your machine in tablet mode, this version of the app made specifically for this device. You’ll find each of the ports sitting in their right places and all of your media action controllable from one location – great stuff!
You’ll be able to run nearly every kind of app you’d be able to run on any other Windows 8 machine (within reason.) While the whole experience is fluid and surprisingly powerful for what the physical size of the unit implies, you wont be anywhere near the monstrous power of desktop machines like the Acer Predator. Don’t expect to play Hawken at full power here (not yet, at least).
| Section | Description | Score | Total Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows x86 (32-bit) – Microsoft Windows 8 (32-bit) | |||
| Integer | Processor integer performance | 1587 | 1410 |
| Floating Point | Processor floating point performance | 1391 | |
| Memory | Memory performance | 1203 | |
| Stream | Memory bandwidth performance | 1271 | |
Under the hood you’ve got an Intel Atom Dual-Core processor from the Clover Trail generation that proves its might by doing well with every app the device comes with and some of the more interesting nearly high-powered oddities you’ll find like Remote Desktop. With Remote Desktop you’ll be able to work with your computer from another over a wireless network – the Iconia W510-1422 keeps up rather nicely. The exact model we’ve got here is the Intel Atom Z2760 1.5GHz (dual core) complete with Intel Burst Technology up to 1.8GHz (1MB L2 cache).
| Manufacturer | Acer | Product Type | Notebook |
| Operating System | Microsoft Windows 8 (32-bit) | ||
| Motherboard | Acer ICONIA W510 | ||
| Processor | Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU Z2760 @ 1.80GHz | ||
| Processor ID | GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 53 Stepping 1 | ||
| Processor Frequency | 1.80 GHz | Processors | 1 |
| Threads | 4 | Cores | 2 |
| L1 Instruction Cache | 32.0 KB | L1 Data Cache | 24.0 KB |
| L2 Cache | 512 KB | L3 Cache | 0.00 B |
| Memory | 1.96 GB -1MHz | FSB | 18.4 EHz |
| BIOS | Acer V1.0B | ||
Also under the hood you’ve got a 64GB Solid State Drive, 2GB of DDR3 SDRAM, and Intel Graphic Media Accelerator technology with 64MB of dedicated system memory. Battery time with the tablet alone has proven to be right between 7 and 8 hours when we’re using it and several days if it’s just sitting on the desk on its own, asleep. The tablet itself works with a 3450mAh battery while the base includes an additional battery that adds nearly as much battery time again. Together you’re looking at several days of standby time at LEAST with around 11 hours of up-time just so long as you’re browsing the web and playing videos (high-powered games give you a bit less).
This machine is ready for the 2013 season of Windows 8 action, but it’s not going to replace your MacBook Air. It’s not meant to – if you’re a Windows user and want a mobile device ready for everyday action and a relatively large amount of battery time, that’s where you’ll find the greatness in the Iconia W5. The whole setup is solid, the presentation is ready to take on the top competition in the market today, and it’s easily one of our top choices for convertible tablets running full Windows 8 today – and not just because there aren’t many of them out there!
Acer Iconia W510 Review: full Windows 8 Intel Atom tri-mode tablet PC is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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At the recently concluded CES 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada, we did hear that Acer announced their Iconia B1 Android tablet which you can see on the right. The thing is, the Iconia B1 did not really come with the kind of hardware specifications that would make it a serious contender in the small form factor tablet market, but then again we could not complain too much with a $150 price point. It seems that the Iconia B1 is just Acer’s precursor when it comes to the low-cost tablet market, as an Acer executive dropped hints that there will be upcoming pocket-friendly eight-inch and ten-inch tablets.
The Taiwanese company is aiming for a $200 launch price thereabouts for the 8-inch tablet, while the 10-inch model will be a wee bit more expensive at just $250, which are pretty admirable targets, although we do wonder just what kind of hardware will be thrown into the mix. Oh yeah, perhaps having a quad-core processor at the very minimum would be ideal to kick things off on the right footing, no?
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Acer announced its Iconia B1 a few weeks ago as a $150 Android tablet, which we’re sure is being manufactured to go up against the Nexus 7 and Kindle Fire HD. It looks as though Acer isn’t completely done supplying low-end Android tablets as the company has hinted at possibly releasing 8- and 10-inch quad-core tablets sometime in 2013 that will also be low-end Android tablets.
Acer CEO Linxian Lang spoke with the China Times in regards to manufacturing more tablets in additional sizes and price points. The tablets Lang hinted at would be quad-core tablets priced between $202 to $236.
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Acer‘s budget-minded Iconia B1 tablet has been turning some heads, mostly thanks to its competitive $150 price tag, but it looks like Acer isn’t stopping there. The company has hinted at the prospect of releasing 8- and 10-inch quad-core tablets sometime this year that will also be aimed at the budget market in order to take on Google and Amazon.
According to the China Times, Acer CEO Linxian Lang spoke about the possibility of expanding the company’s tablet lineup with more size options and price points to compete with other tablet manufacturers. These quad-core tablets the he speaks of are said to be ranging from 150 to 175 Euros, which puts them at about $202 to $236 in US dollars.
While that’s certainly on par with other budget tablets currently available, the quad-core processor may make Acer’s upcoming tablets more of a bargain buy compared to the Nexus 7 or the Kindle Fire HD. Lang also discussed the company’s projections as far as sales go. Acer expects to ship 200 million tablets this year, 80 million of which will be higher-end models.
Of course, there’s no word on when these budget tablets will appear exactly, but seeing as the Iconia B1 isn’t planned for a US release, we’re sadly expecting the same thing from these upcoming slates. Either way, we’re looking forward to seeing what Acer has up their sleeves this year, and if they’ll release budget tablets that can compete.
[via Android Community]
Acer hints at budget quad-core tablets to take on Google and Amazon is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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