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After seeing the tiniest bit of evidence this morning of a slimmer Acer Aspire One, an anonymous reader has bragged to netbooknews.de that he’s gotten some hands-on time with the laptop, and brought along some purported pics of it as evidence. Dimension-wise, we’re looking at 0.95 inches thick, 10 inches wide, 7.28 inches deep. As for specs, it’s pretty much what you’d expect from a netbook: 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 with 945GME graphics, 1024 x 600 resolution, 1GB RAM, 802.11 a/b/g, a 3-cell battery that’s said to last a discouraging 3 hours or less, and “apparently” integrated UMTS — no word on whether or not this thing’s packing SSD. Overall, the mysterious individual with an enigmatic hat gave it positive impressions, with special props given to the keyboard and touchpad. Hit up the read link for more pics, and Acer? Give us some official glamor shots soon, please.

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New slimline Acer Aspire One slimline pics, alleged specs leak originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If day one of MWC was dominated by Windows Mobile, day two went to Android — although most of the announcements were vague and Toshiba’s Snapdragon-based TG01 did much to impress. Obviously the big announcement was the HTC Magic (née the G2), which’ll be coming to Vodafone UK in April, but several other manufacturers committed to building Googlephones as well. What else did we learn?

Continue reading MWC day two: a new hope

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MWC day two: a new hope originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Acer’s new Tempo lineup of middling Windows Mobile 6.1 sets isn’t going to steal the show from the TG01, the OmniaHD, or the Magic, but it’s not like they’re total failures — they’re just way behind the curve. Engadget Spanish did the honors, and it looks like Acer would have been better off spending the time getting these ready to ship with 6.5 instead of the amusingly quaint Microsoft Bob-like Acer Shell it’s come up with to skin 6.1 — all it’s missing is the dog. Add in a general sense of lagginess and a stubborn resistive touchscreen, and we’d say this round is better off skipped. So much for those budding Acer fanboys. More galleries and a video after the break.

Continue reading Acer F900, M900, X960, and DX900 hands-on with video

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Acer F900, M900, X960, and DX900 hands-on with video originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 17 Feb 2009 10:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Not long after we spotted four new Acer phones in Barcelona has the company officially unveiled the Tempo X960, F900, M900, and DX900 smartphones, albeit with a few typo-laden spec sheets. Interestingly, all of them are running Windows Mobile 6.1, even though Stevey Ballms pulled the wraps off WinMo 6.5 earlier today — and making matters worse, we’re not seeing that required hardware Start button on the DX900 or X960, which means an upgrade probably isn’t in the cards. Curious move, we’d say — and we’re also in the dark on what happened to that goofy dual-sided set we saw leaked earlier. We’ll be on the lookout for answers, check all the detailed specs after the break.

Continue reading Acer unveils Tempo smartphone series, forgets Windows Mobile 6.5

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Acer unveils Tempo smartphone series, forgets Windows Mobile 6.5 originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 16 Feb 2009 13:51:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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According to a recent online survey conducted by a market research firm, AT&T is at least considering carrying netbooks in their stores.

Survey materials tease not only a wide variety of netbook models at AT&T, but 30-minute in-store consultation for those who may need a tutorial to get up and running. While AT&T is already in the netbook-subsidy business, the company has relied upon third parties like RadioShack to sell the hardware and service. Now it looks like AT&T is gearing up to geek out on their own accord. [Thanks tipster!]