Acer's strategy on Smartphone and Tablet

Rumors were apparently running rampant that Acer would quit the smartphone and tablet game cold turkey but it’s not true according to the company themselves. Acer states that they will continue to attempt to break into the fast-growing tablet and smartphone markets, though it won’t pursue the frequent release model that we’re seeing major manufacturers have a little success with. They’ll be going the Apple route, opting to deliver only a few devices each year. Compressing a portfolio in this manner not only saves Acer money from streamlined R&D processes, assembly processes and more, but it allows them to focus on creating quality devices. That’s not to say that you can’t get quality with a ton of quantity but Acer isn’t quite...

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Acer Iconia Tab A200 pricing and picture gallery revealed

ACER is all set to launch their next Android tablet named the A200 and while we don’t have a quad-core processor or anything revolutionary from their previous attempts this tablet should be quite impressive. We’ve seen various leaks and ACER officially announced this dual-core Tegra 2 slate in early December but no launch date or pricing was given. Today we have a full image gallery and some suggested prices courtesy of NotebookItalia. While this isn’t the best tablet around it does offer impressive specs and a promise to be upgraded with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich in early 2012 — all for a great price. The official press release didn’t give us any of those details but below you’ll find both suggested price, and availability....

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Video of Acer Iconia Tab A200 leaks

Those big on Acer tablets will like the latest leak that has been spied. What appears to be the video promo for the Acer Iconia Tab A200 has leaked showing off a few more details and offering a better look at the tablet than we have seen ion other leaked photos in the past. Our first glimpse at the tablet came earlier this month when a photo leaked and then the tablet was also spied crossing the FCC. We don’t have all the details on the tablet just yet, but we do know a lot. The A200 is expected to be a budget offering that packs the NVIDIA Tegra 2 under the hood while the new high-end tablets will sport the Tegra 3 chipset. That Tegra 2 chip is still powerful enough for most folks. The video can be seen in below and it offers up...

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Acer Iconia Tab A700/A701 Surface, Could Have Full HD Display and Tegra

As the first reports of the upcoming Acer Iconia Tab A700 and A701 emerge, it isn’t so surprising that the tablets will likely feature the quad-core Tegra 3 processor. The chipset follows up the highly-favored Tegra 2 and is already seeing its fair share of deployment in future Android slates. Slightly more interesting is the suggestion that the A700/A701 will feature full HD displays with 1080p resolution. The information was gleaned from a user agent profile, which aren’t always the most trustworthy sources of information. But with 720p displays already reaching smartphones, the inclusion of high-definition screen technology in tablets doesn’t come from left field — the notion has our interest piqued. Acer’s next-gen lineup of Iconia...

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Acer Iconia Tab A510/A511 tipped in source code

If you are a big fan of Acer tablets and are patiently waiting for a new tablet that packs Tegra 3 from Acer you are in luck. A new tablet has been tipped that is called the Acer A511 via source code. The tablet is pegged to have the Tegra 3 chipset and a few more details are in that code as well. We also know that tablet will have a 1280 x 800 resolution screen with 32-bit color. The A511 is supposed to be packing in both WiFi and 3G connectivity. There is a model called the A510 tipped as well sharing the same hardware, but having WiFi only. There is no indication of what OS the tablets will use. It would make sense that they will get Android 4.0, but that isn’t noted in the source code. Another thing we don’t know about the tablets...

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Acer Iconia A200 10″ Tablet stops by the FCC

Last week we spotted some information and a photo regarding this mystery tablet from Acer being called the A200. Today we’ve learned a few more details as its nicely made a quick pit stop at the FCC. We can confirm that this will be a 10″ tablet and from the images it appears to be quite thin too. Currently Acer offers the Iconia A500 10″ tablet and the smaller A100 7″ variant so we were expecting this to many fall in the middle, but after digging through the FCC filing this clearly will be a 10″ Android tablet and possibly around 7-8mm thin. That could make this one of the thinnest tablets around, and that would be a big improvement over the first series from Acer. No other details are known at this point, and the FCC has been...

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ACER Iconia A100 now available in Red

The popular little ACER Iconia A100 7″ Android tablet is now available in Red for those that want some brightness to their gadgets. Well, you could call it pink if you’d like. Over at Amazon.de they are now offering a red colored A100 for those interested in something different from the blue model originally offered. For more information on this 7″ Android 3.2 Honeycomb tablet you can enjoy our full review here. The A100 was the first Android 3.2 Honeycomb tablet and comes packing a 7″ 1024 x 600 resolution and the powerful NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core 1.0 GHz processor so you can take advantage of all those awesome THD games like the recently released SHADOWGUN and many others. Currently available in both red or blue it will run...

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Acer Iconia Tabs to get Ice Cream Sandwich update next year?

With all the hubbub over the latest Android 4.0 version of the popular OS, lots of folks want to know when they will be able to get Ice Cream Sandwich on their own tablets and smartphones. Last week Asus announced that the original Transformer tablet would be getting the ISC update next year. Today news on more devices possibly getting the update next year have surfaced. This is unconfirmed right now so take the rumor with some salt. According to Tablet-online.pl the Acer Iconia Tab A100/A101 and the A500/A501 will all get the upgrade to ICS early next year. That would be no surprise really. The details come from information presented from an unnamed source to the Tablet-online.pl site. It has been said by Android product manager...

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Acer founder: Android will beat Apple

Taipei, Oct. 14, 2011 (CENS)--Stan Shih, the founder of Acer Inc., one of the world’s top five PC suppliers, stated in an interview with Taiwan’s Chinese-language United Daily News that consistently tapping synergies of Wintel (Windows plus Intel) and Google on innovation, Android leaguers are likely to outdo Apple Inc. in the near future. Buoyed by PC and smartphone suppliers, Google’s Android has become one of the world’s most used mobile operating systems, regarded as the answer to Apple’s incursion into the global market for PCDs (portable communication devices). Shih stressed that Intel’s alliance with Google is especially the good news to Android leaguers, as the two high-tech giants will jointly come up with better solutions...

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Acer Iconia Smart S300 4.8″ smartphone clears the FCC, gets a teardown

The Acer Iconia Smart has just cleared the FCC and is headed our way soon. Spotted at the FCC getting a little teardown we now get to see a few of the internals of this huge 4.8″ phone-tablet hybrid from Acer. It was first announced back in February and we even have some hands-on video from MWC2011 of the device, it’s a unique smartphone that is for sure. Back in May it was delayed and the last we heard it was slated for a September release. At least it’s finally hitting the FCC, we can expect a release shortly I’m assuming. Like mentioned above, last we heard the Iconia Smart was headed to market this September, sadly that time has passed and we are now hopeful for a October launch especially because its cleared the FCC. For those...

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Asustek and Acer join Tizen project, HTC said to be evaluating its decision

Just a day after news that the MeeGo operating system had met its demise and a new Samsung and Intel backed Linux OS called Tizen would rise to take its place, both Asustek and Acer have reportedly joined the project, with HTC “currently evaluating its decision”, reports Digitimes. Tizen will be hosted by the Linux Foundation and will be jointly-created by Intel and Samsung, supporting multiple device categories including smartphones, tablets, smart TVs, netbooks and in-car devices. MeeGo, the predecessor to Tizen, was put on deathwatch the minute Nokia announced that it was to invest heavily in Microsoft’s Windows Phone ecosystem. The company did release one MeeGo-powered device, the Nokia N9 – which launched to favourable reviews...

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Acer hopes ultrabooks will slow down iPad, save PCs

Acer VP Scott Lin in remarks captured Wednesday was adamant that Intel's MacBook Air-inspired ultrabook concept would help rescue the PC industry. Tablets like the iPad were mostly popular because they were light, thin, and had good battery life while focused on entertainment, he said with Digitimes in earshot. Once ultrabooks got to that point, buying habits would "reverse" as people would rather get one ultrabook that did both instead of having both a tablet and a regular notebook.Buyers would swing back to notebooks in 2012, Lin insisted. While some signs have emerged of a disputed iPad 2 production cut, the remarks come from a company with a history of predicting the imminent end of the tablet market and the iPad, only to be repeatedly...

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Acer gets network support – C6 Liquid Express coming to Orange

Acer has finally managed to bag a decent network distribution deal, with its latest in the Liquid line of Android phones appearing on the Orange UK site. The phone’s full name is the Acer C6 Liquid Express, which a quick Google session reveals is also known as the Acer E320. It’s a 3.5″ model with a 5megapixel camera and LED flash, with previously spotted versions of the phone running Android 2.3.3 and powered by an 800MHz Qualcomm processor. This is it in its Orange incarnation: You can register your interest over on the Orange site if you’d like to know when the C6 launches. Link via SoMobil...

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AT&T 4G Acer Iconia Tab A501 gets priced & dated

AT&T‘s 4G-enabled version of the 10.1-inch Acer Iconia Tab, the A501, will go on sale September 18 the carrier has confirmed, though don’t expect crazy fast data speeds. In fact, the 4G only refers to HSPA+, not the LTE on the roadmap for later this year. Priced at $330 with a new, two-year data agreement, or $480 without, the 16GB Iconia Tab A501 is, 4G connectivity aside, identical to the A500 we reviewed previously. On the back there’s a 5-megapixel camera, while a 2-megapixel camera is up front for video calls. As well as the HSPA+ there’s WiFi b/g/n and Bluetooth, along with USB 2.0, HDMI and a microSDHC memory card slot. NVIDIA’s Tegra 2 processor keeps things running. Acer says it will also be offering a 32GB version of...

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ViewSonic and Acer to pay Microsoft royalties for Android products

While Windows Phone 7 may not be doing as well as Microsoft had hoped, unlike Apple, Microsoft has been more or less content with sitting by the sidelines and try to make money off their competitors through royalties and licensing. One such example is where HTC is currently paying $5 to Microsoft for every Android handset that they sell, and now it looks like Microsoft has added more companies to that pool. Microsoft has just confirmed that they have reached licensing agreements with both ViewSonic and Acer, companies who are probably best known for their tablets – the ViewPad and Iconia Tab series respectively. The deal will see both companies paying Microsoft royalties on sales of their Android handsets and tablets, and will also...

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Acer Liquid Mini Ferrari Edition roars its engine

We haven’t seen much from Acer or the Liquid Mini lately but they are planning their next Ferrari phone and we have the details. Who remembers the Acer Liquid E Ferrari Edition? Basically what we have is that same idea wrapped around the recently released Liquid Mini. The Acer Liquid Mini was released in April in the UK and at one point was spotted at the FCC heading to AT&T. While carrier or regions aren’t yet known we are now seeing the new Ferrari edition looking beautiful in glossy red roaring its engines for everyone. This is as special edition as it gets. For those that don’t remember the Liquid Mini this is an Android 2.3 Gingerbread phone with a 3.2″ display, 800 Mhz Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU, 512MB of RAM, 5MP camera...

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Acer W4 vs Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S

We compare the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S with a rumoured Windows Phone 7 Mango known as the Acer W4As we near the release of Windows Phone 7's Mango update, interest in the platform is rightfully increasing. Many people are keen to see exactly what the operating system has matured into and one device which looks set to show-off the update's capabilities is Acer's Mango powered Acer W4.In the interest of impartiality we've chosen to pitch the Acer W4 against a little Android competition in the shape of Sony Ericsson's up and coming Xperia Arc S – a device that is looking to build on the solid reputation of its predecessor.We're operating within the confines of speculation again this week, folks, so do remember that what we're discussing...

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Acer Iconia Tab A510/A500 gets Android 3.2 update

 This tablet was cool because it was the first tablet to hit the market that ran Android 3.0 Honeycomb. If you purchased one of the tablets or the A501, you will be glad to hear that a new Android update is reportedly available for the tablet right now. The update should be available OTA and will take the tablet from 3.0 to 3.2.There are several new features that the update brings to the tablet including the ability to scale the smaller apps made for smartphones up to the full screen size of the tablet. The app zooming is done by scaling the pixels. The update also reportedly brings with it the ability to sync media from the SD card and increases the overall performance on the tablet. The tip comes from a Polish website called...

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Acer Iconia A500 3.2 Honeycomb OTA Update expected around August 25th

While many tablets have already seen the update to Android 3.2 Honeycomb like the Motorola Xoom and the ASUS Transformer we haven’t heard anything regarding the Acer A500 Tablet. It was updated to Android 3.1 back in July but appears to be a little late to the 3.2 party. Users wont need to wait much longer because we may see the update in August.Don’t feel that bad though Acer Fans, the G-Slate only received 3.1 like this week so you guys are still looking pretty good for current and future updates. The Iconia A500 should see 3.2 start rolling out on August 25 according to the Acer Malaysia Facebook page, and while Acer hasn’t mentioned anything regarding the US update this is a good sign that it is coming.Do take note that the original...

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Acer Iconia Tab A100 review

It's been nine months -- nine months! -- since Acer first announced it was getting into the tablet game, with a promise of both 7- and 10-inch slates. Well, the 10-inch Iconia Tab A500 has been on the scene for months, but until now we've been tapping our feet impatiently waiting for the other tab to drop. Acer came out and said it wouldn't be here until the second half of the year, and meanwhile we'd heard rumors it would arrive in September and that it was delayed due to "Honeycomb compatibility issues".Well, folks, dog years later it's finally here. Say hello to the Acer Iconia Tab A100, the company's first 7-inch tablet, and the first 7-inch tablet to run Android 3.2. Other than its OS, its specs are fairly run-of-the-mill: a Tegra...

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