Every year it’s getting harder and harder for consumers to keep track of when Black Friday sales are supposed to peak as the companies change their strategies every year. Some of the largest retailers even started select Black Friday sales the 2nd week of November already. With some of the Black Friday price announcements in tablets and computers out of the way by now, here’s a breakdown of the current … more…
Acer’s latest 10.1-inch Android tablet has hit the market in the US the last couple of days, with the Full HD version of Acer Iconia One 10 (B3-A50) now being available for under $200: https://www.amazon.com/Acer-Iconia-B3-a50fhd In some markets, a HD version (B3-A50) is being sold too, but at only $20 less than the Full HD (B3-A50FHD) version, there wouldn’t be much reason to buy it. The model name Acer Iconia … more…
The Acer Switch 7 Black Edition is Acer’s largest Windows 10 2-in-1 tablet, at 13.5-inches. It was announced at IFA as far back as on August 30 last year, and while this Windows tablet have already been launched in other markets, it took until this month to see it released in the US. Now available from: Acer: https://us-store.acer.com/laptops/detachable/switch-7-laptop-black-edition Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Acer-Switch-i7-8550U-Windows-SW713 The tablet is interesting in itself, but I know a … more…
Acer took the enter stage today to unveil a lot of their new and updated computer products for 2018. Though not all of them, so Acer coud still announce other new computer products later this year. Acer Swift 5 Called that world’s lightest laptop at 15-inches under 2.2 pounds/1 kg, it goes up against LG Gram. The difference seems to be the battery, since LG Gram can deliver a 16 … more…
Acer Iconia One 8 (B1-870) is Acer’s newest 8-inch Android tablet on the market in 2018, intended as a cheap-as-possible 8-inch tablet with regular Android 7.0 Nougat. Hence the price is just around $100: https://www.amazon.com/Acer-B1-870-K028 Acer Iconia One 8 (B1-870) has an 8-inch screen with HD 1280 x 800 resolution, and is powered by a quad-core 1.3 GHz MediaTek MT8167B processor, with 1GB of RAM, and 16GB of storage. Wi-Fi … more…
At its annual event in New York today, Acer announced a couple of gaming computers and other peripherals, but also the Acer Chromebook Spin 13 which Acer says is a Chromebook for businesses. This is a 13.5-inch convertible laptop with a revolving display so it can be used as a tablet, though it is not a detachable. It features a integrated EMR Wacom stylus pen, and with a 8th gen. … more…
Acer Iconia One 10 (B3-A50) leaks for the first time today after I realized it had just been FCC approved. The new Acer Iconia One 10 (B3-A50) is a 10.1-inch Android 8.1 tablet that will replace the Acer Iconia One 10 (B3-A40), a tablet that was launched to the market in June 2017. Acer Iconia One 10 (B3-A50FHD) is a 10.1-inch Android 8.1 Oreo tablet from Acer, with a Full … more…
Acer finally announced the Acer Chromebook Tab 10 today, two months to the day after it was first spotted at the BETT education fair in London in January: https://www.amazon.com/Acer-D651N-K9WT This is marketed as an education tablet, but it’s also the first pure Chromebook OS tablet, so that makes today historic in the tablet world. Acer actually has other tablets that it has announced but still not released, so the timing … more…
The first Chrome OS tablet and from Acer has just been spotted during the BETT education fair in London. What’s strange is that Acer have had a stand there called Acer For Education where they have announced Chromebook laptops, but the Chrome OS tablet appears to be something Acer only wantd to showcase to people in the education sector without actually announcing it yet. The announcement came instead from BETT … more…
After the public revelations this week and last week that several Intel processors have up until now had undisclosed flaws, a lot of people immediately started looking for alternative processor for Windows devices, of which there are only AMD for Windows computers at the moment: https://www.amazon.com/Acer-Swift-Ryzen Acer is about to release their new 2018 Acer Swift 3 series of Windows 10 laptops on February 9, and there they’ve ditched Intel … more…
Acer have announced that the 13.5-inch Windows 10 2-in-1 tablet Acer Switch 7 Black Edition will get Amazon Alexa too in the US during the first quarter of 2018: https://www.acer.com/series/switch7blackedition So now users can chose between Alexa and Cortana on the tablet. Acer says that a wider rollout of Amazon Alexa can be expected from mid-2018, without specifying what other tablets that may become eligible for the update. Part of … more…
Acer have taken to CES in Las Vegas to announce their new and very thin Acer Swift 7 (SF714-51T) which they state is the world’s thinnest laptop right now. And it looks like they are not lying either, even when they are up against thin competitors such as Asus ZenBook Flip S and HP Spectre. The impressive depth to the new Acer Swift 7 (SF714-51T) 2018 model is just 8.98mm … more…
Acer Iconia Tab 10 (A3-A50) is Acer’s flagship Android tablet for 2017, and possibly for 2018 as well since it launched a little late in the US. It was teased as far back as May 25th, and have only become available from Acer Store USA this week, though two stores have had it on their inventory list since late October: https://us-store.acer.com/tablets/iconia-tab-10-tablet-a3-a50 The further away we are from Acer’s home country, … more…
While we are seeing Xbox game sales today in Microsoft Store’s 12 Days of Deals, we’ll have the option of up to $500 discounts on Lenovo PC’s tomorrow on December 8th says Microsoft, with sales on Lenovo Ideapad, Ideacentre, and Legion series as well as a bundle of the Lenovo Legion Y720 with Lenovo Mixed Reality headset: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/b/12-days-of-deals But today there are some other exciting computer deals from Samsung and … more…
Acer took to IFA in Berlin today to announce their first Coffee Lake Windows 10 2-in-1 tablet with the very promising Acer Switch 7 Black Edition, announced to hit the market in December from $1699 in the US, and €1999 in EMEA countries. That makes it both the largest and priciest of Acer’s Windows 10 tablets with detachable keyboard, but at the same time, it is an interesting device that … more…