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…
Acer have just had a new 7-inch Acer One 7 tablet with cellular capabilities certified by the FCC. It has only been certified with 3G while running Android 6.0, so it remains to be seen if there will be additional cellular models with higher specs. The specs that came out of the leaks includes a quad-core 1.3 GHz MediaTek MT8321 processor with Mali-400 GPU, a 7-inch screen with 1280 x … more…
Acer Switch 5 is a 12-inch Windows 10 2-in-1 tablet that succeeds the Acer Switch Alpha 12 from last year, but that has undergone a few tiny design changes, and a processor upgrade from Skylake to Kaby Lake processors, with choices of Intel Core i3, i5, and i7 processors. Unveiled in N.Y. on April 27, it is now available in the US with either the i5-7200U or i7-7500U processors: Acer: … more…
If you’ve always liked Microsoft’s Surface Pro tablets and what they can do, but haven’t bought one because the price was too high, and you didn’t need a tablet with that much power, then the brand new Acer Aspire Switch 3 (SW312-31) now launched in the US could be worth looking into. It’s now available for the official $449 price from Acer, and it’s also in store on Amazon. Acer: … more…
Acer teased two new Android 7.0 tablets today, ahead of further unveiling at the Computex trade show starting in a few days. The first tablet was the Acer Iconia One 10 (B3-A40) we wrote about last week, but the other one is the new Acer Iconia Tab 10 (A3-A50). It is the successor to the current Acer Iconia Tab 10, and while Acer was sparse with specific details in today’s … more…
A new Acer Iconia One 10 (B3-A40) tablet leaked today after its FCC approval was published. The Acer Iconia One 10 (B3-A40) is the successor to the Acer Iconia One 10 (B3-A30) that was launched in Q2 2016: https://www.amazon.com/Acer-NT-LDVAA-001-B3-A40 Acer Iconia One 10 (B3-A40) will be avilable as both a entry level HD version and as a more expensive Full HD model, both with Android 7.0 Nougat, and I would … more…
The 12-inch Windows 10 2-in-1 tablet Acer Switch 5 was announced by Acer in New York today. This is the successor to the fanless Acer Switch Alpha 12 launched one year ago. Now Acer have upgraded it to the new 7th gen. Intel Core “Kaby Lake” processors, while kept the fanless LiquidLoop colling system for it. The new Acer Switch 5 will be released in USA and Canada in June … more…
Acer announced the brand new Acer Switch 3 today in New York, and this is a budget minded 12.2-inch Windows 10 2-in-1 tablet. Powered by choices of Intel Pentium or Intel Celeron processors, the Acer Switch 3 release date is June in USA and Canada says Acer, where the entry level model will start at $399. In EMA countries it will start at €499, and finally 4999 Yuan in China, … more…
So two days ahead of Acer’s product launch event in New York on April 27, and I am being told that Acer have followed the lead of some of the Chinese tablet brands when it comes to positioning their tablets, by opting for a cheaper yet powerful processor, in a tablet with otherwise high specs. The Chuwi Hi13 is the best example of just such a tablet. (UPDATED: Acer have … more…