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The Iconia Tab A200 isn’t the only Acer tablet that will receive an update to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, as the outfit has just announced that its previous flagship, the A500, will also get an official ICS port. Two more months need to pass until the update arrives, but this is definitely good news for th... |
14 February 2012
14:01 GMT |
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After many rumors and speculations, Acer has finally launched the Nvidia Tegra 3 powered Iconia Tab A510 in France with prices starting at 399 EUR (about $524 US) making it the second Android 4.0 powered tablet to reach Europe after Asus’ Transformer Prime. The 399 EUR starting price is for the Wi-Fi only vers... |
14 February 2012
06:11 GMT |
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Asus’ Transformer Prime isn’t the only top-tier tablet out there to get an official Android 4.0 update anymore, as recently Acer has also started pushing out a new firmware based on Android 4.0.3 ICS to the recently released Iconia Tab A200.
When it introduced the A200 at the end of last year, Acer claim... |
13 February 2012
07:11 GMT |
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Since Europe has been proving to be quite the fickle mistress as far as marketing success is concerned, Acer has decided to change the way it goes about things in that area.
As part of its ongoing effort to reorganize itself into a more profitable company, Acer has changed its tactics in Europe.
There are two key... |
13 February 2012
06:02 GMT |
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There seems to be quite a bit of fuss about ultrabooks, just as Intel hoped for, and the latest reports on the matter should be just what prospective customers want.
Ultrabooks have begun to steadily drop in price, according to a recent report posted by news and rumor site Digitimes.
HP, Lenovo and Acer have are a... |
7 February 2012
14:01 GMT |
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One might say that it was only a matter of time before something like this happened, even though it has definitely been a while since the motive behind Acer's latest action arose.
Basically, Acer has sued former chief executive officer Gianfranco Lanci over alleged breaching of a non-compete clause.
Details ... |
7 February 2012
13:01 GMT |
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While Sapphire is still working on its own E-450 powered Edge HD3 nettop, Acer has already started selling such a computer based on AMD’s high-end Brazos APU, which is now available from Amazon for $329.99 (251 EUR).
Introduced in the company’s Revo line, the PC bears a strong resemblance to the rest of ... |
3 February 2012
06:02 GMT |
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Acer’s Iconia Tab A200 keeps making its way in more European countries, after Germany the tablet also being spotted in Italy.
Here, the 10.1-incher made its appearance in the Pixmania online shop, which lists both the 8GB and the 16GB versions of the slate, with prices starting at 339 Euros, including VAT (abo... |
2 February 2012
09:04 GMT |
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Just as it promised at the end of last year, Acer has now started selling the Iconia Tab A200 in Europe, Germany being one of the first countries to get it.
The 10.1-incher was launched at the beginning of December, and Netbook News now reports that the tablet is available from Amazon.de for 369 EUR (about $486 US).... |
1 February 2012
16:11 GMT |
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Acer did say it was changing the way it approached the IT market, but its tactics vary more from country to country than some may have thought.
One of the most recent reports published by Digitimes deals with the tactics that Acer means to employ in Brazil.
As some may or may not know, the company does not exactl... |
1 February 2012
13:31 GMT |
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Acer has reiterated its plans to change its strategy for 2012, revealing a few moves for this year and beyond, or so reports state.
Digitimes has once again provided information on what a world-class IT player is thinking of doing in the short- to mid-term.
Apparently, Acer intends to change the way it goes about ... |
31 January 2012
05:47 GMT |
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MSI surfaces a new line of All-in-one (AIO) computers, with screens ranging between 19" and 24", and we're going to list all their drivers.Today's highlight is the AE2071, a nice 20" screen AIO powered by an Intel Core i3 processor and capable to hold up to 8 GB DDR, even though the stock memory is only 2GB... |
27 January 2012
11:22 GMT |
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Acer has made public quite a lot of details about its upcoming Iconia Tab A700 tablet, which is scheduled to arrive in the second quarter of this year with a 10.1-inch 1920x1200 resolution screen, but until recently the pricing of the device has remained a mystery.
This however changed recently when a German website... |
26 January 2012
06:11 GMT |
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Presented for the first time during the CES 2012 fair, Acer’s Iconia Tab A510 tablet running Nvidia’s quad-core Tegra 3 system-on-a-chip (SoC) device will arrive in Europe this April sporting a price tag of 500 EUR ($649 US). Acer Germany revealed, during a press conference held in Hamburg, that the A510... |
25 January 2012
08:27 GMT |
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If you were wondering what Acer had to offer on the tablet market, look no further than the Iconia Tab A510 which got put through its paces at CES. In fact, a hands-on video of the device surfaced on the web not long ago. In it, the 10-inch Tegra 3-based tablet shows the similarities and the differences it has wi... |
24 January 2012
10:14 GMT |
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Even though Intel Atom netbooks might be doomed, there are alternatives, like AMD's C50- dual-core APU which powers the laptop that AT&T has just unveiled.
The netbook now selling through AT&T is called Acer Aspire A0722 and is based on the 1GHz dual-core APU with Radeon HD 6250 graphics.
Measuring 11.6 in... |
21 January 2012
05:58 GMT |
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Almost a week later than it was originally expected, Acer has started selling the Iconia Tab A200 Android Honeycomb tablet in the US, the 16GB model just being added by BestBuy to its online store where it retails for $349.99 (roughly 271 EUR).The A200 was actually expected to arrive in the US on January 15 according... |
20 January 2012
19:21 GMT |
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Yet again a rumor has sprouted about the newly-created ultrabook market, this time involving Acer, ASUS and Lenovo.
Ultrabook market seems to be very keen on putting on a good show for those customers that are open to the idea of buying ultrabooks.
They are so keen, in fact, that they will even outfit their super-... |
20 January 2012
07:35 GMT |
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Acer continues to be one of the more determined makers of mobile personal computers, having decided to be quite proactive on the ultrabook market. Digitimes continues to periodically provide rumors and reports about some of the companies on the IT market. It so happens that one of its most recent entries has to do... |
19 January 2012
13:51 GMT |
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It's been quite a busy day here at the Softpedia drivers' area and this is why we can bring you a really nice BIOS list.
For today we've got Acer desktops, HP and Dell notebooks and a socket 775 motherboard from Gigabyte. Here we go:
Gigabyte GA-EG41MFT-US2H (rev. 1.4) Bios F7
Acer Veriton X4610G BIO... |
18 January 2012
11:55 GMT |
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The recent CES 2012 fair has witnessed the arrival of an important number of Intel Cedar Trail-powered netbooks, and some of these have already been listed by online retailers, including Acer’s Aspire One AOD270, which has just popped up on Amazon.
Acer’s creation doesn’t differ all that much from ... |
17 January 2012
11:17 GMT |
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Today is the last day of the CES 2012, and major motherboard manufacturers have announced their upcoming motherboard series, most of them sporting the new Intel chipsets.It seems like the next weeks or months will be flooded with a lot of new gear and we'll be focused on delivering you the newest drivers and BIO... |
13 January 2012
10:52 GMT |
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Nothing major for today in the world of BIOSes, just the usual HP notebooks and two Acer desktops, combined with one Asus notebook and few motherboards from Jetway.It is believed that some action will take place soon, as the new chipsets from Intel are about to make their appearance on the scene. Nevertheless, the ne... |
11 January 2012
11:29 GMT |
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The 1920x1200 resolution Iconia Tab A700 isn’t the only tablet that Acer has unveiled at this year’s CES, as the outfit also prepared for the show the A510 slate powered by the same Nvidia Tegra 3 SoC and Android 4.0 operating system.Just as its older brother, the A510 will also sport a 10.1-inch screen, ... |
11 January 2012
04:00 GMT |
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Acer has decided to take this year’s CES by storm, so after the introduction of the 1920x1200 10.1-inch Iconia Tab A700 the company moved into ultra-thin notebook territory where it unveiled that new Aspire S5, the world’s thinnest Ultrabook yet.Standing just 15mm thick (0.59 inches), Acer’s 13.3-in... |
9 January 2012
15:11 GMT |
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Since it's evening here, here comes the "BIOS of the Day" blog post, bringing you the latest betas for Gigabyte's X79-loaded motherboards.
Truly, there must be a lot of things to be fixed in the BIOSes for these boards. They are quite new and the recent overclocking issue has signaled that there is still a... |
9 January 2012
11:01 GMT |
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Acer’s Timeline notebook are getting thinner and lighter than ever before with the introduction of the new 14- and 15-inch Ultra models announced by the Taiwanese company during the CES 2012 fair, and which will become available in the first quarter of this year.Both models are built using pretty much the same ... |
9 January 2012
10:12 GMT |
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At the CES 2012 kickoff, Acer has just unveiled its AcerCloud service, and it blatantly copies Apple’s iCloud right down to the graphics used to promote it. Let alone the PicStream counterpart of Apple’s Photo Stream, or the documents-in-the-cloud feature, or Clear.fi. Let’s just say that some thin... |
9 January 2012
09:08 GMT |
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CES 2012 has arrived and with it Acer’s Iconia Tab A700 has become official bringing to the table an Nvidia Tegra 3 SoC and one of the most impressive 10.1-inch tablet screens around that sports a 1920x1200 resolution.The high-res screen should prove to be ideal for watching 1080p movies and other digital conte... |
9 January 2012
04:35 GMT |
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If you thought Acer was full of the new year spirit, you may have been wrong.
Either that, or the company is in such dire straits that it does not afford slacking off more than a day.
While it will allow a day off on Chinese New Year Eve, it has asked its Chinese partners, among others, to keep working until then, ... |
6 January 2012
09:12 GMT |
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After starting to sell the Iconia Tab A200 in various other parts of the world, Acer has now finally launched this Nvidia Tegra 2-powered tablet in the US where it will go on sale beginning with January 15 for $329.99 (roughly 257 EUR).This price covers the 8GB version of the 10.1-inch tablet as for the 16GB model us... |
5 January 2012
09:51 GMT |
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The fourth day of 2012 brings, as always, our small assortment of BIOSes. Nothing groundbreaking happening yet in the industry, but things are about to change soon, with the Ivybridge technology getting closer to the official launch date.Asrock has released drivers for a new AMD board codenamed M3N78D FX, running on ... |
4 January 2012
11:13 GMT |
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On the tablet front, Intel has yet to impress anyone, but a true impact may finally be made in the third quarter of 2012, provided Acer and Lenovo are really doing what reports say. The rumor mill has been wrong before, but the one Digitimes has just started about Acer and Lenovo may be on to something. According ... |
3 January 2012
07:00 GMT |
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We first heard about the Iconia Tab A700 back in November, when the tablet was leaked by Acer in a document published on its website, and now the specifications as well as a few pictures of the slate made their way to the Web.As NoMobile.ru has found out about the A700, the tablet is expected to be unveiled by Acer d... |
30 December 2011
02:49 GMT |
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There have been rumors that Acer is thinking about drastically changing its business outlook and abandoning some of its most recent ventures.
More precisely, the web has been murmuring that the company is going to back out of the tablet and smartphone business.
Digitimes now says that Acer Founder Stan Shih himse... |
27 December 2011
15:11 GMT |
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Acer has initially said that the Iconia Tab A200 tablet won’t start selling in Europe until February of 2012, but for some lucky Android fans living in the UK the device is already available for purchase thanks to Very.co.uk.The online-based retailer has listed on its Website both the metallic grey and the red ... |
27 December 2011
08:44 GMT |
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Already available to Australian Android fans, the Acer Iconia A200 won’t arrive in Europe until February of 2012, Russia being no exception to this rule.The 10.1-incher was launched at the beginning of this month and Mobile Review reports that once available on Russia soil it will retail for 14,990 rubles, whic... |
22 December 2011
10:01 GMT |
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Acer is really sticking to its role as provider of notebooks, taking to making ultrabooks with a visible enthusiasm, or so one could claim after the most recent rumors about it.
Looks like Acer might be working on an ultrabook that is, or will be, much bigger than most so far.
In fact, it will probably be among the... |
21 December 2011
07:30 GMT |
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Even though Europeans still have two more months to wait until they can get their hands on Acer’s Iconia Tab A200, Australian users can get the tablet right now for 349 AUD ($348 US or 267 EUR).The A200 is available as a Harvey Norman exclusive and packs an Nvidia dual-core Tegra 2 SoC clocked at 1GHz, 1GB of R... |
20 December 2011
09:34 GMT |
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In February of 2012, European Android fans will get a new device to play with which takes the shape of Acer’s Iconia A200 tablet, an entry level 10.1-incher running Nvidia’s Tegra 2 SoC and fully upgradeable to Android 4.0, aka Ice Cream Sandwich.The tablet will join the ranks of other Acer Iconia tablets... |
20 December 2011
08:30 GMT |
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Another day has passed, therefore new BIOS has been posted on the Drivers Area of Softpedia. Today, we bring you an assortment of BIOSes for MSI H67 motherboards, Acer Veriton desktops (for both Windows and Linux), and an HP notebook.Our picks were:Acer Veriton M688G BIOS P01.B0Acer Veriton M688G BIOS P01.B0L for Lin... |
17 December 2011
07:07 GMT |
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Here is a list of new BIOSes we've just uploaded. We've got BIOS for two Asus top-drawer gaming motherboards, HP notebooks, Acer desktop PCs and two Gigabyte motherboards.We're also happy to bring you two new files for Asus graphics cards: the GTX560 and GTX560Ti. Owners of said cards should also take ... |
17 December 2011
03:21 GMT |
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We've promised that we would inform you about the BIOS section on our website. Since there are a lot of users interested in keeping their BIOSes up to date, we figured that such an idea would be a welcomed one. Even more, we've noticed a high interest in this matter, therefore we're happy to let you kn... |
15 December 2011
11:00 GMT |
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This is one move that other companies might end up following starting next year.
Acer just decided, if Digitimes is to be believed (and the news and rumor site often is, even if it is wrong about things once in a while), that it was time to simplify its product lineup.
As such, it will reduce its number of product ... |
15 December 2011
10:54 GMT |
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Looks like Intel's notice that the 2013-bound Haswell platform will only support the embedded DisplayPort specification is forcing Acer to take preemptive measures. Currently, laptops use screens that employ the LVDS interface (low-voltage differential signaling). Only a few notebooks have made the switch to... |
14 December 2011
11:24 GMT |
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If you haven't been keeping track, Acer has been going a bit downhill in terms of finances lately, for several consecutive quarters actually. It is this that kept pushing it lower on the worldwide top PC makers list (the one Lenovo is almost ready to lead). One reason was Acer's reliance on netbooks and... |
5 December 2011
10:01 GMT |
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The Acer Aspire S3 ultrabook from Acer is supposedly on track for a CPU upgrade, though the step won't be officially taken until five months from now. Acer, like the rest of the ultrabook makers, tried to describe its Aspire S3 as favorably as possible, without straining the bounds of frankness overmuch. In ... |
5 December 2011
03:57 GMT |
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The NVIDIA Tegra 2 SoC is the platform that lies at the heart of the Iconia Tab A200, the newest slate to leave Acer's labs and which already got set up with a more or less exact update time frame.
Powered by the dual-core ARM platform (1 GHz clock speed), the tablet is loaded with the Android honeycomb operat... |
2 December 2011
08:15 GMT |
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Acer expects Ultrabooks prices to drop significantly in the coming years, so much in fact that in 2013 the company believes these ultra-thin laptops will start at $499 (roughly 371 EUR), which will make them far more accessible for a wider range of users.According to the Taiwanese company, prices will drop gradually ... |
1 December 2011
05:47 GMT |
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Taiwanese hardware maker Acer has confirmed the rumors that suggested the outfit is working on their own version of an Nvidia Tegra 3-powered tablet running the Android OS which will make its entrance sometime in 2012.The tablet will be released into the company’s Iconia Tab line and is supposed to quickly foll... |
1 December 2011
04:04 GMT |
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