14 DAY TRIAL // On Friday last week, Acer, the world's third largest PC vendor, officially introduced its highly-anticipated Aspire One netbook with a 10-inch display. With the announcement, the company has basically debuted its first 10-inch, low-cost, low-power netbook system, providing users with a better screen resolution and a somewhat familiar configuration, based on Intel's highly-successful Atom processor. On that note, a few more details regarding the netbook's pricing and availability have just been made available.
The company is apparently going to provide its customers with three different versions of the netbook, at least in France, where they are expected to become available. As expected, the first configuration to be offered will be based on a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 processor and will come with 1GB of memory, a 160GB hard-drive and 3-cell battery. This model, dubbed Aspire One D150-0B, will go on sale in February, while in March Acer plans to unveil the D150-1B and the D150-2BG, the last of which will be featured with an improved ATOM CPU and integrated mobile broadband.
The main difference between the D150-1B and the D150-0B models is that the former will be powered by a 6-cell battery, capable of providing a specified battery life of 7 hours, according to Acer. Aside from that, both models will boast a 10-inch 1024 by 600 LED backlit display with support for WiFi b/g and Bluetooth 2.0, with a retail price tag of around €349 ($450).
The last of the three, dubbed Aspire One D15-2BG, will be featured with an improved Intel Atom N280 processor, running at 1.66GHz, and will include a built-in 3G quadband UMTS/HSDPA mobile broadband, in addition to a 6-cell battery. This system is said to weigh just 1.33kg, while the price tag is set at €449 ($575).