Acer refreshes Chromebook line

Acer wants to further its stake in the Chromebook market with a new 11.6-inch machine. The C720P-2600 model, or C7 for short, packs in a 1366 x 768 touch-screen, Intel Celeron 2955U processor in an approximately three-pound notebook. It also has 32GB SSD storage and 2GB RAM, which are typical specs for Chromebooks. The C7 will be on display at Acer’s CES booth and is said to carry a US$299. It comes in Moonstone White, is bundled with Gogo Inflight Internet passes, and will be available this month.

Source: CNET

Acer's offerings at Computex 2013 include the Iconia W3 Windows 8 tablet

Acer made a couple of product announcements at the ongoing Computex 2013 in Taipei, including the 8-inch Iconia W3 tablet, next-gen Aspire S7 and S3, and an Aspire Z3 all-in-one. What can you expect in terms of specs?

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SourceCode: China and Taiwan’s hardware manufacturers are dominating in design and innovation

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Some of the most daring and innovative PC, tablet and smartphone designs to come out of CES 2013 were from Taiwanese and Chinese multinationals. In terms of form, function and materials, many of these devices seem to offer customers more that competing products from North America. Is this the new normal?

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CES 2013: Acer intros the Iconia B1-A71, an affordable 7-inch Android tablet

Acer revealed their Iconia B1-A71 a budget 7-inch Android tablet that they expect to sell for $150. This device will further disrupt pricing in the tablet market as it comes close to the pricing og eReaders which do a lot less. Full specs for the Iconia B1-A71 after the jump.

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