Tag Archives: Acer
The First Small Windows Tablet Will Be Available in June
The previously leaked Acer Iconia W3 has been officially announced by the hardware maker today, which added a stamp of officialdom to internet rumour. The 8.1″ tablet is 11.3mm thick, with a dual-core Intel Atom Z2760 clocked at 1.8GHz inside.
    
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The First Small Windows Tablet Will Be Available in June
The previously leaked Acer Iconia W3 has been officially announced by the hardware maker today, which added a stamp of officialdom to internet rumour. The 8.1″ tablet is 11.3mm thick, with a dual-core Intel Atom Z2760 clocked at 1.8GHz inside.
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The First Small Windows Tablet Will Be Available in June
The previously leaked Acer Iconia W3 has been officially announced by the hardware maker today, which added a stamp of officialdom to internet rumour. The 8.1″ tablet is 11.3mm thick, with a dual-core Intel Atom Z2760 clocked at 1.8GHz inside.
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Amazon Leaks the World’s First Small-Screen Windows 8 Tablet
Rumors have swirled recently suggesting that a new breed of small Windows 8 tablets would soon appear in the wild. Now, Amazon has managed to accidentally leak the first tablet of its kind.Read more...
Everyone! Look! Acer!
When was the last time you talked about Acer? Never? Me too. The company, which is the fourth largest PC maker in the world by the way, announced the Acer Aspire R7 this morning. It's a mighty morphing Windows 8 portable. Like the Lenovo Yoga, it features versatile hinges that allow the computer to take different forms.
The Aspire R7 is not the next big thing. No one is going to buy this thing. But that's probably just fine.
Acer Goes To A Whole New Level Of Crazy With The Aspire R7
Acer just announced the Aspire R7, a strange hybrid of a desktop all-in-one, laptop, and a tablet that was previously teased in some promotional Star Trek commercials. It’s honestly really, really weird. We always expected that Windows 8 would lead to some really strange convertible touchscreen devices, but the Aspire R7 is a whole new kind of crazy. The first thing you’ll notice about the Aspire R7 is that Acer seems to have forgotten how laptops are made. The trackpad sits behind the keyboard, which is a bit perplexing until you realize that Acer doesn’t really want you to use the trackpad at all. That’s because the Aspire R7 has something called an Ezel hinge that gives the 15.6 touchscreen display an amazing degree of flexibility. You can lie the 15-inch, 1080p touchscreen display completely flat with the device, turning the Aspire R7 into an oversized tablet. You can also angle the display so that it sits flush with the keyboard and covers the trackpad completely. I’m honestly not sure why the trackpad is there in the first place. As a whole, the Aspire R7 seems to be incredibly well built. It’s made of some type of aluminum-like material, and there’s virtually no flex to the device. On the other hand, it’s very large and very heavy, which means that it won’t be very portable. It’s probably one of the nicest pieces of hardware Acer has ever built. But I don’t know who would use something as crazy as this. Other key specs for the R7 include: Intel Core i5 1.8GHz processor, with Turbo Boost to 2.7GHz 6GB Of DDR3 RAM 500GB SATA HD, paired with a 24GB SSD Intel HD Graphics 4000 HD webcam with dual mics 2 USB 3, 1 USB 2 ports 5.3 lbs and 1.1-inches thin Acer also announced the Aspire P3, an ultra book convertible with a detachable display, and the Iconia A1, a 7.9 inch Android tablet. But it’s the Aspire R7 that stole the show here. It’ll be available for sale exclusively at Best Buy retail locations starting May 17th, and can be pre-ordered now at the Best Buy online store for $999. (and a friendly shout out to Stefan over at LaptopMemo, who was kind enough to let me borrow his camera for these shots)
Acer Aspire R7 Hands On: We’re Not Quite Ready for This Kind of Crazy
Can we start by saying that Acer's new R7 convertible is nuts, and that that's totally great? Because it is, it's great that Acer's doing this weird new thing that doesn't exactly make sense, just to see if it works. Read more...
Acer Aspire R7: The Craziest Thing to Happen to Laptops in Years
This is either brilliant or absolutely insane. Acer's new R7 ultrabook is the weirdest change to laptop design in years. Read more...
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