Intel’s new ultrabook form factor for laptops look to be the PC trend for 2012, with every brand working to put out something slim and sexy to rival the MacBook Air, but Acer just put out what might be the ultimate ultrabook (so far). They’ve just announced the Acer Aspire S5, a laptop that just out-slimmed everyone with a 15mm profile, claiming the title of “world’s thinnest” with a body that’s 2mm thinner than Apple’s existing MacBook Air and a similar 1.35Kg weight.
Two of Acer’s Iconia Tab tablets , the Iconia Tab A200 and A700 has landed early in Russian site Nomobile.ru’s laps, both of which got detailed early before the big unveiling at CES next week. Since the A200 has already been available for pre-sale in the UK (and revealed back in November by Acer’s own promo video), this serves as a good first look at the higher-end A700.
Acer has introduced the Liquid Express, an entry level smartphone that rocks a 3.5-inch touchscreen and Android 2.3. The phone runs on an 800MHz Snapdragon processor and features a relatively average five-megapixel camera, but gets a little modern with NFC tech that can be used for short-range e-payments.
This is the Acer Iconia Tab A200, a tablet that hasn’t been unofficially introduced (or at least not yet), but here it is thanks to Acer’s own promo video that popped up on YouTube. The video shows a 10-inch tablet that sports a front-facing cam, a USB port, microSD storage as well Acer’s clear.fi (for streaming media across devices), and Acer Ring (a UI shortcut for accessing different media and social networking features). The rest of the device’s spec still remain unknowns, but the video also shows it running on Android Honeycomb. Video after the break.
There are slim notebooks and there are really slim notebooks that look so good, it’s instantly recognizable. Acer’s Aspire S3 notebook? Definitely looks awesome. Instantly recognizable. Unfortunately, we recognized it as something that looks almost exactly like Apple’s MacBook Air – sans the glowing Apple logo on the lid, of course. But is that so bad? Not at all. In fact, if you’re a Windows user, then you’re going to love this. Best of all, it’s also relatively affordable, starting at $900 on Amazon.
