
By prasad, on

September 28th, 2010

Carrypad has met up with folks from Linpus during the IDF earlier this month and has some details about the MeeGo Slate edition that they have under development currently for release later this year.
Linpus has a good amount of experience on Linux based OS development, and have supplied Acer with Linux builds for their PCs. Linpus . . . → Continue reading Linpus working on MeeGo based Tablet OS for release in Q4

By prasad, on

September 15th, 2010
It seems to be raining Android Gingerbread news today. We just posted about the upcoming Gingerbread Tablet from Velocity Micro, and now Acer also seems to be planning some additional Gingerbread action of its own.
If you are a regular to our website, then you already . . . → Continue reading Acer to launch 5″ and 10″ Android Gingerbread tablets next year

By prasad, on

August 25th, 2010
Tablet PCs seem to be the future of computing. We have already seen significant growth in the sales of Tablet PCs this year, and with several new launches scheduled for the rest of the year, and next year, there should be an even bigger push going forward.
If . . . → Continue reading Global demand for Tablet PCs to be 50 million units in 2-3 years

By kala, on

August 21st, 2010
Acer’s Tablet PC based on the ARM processor, and Android OS is likely to get delayed to Q1 of 2011, rather than the end of 2010 as it was planned earlier. The reason – they want to wait till . . . → Continue reading Acer may delay Android Tablet launch to Q1 2011, in wait for Android 3.0

By prasad, on

August 14th, 2010
Tablets unleashed has already about Acer’s plan to launch multiple Tablet PCs, and eBook Readers by the last quarter of the year. We had also reported that Acer was in talks with Taiwan based telecom carrier Far . . . → Continue reading Acer to rollout Tablets and eBook Readers by end of year

By prasad, on

July 15th, 2010
Acer, that had earlier announced a 7″ tablet eBook Reader, is now going to have a larger 10″ sibling, both of them scheduled to launch in the last quarter of this year. Both units are going to be powered by ARM processors, run Android version 2.2 FroYo, and come with complete Adobe Flash support, and be focussed on multimedia and entertainment capabilities, to differentiate . . . → Continue reading Acer announces a 7″ and a 10″ Android Tablet PC for Q4 2010

By prasad, on

July 12th, 2010
The Acer LumiRead 600 ebook reader has just reached FCC, but there isn’t a whole lot of info to go with. Acer seems to have withheld the user manual and any detailed images.
All we have for now is that it runs on a 533 MHz Freescale iMX357 processor, powered by a 1460 mAH battery and comes with Wifi b/g only. It . . . → Continue reading Acer LumiRead 600 eBook Reader reaches FCC

By prasad, on

July 12th, 2010
We spoke earlier about the DIY Pixel Qi display that were available for sale finally. In good time too, since most folks were almost tired of waiting to feast their eyes on the hybrid display. In case you need reminding, there still aren’t any products that ship with the Pixel Qi display in them. The first batch of these $275 a . . . → Continue reading How to put a DIY Pixel Qi display on your Acer Netbook