Thursday, November 25, 2010

Acer Launches Netbook With Tata Photon Wireless Internet Service Builtin

Tata Teleservices Limited (TTSL), the country’s youngest and fastest-growing pan-India dual-technology telecom services provider, and Acer India today announced the launch of a Next-Generation Netbook—the Aspire One AOD 260.
Embedded with Tata Photon Plus, Aspire One will offer high-speed Internet access for connectivity on the go, at broadband speeds. The Netbook is packed with powerful features and performance capabilities, to boost productivity and enhance the mobile computing experience.
Tata Teleservices Limited also announced a strategic alliance with Acer India, wherein the new device—Aspire One—would be made available at all TTSL retail outlets in Mumbai and Delhi, in the first phase of launch. This is the first time, ever, that Acer India has inked  a strategic alliance with TTSL to offer a high-end Netbook with advanced features and an embedded Photon Plus device, which will offer access speeds of up to 3.1 Mbps.
Designed for all-day mobility and connectivity, the Acer Aspire One AOD 260 Netbook will leverage the capabilities of HSIA technology on TTSL’s CDMA network and provide users with broadband connectivity, enabling them to access advanced data applications and services on the move.
The Netbook sports a 10.1″ screen with LED back-lit and 16:9 aspect ratio, Intel Atom N450 CPU, a 1.3 megapixel camera, 1 GB DDR2 RAM, 160 GB HDD 5400 RPM, six-cell battery with eight hours of life, Windows 7 Starter preloaded, three USB Ports, Bluetooth connectivity and in-built wireless capability, amid many other features.The product is priced at Rs. 17,999 + taxes and will be available in Delhi and Mumbai in the initial launch phase.

Acer unveils New Tablets and a giant Smartphone

Acer announced in a press meet today in newyork about their upcoming tablet releases. First up, Acer would be launching a 7 inch and 10.1 inch tablets powered by Google's Honeycomb version of Android OS or Microsoft Windows Platform. Honeycomb is specifically meant for Tablets! Acer hasn't announced any names for these tablet devices yet. But the specifications are impressive.

The 7 inch tablet would be powered by Qualcomm dual core 1.2 GHz processor and will boast a neat resolution of 1280x800 pixels. The 10.1 inch tablet would be powered by 1 GHz and will boast a resolution of 1280x800 pixels. The tablets will have HDMI output of 720p resolution and HD video playback capability of 1080p. There would be a 4 MP Camera on the back. The first tablets powered by Windows Platform would be released in February and the ones powered by Android Honeycomb would be released in April. The latter is much to do with the release of Honeycomb version.

10 inch Tablet
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7 inch tablet
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Acer also announced about a 4.8 inch smartphone with 1024x480 pixels resolution. This device is a hybrid between smartphone and tablet and will have the capabilities of both. The handset will boast 8 MP Camera with LED Flash, 720p HD Video recording and a 1.3 MP front-facing camera for video calling purposes.

4.8 inch smartphone
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