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Acer’s new Ferrari notebook has a 11.6-inch LED-backlit display and supports WiFi 802.11a/b/g/n, Other features include built-in stereo speakers with 3rd-generation Dolby Home Theater audio enhancement, Acer FineTip full-size keyboard, multi – -gesture touchpad, integrated webcam and a 6-cell battery for up to 5 hours of use.

The Acer Ferrari One FO200-1799 is priced at $ 600 and you can now order at Amazon.

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Acer’s Liquid A1 is the Taiwan company’s first Android smartphone. Though not yet released, the liquid is now available for pre-order on Clove and Expansys UK for U.S. $  530 and GBP 286 respectively.

You can consider that phone as the Android version of Acer NeoTouch as they have similar hardware. Like the NeoTouch, the liquid is boosted by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 1GHz processor, 512MB ROM and 256MB RAM. It has a 3.5-inch touchscreen, a 5 megapixel autofocus camera, Bluetooth, GPS, WiFi, microSD card slot. It supports WCDMA / HSPA and quad-band GSM networks.

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Acer is going to release this holiday season the new Aspire AS8940G-6865 Core i7-based notebook PC. This new Aspire laptop is boosted by an Intel Core i7 720QM 1.6GHz processor, 4GB of DDR3 memory and a 1GB NVIDIA GeForce graphics card GTS250M.

The 18.4-inch Aspire AS8940G-6865 packs a 500GB 5400RPM hard drive and a 4X Blu-ray/DVD combo drive. It’s CineCrystal 18.4-inch LED-backlit display has 1920 × 1080p Full HD resolution. The notebook includes support for 802.11a/b/g/n, with Acer CrystalEye webcam, a multi-in-1 media card reader, a HDMI port and an eSATA port

Acer’s Aspire AS8940G-6865 is equipped with a 5-speaker sound system Acer CineSurround and features Dolby Home Theater audio enhancement. The machine also offers a capacitive touch media control interface. It runs Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. Priced at $ 1350, a 8-cell battery is included.

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Acer Veriton launches the N260G-U2802CP nettop for the U.S. professional market. You can consider the Verion N26G as the business version of the NVIDIA AspireRevo that lacks ion.

The Veriton N260G-U2802CP boasts Intel Atom N280 1.66GHz processor, 2GB RAM, 160GB hard drive and Intel’s GN40 Express chipset. Replacing the Ion, the N260G-U2802CP gets Intel’s GMA4500M graphics. The nettop has a multi-in-one card reader, HDMI port, WiFi 802.11b/g/n and six USB ports. There is also a Mini PCI Express 1.1 slot for expansion.

The Acer Veriton N260G-U2802CP is priced at  400$, including a PS2 keyboard and USB optical mouse.

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Acer Japan is launching the new Aspire G Predator gaming PC. The new model is the ASG7710-A41 that gets to Intel Core i7-950 3.06GHz processor, 6GB of RAM and dual 1GB NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 graphics cards.

Acer’s new Aspire G Predator has a 1TB 7200RPM hard drive and a Blu-ray drive. It offers two Gigabit Ethernet port, four DVI-D ports, two eSATA ports and 11 USB 2.0. There is also a multi-in-1 card reader.

The Acer Aspire G Predator ASG7710-A41 runs Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit and comes with G15 keyboard and G9 mouse. It costs about 260k yen.

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As reported before, Acer’s Gateway subsidairy has the QX2800, its own version of AspireRevo with atomic 330th As expect, Acer is also planning to release a new AspireRevo with nettop Atom 330 dual core processor and NVIDIA graphics chipset Ion, according to Fudzilla.

The new Revo will also get RAN 4GB and 320GB or 500GB hard drive. It will be shipped with Windows Vista Home Premium and 320GB version will cost 350 Euro. Get the 500GB version for 50$  extra.

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Acer Aspire made the timeline 1810T 11.6-inch notebook official, which is a new CULVER from the notebook PC maker. Basically, the timeline 1810T is powered by Intel’s Core 2 Solo processor and gets up to 4GB of RAM and GMA 4500MHD graphics.

Currently, two models are offered by Acer, the timeline 352G25n-1810T and 1810T-Timeline 353G25n, both boosted by Core 2 Solo 1.4GHz processor. The former has 2GB RAM and a 250GB hard drive while the latter gets 3GB of RAM and built-in 3G connectivity.

The notebooks have a 11.6-inch 1366 × 768 LCD display and supports WiFi and Bluetooth. The timeline 1810T series comes with so two built-in stereo speakers, Acer Crystal Eye webcam, HDMI port to and Dolby Sound Space Expander.

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The Apple Daily, a newspaper written in Chinese, reports that Acer is readying a Netbook that comes with Windows XP and Android. Upon a reboot, users can choose which operating system they want for the next session. Competitors like Asus or MSI are also said to be preparing Android-friendly products, but Acer might come to market first.

Right now, it’s hard to see what Android brings real value to a laptop other than booting faster than Windows XP. It’s free, so at least trying it does not cost anything to buyers.

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Acer is adding to the Aspire series timeline the 1810T 11.6-inch notebook PC, according to Maclen. Though based on the chassis of Aspire One 751, the 1810T has most of the design element timeline series. The Aspire 1810T timeline is boosted by Intel’s Core 2 Duo SU3500 ULV 1.4GHz processor, up to 4GB of RAM, and integrated GMA 4500MHD graphics.

You can also expect a 11.6-inch 1366 × 767 LCD display, WiFi, 802.11a/b/g/n, optional Bluetooth 2.1, optional 3G, and HDMI. It has 8 hours of battery life.

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Acer launches the new Aspire M5800 Series Aspire M3800 Series and desktop PCs. The M5800 Series offers high-end performance and has a brushed metal chassis while the M3800 Series is an affordable digital media PC.

Acer’s Aspire M5800 Series is powered by Intel’s Core 2 Quad processor, up to 8GB of RAM and a NVIDIA GeForce GT230 graphics with 512MB video RAM. I get up to 750GB hrd drive and a DVD Super Multi burner. WiFi and HDMI are offered.

The Aspire M3800 series is also based on Intel’s processro. It gets up to 4GB of RAM and onboard Intel GMA X4500 graphics.

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