The Acer Aspire S3-951 is the company’s first ultrabook. It’s an ultraportable laptop with a 13.3 inch display that weighs just under 3 pounds and measures less than 0.7 inches thick. It will go on sale in the US and Canada later this week for $899. Intel coined the word “ultrabook” this summer to describe a new class of thin and light computers with the latest Intel processors. Asus is expected to launch its first entries into this space at an event in New York tomorrow, but it looks like Acer has beat Asus to the punch. Acer first unveiled the S3 laptop in September. Now we have detailed specifications for the computer: 13.3 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel display 1.6 GHz Intel Core Read more

Combining the svelteness of an ultraportable with the screen size of a larger laptop, the Acer TravelMate TimelineX 8481T attempts to deliver the best of both worlds for business users. This sleek system crams a 14-inch display into a 13.3-inch chassis, offers seriously long battery life, and weighs just 4 pounds. Small-business users will also appreciate this Core i5 notebook’s solid performance and host of security features. Read on to find out if Acer has what it takes to take on the best small-business notebooks. Read more

AT&T has announced the availability of Acer Iconia Tab tablet with AT&T 4G for only $329.99 with a 2-year contract. Thanks to the 4G network, you can expect up to 4 times faster data transmission. The tablet is based on NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core processor (1GHz) and provides 10.1-inch multi-touch display (1280 x 800), 1GB RAM, 16GB hard drive, and expandable storage up to 32GB. It also features 2MP front facing camera, 5MP rear facing camera, WiFi, 3G, 4G, Bluetooth, 2 Micro USB 2.0 ports, and HDMI. Operating system is Android 3.0 Honeycomb. Read more

At IFA 2011 that is currently taking place in Berlin,  Acer decided to officially launch a new ultrabook, more specifically the Aspire Ultrabook S3 which will soon become available for purchase on Europe and US with prices ranging from $1,200 to $1,700. In case you don’t know what are Ultrabooks, they are basically an improved version of notebooks in terms of weight and thickness. Which means they are super-light and very compact. Anyhow, the Acer Aspire Ultrabook S3 comes with three options for the processor: an Intel Core i3, i5, or i7 – depending on your needs. As for the memory RAM it is set at 4GB and the internal memory can either be a SSD or HDD. The LCD screen size of Read more

These days many companies including HP and Lenovo are developing ultrabooks to compete against Apple MacBook Air. Now word on internet has it even Acer is joining the ranks with its Aspire 3951 ultrabook. As one can make out from the picture, the Aspire 3951 is pretty slim. The 13.3-inch notebook weighs just 1.4Kg and measures only 13mm thick. Interesting thing about this lappie is that it boots up pretty fast and can be up and running from sleep mode in just 1.7 seconds! Powered by second generation Intel Core family processor, the Aspire 3951 feature 160GB SSD, WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0, and 6 hours battery life. Acer is planning October launch with an affordable price range between $770 Read more

Looking for a tablet which is not only small enough to fit in one hand but also powerful enough and has the latest version of Android? Acer’s Iconia Tab A100 is your device. Interesting thing about this device is that it is not only portable (7-inch) but also offers nice features including Android 3.2 operating system. To top it off, it is priced at only $329! Powered by NVIDIA Tegra 250 dual-core processor (1.0GHz), the tablet offers a 7-inch mulit-touch display (1024*600), 1GB DDR2 memory, 8GB flash storage, and integrated NVIDIA GeForce graphics. Other features include 802.11b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1, card reader, 5MP rear camera, 2MP front camera, Dolby Mobile Sound, HDMI and Read more