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Google And ChromeBook Partners Cutting Prices For Holiday Season

By Tom Krazit Nov. 22, 2011, 12:45am 1 Comment

Remember the Chromebook? Google’s project to build low-cost laptops with a lean browser-based operating system hasn’t exactly set the mobile… Read More »

Android Tablets, Take Two: All Eyes On PC Vendors, Retail Partners, Amazon

By Tom Krazit Sep. 10, 2011, 2:00pm 7 Comments

The first six months of the Android tablet era have been largely forgettable, as Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) continues to sell millions of iPads each… Read More »

Acer, Viewsonic Join The Ranks Of Microsoft Mobile Patent Licensees

By Tom Krazit Sep. 8, 2011, 9:18pm Comments Off

You’ve got two choices when confronted by the mobile protection racket: you can fight or you can pay. Acer and Viewsonic chose the latter th… Read More »

The Android Tablet Circle Of Life: Acer Tries Anew While Dell Bids Adieu

By Tom Krazit Aug. 12, 2011, 8:24pm Comments Off

The Android tablet community has little choice but to keep plugging along in their uphill quest to establish Android as a tablet competitor… Read More »

Mobile Lowdown 6-15-11: Acer; Facebook Photo App; Garmin; LightSquared

By Ingrid Lunden Jun. 15, 2011, 3:55pm Comments Off

A look at some of the big stories in mobile today: Acer cuts its tablet forecast; Facebook apparently lining up a new photo app; some consol… Read More »

Is Microsoft Cracking The Whip On Windows Tablet Partners?

By Tom Krazit Jun. 1, 2011, 12:40am Comments Off

Could Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) have learned a lesson from Google’s mobile experiences when making its own tablet plans? Acer’s CEO seems to th… Read More »

Intel At Computex: ‘Just Wait Until Next Year,’ As Asus Unveils Padfone

By Tom Krazit May. 31, 2011, 10:22pm Comments Off

Seeking an answer to the rise of the tablet, the traditional PC industry is gathered in Taipei this week for Computex, one of the largest ha… Read More »

Is The Competition Heating Up Among Windows Phone 7 OEMs?

By Ingrid Lunden May. 25, 2011, 7:28pm 3 Comments

Of the many reasons why Windows Phone 7 has yet to make a big splash in the market, one of them, arguably, has been the fact that no single… Read More »

The Netbook Is Down And Out As Acer And Google Back Away

By Tom Krazit Apr. 9, 2011, 2:00pm Comments Off

Ah, the netbook: the pet rock of the PC industry. As recent moves by Acer and Google (NSDQ: GOOG) show, it’s high time to bury the netbook a… Read More »

Acer Joining Android Tablet Fray With $499 Iconia At Best Buy

By Tom Krazit Apr. 8, 2011, 10:27pm Comments Off

Acer’s first tablet is ready for preorders through Best Buy, as one of the companies most closely identified with the netbook tries its hand… Read More »

Gianfranco Lanci Calls It Quits As Acer CEO

By Ingrid Lunden Mar. 31, 2011, 3:21pm Comments Off

Has the impact of the iPad 2 claimed its first executive victim? The Taiwanese device maker Acer this morning issued a press release announc… Read More »

Acer's Plan To Make Smartphones That Providers Can Give Away Free

By Dianne See Morrison Mar. 5, 2009, 7:36pm 2 Comments

Computer maker Acer wants to drive down the cost of smartphones to the point in which mobile operators could give them away for free, a sent… Read More »

A Preview Of Acer's Smartphones

Dell, Acer Looking At Entering Smartphone Market