Projectors, Acer, H6500
The Acer H6500 projector is the company’s latest home theater model. Today, the company announced that this device is finally available in Canada. This H6500 features 2100 ANSI lumens, a 10000:1 contrast ratio, and full HD (1920 x 1080) resolution. The company has included several new features to help...

Notebooks, Acer, TravelMate TMP243-M-6416
Acer is back with its latest business laptop in the form of the Acer TravelMate P243. The laptop features the latest 3rd generation Intel Core family “Ivy Bridge” processor with an nVidia GeForce GT 630M graphics card, a USB 3.0 port for high-speed data transfers, an HD webcam, up to 8GB of RAM, a 750GB...

Notebooks, Acer
Acer has today announced its new range of Ultrabooks, the Aspire M5 series. Acer will offer both 14 and 15-inch models featuring Intel’s new Ivy Bridge processors and discrete NVIDIA graphics. The company has gone back to the drawing board in terms of design, offering a display with a thinner bezel as...

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Acer announced today the launch of their new service, Educare. This portfolio of service offerings extends the life of technology in the classroom and maximizes school’s return on their IT investments. The program is designed specifically for education customers. The portfolio includes warranties for...

Cell Phones, Acer, Liquid Glow
Acer's Liquid series phones only occasionally reach the FCC, so it's with some surprise that we've just spotted the still-fresh Liquid Glow getting the US agency's approval under its E330 model name. Details are scarce as to whether or not there's been any changes made to the Android 4.0 phone on its...

Monitors, Acer, B243PWL Kbmdrz
Acer has once again expanded its line of IPS monitors by launching the B243PWL. This new 24-inch LED-backlight monitor provides 1920 x 1200 native resolution, 100,000,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio, 300 cd/m2 brightness and 14ms response time, and features D-Sub, DVI and DisplayPort connectors. The B243PWL...

Monitors, Acer, B243PWL Kbmdrz
Typically when a company advertises a product for enterprise or commercial customers, what they're really saying is, 'Hey, we jacked up the price, thanks for your business.' That doesn't appear to be the case with Acer's new B243PWL monitor, a 24-inch "commercial display." It's a $329 (MSRP) monitor,...

Desktop Computers, Acer
Acer in discussing its latest results at an investor's conference was hopeful that this was a sign of a widescale resurgence in PCs for the industry. Its climb from 10.1 percent share in the fall to 10.9 percent this winter was a sign the company's "competitiveness is coming back," according to chairman...

Operating Systems, Tablets, Acer, Google, ICONIA TAB A500, Android 4.0
Android 4.0 has arrived just a couple of days earlier than previously billed for Acer's Iconia Tab A500, according to reports from Android Central. The OS update had been scheduled to arrive April 27.

Acer has been rolling out the OS update for its Iconia line of tablets since February, with the...

Monitors, Acer
Acer announced a pair of G Series 21.5-inch LED-backlit LCD monitors, the G225HQLAbmid and G225HQLAbd. Both monitors pack a glossy TN-film panel, with 1920x1080 pixels resolution, 5 ms response time, 250 cd/m² maximum brightness, and 1000:1 static contrast ratio. The monitors feature Acer Crystal Brite...

Operating Systems, Tablets, Microsoft, Acer, Lenovo, Intel, Windows 8
Apple spawned the media tablet market with the launch of the original iPad a couple of years back. Two iPad updates and countless Android tablets later, its viselike grip over the tablet market remains intact. To add insult to injury for its rivals, market research firm IDC recently predicted that it...

Projectors, Acer, K130
Acer has released the K130 mini DLP travel projector. The device is a lightweight DLP 3D-ready projector, yet weighs a pound and has a footprint smaller than half a sheet of A4 paper.

The projector has a native 1280x800 WXGA resolution, topping out at 1920x1080, and 300 ANSI lumens brightness with...

Projectors, Acer, C120
Unless you had a particularly keen eye for tiny projectors, you may well have missed the announcement of Acer's C120, back at CES. The palm-sized pico projector has now hit the market, weighing in at an ultraportable 6.34 ounces. The peripheral features a USB connection, which can be used to power the...

Monitors, Acer, V273HL
Acer has this week added a new monitor to its portfolio, the V273HL model featuring a 27-inch Full HD (1920 x 1080) TN panel, LED backlighting, and a (dynamic) contrast ratio of 100,000,000:1. Acer's display also has 170/160 degree viewing angles, a 5 ms response time, a maximum brightness of 300 cd/m2,...

Tablets, Acer, ICONIA TAB A510-10k32u
The curious thing about the Acer Iconia Tab A510 is that it's been out in the open for months -- we've even handled it -- but for whatever reason, Acer's never publicly acknowledged it as the successor to last year's A500. When we got hands-on at CES, for example, it wasn't at Acer's suite, but NVIDIA's...