No new netbooks from Acer and Asus until August

Both Acer and Asus are busily engrossed in clearing their entry-level notebooks and netbooks’ inventories and will not launch any new products until the middle of August. Acer and Asus are at number 2 and number 5 in terms of notebook shipments [link] and have decided to observe the market demand in the coming months before unveiling any new model.

Another unfortunate situation has been thrown upon the netbook vendors by the high price tag of the Atom N550 processor. This processor is priced same as the entry-level Celeron processor which will bring the price of Atom N550 powered netbooks to very capable Celeron-based notebooks.

Acer preparing launch of their Android netbook in the month of November

Acer is going to launch their Acer Android netbook in the month of November. Earlier, we had mentioned that it would be running Windows XP and Android, but since Windows 7 is coming later this month, it be replace the former.

So, now you do know what to buy during Christmas time?

Acer to launch Aspire One Pro 531 soon

Acer is planning to product a business version of its Aspire one netbooks. A couple of days back, we mentioned about the 11-inch Aspire one. That one will be known by Aspire One 731. Acer is also going to produce a 10-inch version of the 731, which is will be known as the Aspire One Pro 531. Both of them will share similar specifications.

• Atom Z530 + Intel SCH USW15S chipset
• Intel GMA 500 integrated graphics
• 1366 x 768 (16:9)
• Power consumption: 4.3W
• Battery life: 4 hours with the standard battery and 8 hours with the extended battery.

Photos of 10-inch Acer Aspire One AKA Aspire One 103 – some analysis [netbook]

Well, that did not take long. Ever since we came to know about 10-inch version of the Acer Aspire One, we were very excited to hear more about it. Blogeee.net has posted few photos of the 10-inch Aspire One, which is now being called Aspire One 103. We did some analysis of the pictures and [...]

Acer 10-inch netbook will be released in February 2009 [Netbook]

Despite the fact that the Acer joined the netbook game later than the ASUS, Acer’s Aspire One was the best selling netbook of the year 2008. Digitimes is now reporting that Acer will soon be coming out with a netbook with 10-inch screen. It will be manufactured by Compal Electronics and will be available in [...]