Rumour: Acer’s 8″ Iconia W3 is the First Small Windows 8 Tablet
Microsoft’s promise that we’ll see smaller and cheaper Windows 8 machines might be about to be made true by Acer, with leaked images showing something smaller and running Windows 8. Just like it said....
View ArticleAcer Aspire R7: The Craziest Thing to Happen to Laptops in Years
This is either brilliant or absolutely insane. Acer’s new R7 ultrabook is the weirdest change to laptop design in years. The R7 switches the touchpad and keyboard placement on laptop’s body, with the...
View ArticleAcer Aspire R7 Hands On: We’re Not Quite Ready for This Kind of Crazy
Can we start by saying the Acer Aspire R7 is nuts, and that’s totally great? Because it is; it’s great that Acer’s doing this weird new thing that doesn’t exactly make sense, just to see if it works....
View ArticleAmazon Leaks the World’s First Small-Screen Windows 8 Tablet
Rumours have swirled recently suggesting that a new breed of small Windows 8 tablets would soon appear in the wild. Now, Amazon has managed to accidentally leak the first tablet of its kind. The Acer...
View ArticleAcer’s 8.1″ W3 Windows Tablet Confirmed as a Thing You Can Have, From June
The previously leaked Acer Iconia W3 has been officially announced by the hardware maker today, which added a stamp of officialdom to internet rumour. The 8.1″ tablet is 11.3mm thick, with a dual-core...
View ArticleAcer Iconia W3 Hands-On: First Mini Windows 8 Tablet Can’t Measure Up
It was one of the most anticipated devices of this year’s Computex: The Acer Iconia W3, the first full Windows 8 tablet to take on the iPad Mini. We finally got some hands-on time, and the results are...
View ArticleAcer Iconia W3 Review: The First Small Windows Tablet is Totally Useless
Small tablets — 7 and 8 inchers — have taken the Android and iPad markets by storm in the last year, but until now, there haven’t been any machines sporting Microsoft’s touchy-feely OS. Acer’s the...
View ArticleAcer Aspire S7 Review: The PC Revival Is Late, But It’s Here
Laptops are at a point right now where they should all be more or less excellent. Ultrabooks are into their third year of relevance, and the screens and processors that are widely available are good...
View ArticleThis Is the First Phone With a 4K Video Camera
This is Acer’s new giganta-smartphone, the Liquid S2, and it’s sitting on a fairly impressive secret: it’s the world’s first phone to pack a 4K-capable video camera. Shout “overkill” or “progress”,...
View ArticleThe Best Haswell-Updated Computers
There’s a decent chance that a fair few of you will be stumping up for a new laptop in the next month or two, as uni students head back to halls to discover the wonders of the internet, school kids...
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