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Acer Joins Android Army, Demotes Windows Mobile
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| Fanbois and girls alike constantly debate the future mobile
| operating landscape. Is there room enough for all of the
| current platforms or will there be just a few? From a
| consumer standpoint, thereâs room for plenty of competitors
| â after all, choice is good, right? But more choices can
| play havoc with the finances of the companies that produce
| handsets. With a fixed budget of resources â in a tight
| economy, no less â handset makers need to judiciously
| manage their resources and devote them strategically.
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| Acer is reportedly doing just that, says Digitimes, and
| theyâre adding to the growing trend of phone makers who are
| joining the Android army.
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http://jkontherun.com/2009/10/02/acer-joins-android-army-demotes-windows-mobile/#more-45895
Linux-based phones : Why are GNU/Linux users treated as second class?
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| Iâm aware that some will read this post as me whining
| because I bought an HTC Hero without checking if it worked
| with my GNU/Linux box. Just to be clear: I was fully aware
| of these limitations prior to purchase. I donât tend to
| sync my mobile devices with my desktop(s). I do back them
| up and right now thatâs all I need. So in reality the sync
| issue isnât a problem for me â other than the firmware
| upgrade for which I must borrow a Windows box. But I â like
| many â chose the HTC because the software it was based upon
| was free and I wanted to support companies and products
| which utilised it. The same thing applies to other
| manufacturers. So, specifically HTC: Where is the synching
| and upgrading for non-Windows users? and generally for all:
| Because of your use of free software, GNU/Linux users are
| an increasing part of your customer-base, start recognising
| and addressing that factor you may well lose our custom.
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http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/linux_based_phones_why_are_gnu_linux_users_treated_second_class
Recent:
Acer to shift focus to Android smartphones
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| Acer, while still developing Windows Mobile-based smartphones, has
| shifted its development policy to focus more on the Android
| platform, with at least half of new models launched in 2010 to be
| Android-based, according to industry sources.
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http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20091002PD211.html
Acer is starting to ignore Windows Mobile
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| WHILE IT IS STILL developing Windows Mobile-based smartphones,
| Acer has shifted its development policy to focus more on Google's
| Android, reports Digitimes.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1557212/acer-starting-ignore-windows-mobile
Acer Aspire One Linux Netbook
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| Netbooks have very much become an integral part of our
| hyperconnected lifestyles. These smaller computers slot right in
| between the functionality of a proper smartphone and a larger
| laptop, making them an affordable way to gain access to the
| ârealâ Internet without lugging around a big notebook. While a
| lot of people prefer to take the route of Windows or even a
| Hackintoshâd Mac OS X-powered netbook, the cheapest and least
| resource-heavy route is that of Linux.
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http://www.zimbio.com/Laptop+Reviews/articles/BjEnB8kh_p6/Acer+Aspire+One+Linux+Netbook
Acer reveals Veriton N260G nettop
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| It's got an HDMI port, though don't expect to be pumping out lots of HD
| without that Ion chip, and it's got a very low energy consumption, as well as
| recyclable packaging materials. It comes pre-installed with Vista, XP or
| Linpus Linux.
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http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/news.phtml/25857/acer-reveals-veriton-n260g-nettop.phtml
Acer to make first-ever Android netbooks
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| Acer at Computex today said it would be the first to produce netbooks using
| Google's Android platform. Company IT product president Jim Wong expects the
| systems to appear in the summer and that the Linux-based systems will still
| use Intel Atom processors. He didn't provide prices, though the Android
| netbooks should be less expensive than Windows versions as Google doesn't
| charge for licenses where Microsoft asks for $15 for each copy of Windows XP.
|
| [...]
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| Acer's decision is a blow to Microsoft, which has managed to achieve a
| near-monopoly of the netbook market by consciously selling Windows below cost
| to reduce most of the price advantage that had led Acer, ASUS and others to
| choose Linux in the first place.
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http://www.electronista.com/articles/09/06/02/acer.making.android.nbs/
Acer may be first with Android netbook
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| Acer plans to launch a version of its Aspire One netbook with Google's
| Android mobile operating system in the third quarter of this year, a top
| executive at the company said Tuesday.
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2009/060209-acer-may-be-first-with.html
Acer Aspire Revo hits retail, is surprisingly affordable
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| Today, the supposedly-affordable-and-tiny 1080p-capable PC has become
| available at Play.com, and it's... well, surprisingly affordable. Today's
| listings show the base model - equipped with a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N230
| processor, 1GB of RAM, an 8GB SSD, GeForce 9400M graphics and a Linux
| operating system - etailing at a cost of Â149.99.
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http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=18476
Acer ponders Android smartphone
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| Acer has followed in the footsteps of arch rival Asus with talk of possible
| plans to launch an Android-based smartphone.
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/04/30/acer_android_smartphone/
Thin Acer Aspire One netbook suggests SSD, Linux
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| Before Acer moved to 10-inch netbooks from 8.9-inch versions, it used such a
| slot to bolster the limited storage capacity for its SSD-equipped Aspire
| Ones.
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http://www.electronista.com/articles/09/02/24/new.acer.aspire.one.images/
One month of living with an Acer Aspire One and Fedora 10
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| Personally, I like the little fellow and Fedora 10 works well! ;-)
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http://meanderingpassage.com/2009/02/05/one-month-of-living-with-an-acer-aspire-one-and-fedora-10/
Acer Aspire One and Fedora 10
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| This particular Netbook has been on the market a while and
| a number of people have shared their experiences with
| changing the operating system. My first thought was to
| install the latest version of Ubuntu Linux but research
| seemed to indicate that Fedora 10 was perhaps a little more
| compatible with the Aspire One hardware and would require
| less command line tinkering.
|
| Iâm sure the situation of Linux release compatibility is
| constantly changing so my choice may not match your own
| decision.
|
| Not being sure how successful this Linux transformation
| would be, I decided to leave Windows XP on the Aspire One
| and have it dual-boot Linux and Windows. What follows are
| the basic steps for accomplishing this from the 10,000 foot
| level. You can find much more detail and knowledge here,
| here and here.
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http://meanderingpassage.com/2009/01/01/acer-aspire-one-and-fedora-10/
Review: Acer Aspire One
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| So overall, I like the Aspire One. It's much better than the similarly priced
| Asus Eee PC 701, but I will be installing Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex on it this
| weekend already.
|
| Rating: 8/10
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http://www.osnews.com/story/20465/Review_Acer_Aspire_One
The Acer Aspire One Netbook Review
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| We'll be taking a look at the Acer's Aspire One, which makes its debut into
| the rough and ever-evolving world of the netbook market. Featuring an
| 8.9-inch screen packed into a compact frame, this version of the Aspire One
| that we're reviewing uses Linux and has only 8GB of storage space, similar to
| the earlier ASUS Eee PC models. Size wise, this unit is slightly bigger than
| the Eee PC 901, but still smaller than the MSI Wind NB U100.
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http://www.hardwarezone.com/articles/view.php?cid=14&id=2619
Acer Aspire One: the new sub-laptop to beat?
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| Mind you, the 120GB HDD-equipped One is only down as Â30 more and comes with
| 1GB of memory rather than 512MB, though that's plenty for Linux and do you
| really want a hard drive in a machine that's going to be chucked around a
| lot? Well, at least you have the choice.
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/07/16/eb_acer_aspire_one/
Related:
Acer: PC industry 'disappointed' with Vista
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| Acer president Gianfranco Lanci became the first major PC manufacturer to
| openly attack Microsoft over the Windows Vista operating system in the
| Financial Times Deutschland on Monday.
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| Lanci said the operating system was riddled with problems and gave users and
| businesses no reason to buy a new PC, according to the report. Taiwan-based
| Acer is the world's fourth-largest PC manufacturer, after HP, Dell and
| Lenovo.
|
| "The whole industry is disappointed with Windows Vista," Lanci said.
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http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=9579
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