http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/ Engadget Comments for Acer not making a tablet, will focus on ultra-thin laptops http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/
They were playing with their shitty macbooks with a crap OS and hoping crApple would release a table with OSX. They got a sh8 device that runs the crippled and horrible iphoneOS and now are wondering what their messiah has done; they will still buy because they are the gulliable and so have to declare crapple created the tablet. In actually all they did was made an oversized phone that is a piece of junk.]]>Feb 1st 2010 7:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/
**An oversized phone†

†No phone included]]>Feb 1st 2010 8:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/Feb 1st 2010 7:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/
I'm sorry, but a tablet without a physical keyboard or real operating system is just a stupid idea to me. Others may buy the tamPod, but you can count me out.]]>Feb 1st 2010 7:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/
Seriously give me a real OS with infinite functionality rather than some iPutz device that is crippled with a hobbled and junk iphoneOS. the iPutz and all crapple products apple to people who don't know how to use computers so I can see why they want to use that dookie.]]>Feb 1st 2010 8:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/
As if Acer will just overlook that. Its not like they can't stop making ultra compacts, a tablet would just compliment their lineup and probably not be a huge departure from their netbook line which they have already anyway.]]>Feb 1st 2010 8:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/They have to wait to see how well the iPad sells before committing to any risk. Acer know it has a plentiful consumer base for cheap Windows netbooks so why should it stick its neck out. Only if Apple starts selling them by the millions would Acer jump into the fray with it's "better and cheaper" tablet due to natural industry improvements and cost reductions.

Acer still won't have much in the way of apps or content, but what the hell, tablets will be the rage. Acer will have to try to rip netbooks out of people's hands to convert them to tablets.]]>Feb 1st 2010 10:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/
Regardless of that, they'll be getting my hard earned money for sure if they keep up the good work theyve been doing with netbooks. I'd much rather spend half the price on a practical laptop than a limited tablet.

Kudos to Acer.]]>Feb 1st 2010 10:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/http://bit.ly/acer-aspire-one-AO532h-details
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I'm not convinced. The Apple iPad might succeed because of their media integration. To compete Acer would have to offer similar capabilities. Let's assume they use a non-Intel CPU to hit the battery life, price and weight targets to be competitive. So a Tegra or something, probably with an Arm core. Running Chrome OS presumably since they don't do a lot of software development.

eBooks? Presumably Amazon will develop a Kindle App, so maybe that will be covered.

Doesn't quite cover newspapers though since the Kindle versions of these aren't very good and presumably the ones for the iPad will be better, a la New York Times.

They'll need a place to rent movies and TV shows too. Not going to be iTunes presumably, nor would Microsoft Zune Marketplace likely make itself known here. So unless Google develops something, or Amazon does VOD on Chrome OS...

That would still leave touch-based games (not all Chrome OS devices will have touch, so will this market develop?). Games for Chrome OS probably won't use the accelerometer either since most Chrome OS devices won't have them. Not convinced this market will develop.

Ditto other areas--comics, magazines, ... Would a Chrome OS tablet really be competitive? Could be if Google spends some effort to develop such these markets, but doesn't seem like its going to come from Acer...]]>Feb 2nd 2010 1:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/Its good to see a company not focus on being a metoo. Instead focusing on what they do best.]]>Feb 1st 2010 7:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/Feb 1st 2010 7:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/
its funny cause i think acer tablets are already available]]>Feb 1st 2010 9:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/
yeah, I'm not really too keen on the Chrome OS though.....]]>Feb 1st 2010 10:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/
I'll prefer a slimmer and lighter laptop loaded with Win 7 any day.]]>Feb 1st 2010 10:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/oh im pretty sure they would make a tablet just to test the water. any tech company that refuses to do something without testing it is a bad company and by Bad Company: it's coming on Feb 2nd ;)]]>Feb 2nd 2010 10:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/Feb 1st 2010 7:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/Feb 1st 2010 7:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/Feb 1st 2010 7:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/If all they need is an ecosystem all they need to do is load Android on their system. The Android platform is a growing platform and not a shrinking one and it does have a community around it.]]>Feb 1st 2010 7:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/
Or they see the mega failure that the iPutz is. Look at the reaction around the internet 9/10 people think the iPutz device sucks, its the apple fanboys that keep apologizing for this device - no one else.]]>Feb 1st 2010 7:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/
Oh and btw most people prefer openness not locked in dookie from crApple. You want music there are tons of stores to buy music from - amazon mp3's marketplace is one there are dozens more available. You want books - use the kindle software with the largest selection of books bigger than some crApple overpriced bookstore with a limited selection.

The iPutz is a jack of all trades and a master of none, in fact it does everything horribly and when it does something it's usually lacking features that were found on devices from 5+ years ago = mulittasking, flash, download software from the internet.]]>Feb 1st 2010 7:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/Feb 1st 2010 7:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/What do you think about the Joojoo? I think it's layout and design is more of what people were hoping for in the iPad. I think it has tons of potential. Although it has some quirks to work out, I think the user experience is going to improve a lot over time. ]]>Feb 1st 2010 8:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/
Dumb illiterate. ]]>Feb 1st 2010 9:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/Feb 1st 2010 7:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/Feb 2nd 2010 12:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/Feb 1st 2010 7:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/Feb 1st 2010 7:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/
So true.
I love my 1410 minus the keyboard.
If there is a word worst than shitty to describe the keyboard I would say it.]]>Feb 1st 2010 9:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/
Also, the iPad is not a tablet. It's a big iPod touch.]]>Feb 1st 2010 7:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/
Acer made the Acer 1420p Tablet last year. I have one and luv it.

Info here. => http://microsoftpdc.com/tablet
]]>Feb 1st 2010 7:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/that is a convertible, there is a bit of a difference between the two.. mainly the keyboard]]>Feb 1st 2010 7:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/Feb 1st 2010 9:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/Tablet in the past meant a touch screen laptop with the KB being optional. But with the iPad announce. Tablet can ONLY have a touchscreen. ]]>Feb 1st 2010 11:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/Feb 1st 2010 7:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/
Given a choice, ultra thin laptop with keyboard, or ultrathin laptop without keyboard which one you will select?]]>Feb 1st 2010 7:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/
according to the article, acer was talking about ipad-like devices, not tablets. engadget got it wrong.]]>Feb 1st 2010 8:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/Feb 1st 2010 7:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/
Probably using iWork to type that out, horrible software with a poor spellchecker.]]>Feb 1st 2010 7:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/Feb 1st 2010 8:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/
Compete with your grandma's attention all night long.]]>Feb 1st 2010 8:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/Funny you should bring up spell-checking. Mac OS X has a handy system wide spell-checker that works fairly well. I really miss it when I go on my PC. To make it worse, when I use Chrome (on the PC), it tries to do the same thing, except it highlights EVERYTHING that I type. I keep wondering if I made a mistake or something, argh!!! IMO, everyone who comments should use Mac OS X or at least turn on or install something similar on their PC's. It won't fix their grammar, but at least it should improve their horrible spelling.]]>Feb 1st 2010 10:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/Feb 2nd 2010 2:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/
And if you think what the customers will buy, a tablet is the third or fourth communications device people buy. There's phones, laptops, desktops and maybe even mp3 players that people buy before a tablet.

Maybe the reason that tablets have never and never will really succeed is that there are so low on buy order. When they come down to buying a tablet their higher items need upgrading, and are bought instead.]]>Feb 1st 2010 7:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/
(The next morning, Jonathan Ive notices a white van driving slowly alongside him while he's jogging...)]]>Feb 1st 2010 7:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/Feb 1st 2010 9:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/Feb 1st 2010 8:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/acer-not-making-a-tablet-will-focus-on-ultra-thin-laptops/Feb 1st 2010 8:05PM