Acer CEO teases 7-inch Android tablet, promises it for Q4 2010

Acer's been busy doing a presentation over in Beijing today, and the highlight of the show was the first sighting of the company's 7-inch Android tablet. It's described by Shufflegazine as "pretty fast with sensitive touch," though CEO Gianfranco Lanci was apparently reluctant to disclose any of the specs. He told the gathered press to expect it in the fourth quarter of this year, which sounds all kinds of 2000-and-late, but we have to consider the fact that only a couple of months ago Acer was telling us it wasn't going to enter the tablet realm at all. What's interesting is that Lanci described network operators as an "obvious" sales channel, suggesting the slate has an integrated 3G module, while it also looks like the silvery bottom of the device is occupied by a QWERTY keyboard not unlike that found on Amazon's Kindle. Interesting times lie ahead, that's for sure.

[Thanks, Imran]

[tallfella Posted May 27th 2010 4:54AM]

Maybe it's also a phone, watch out Dell Streak! LOL!

Can't forget the classic: http://www.sidetalkin.com/page-1.html

[Formul Posted May 27th 2010 5:04AM]

steve ballmer is working for acer now? O.o

[b0rndead Posted May 27th 2010 5:07AM]

No pixelqi? Thatd make it a kindle AND iPad competitor. Looks nice though ;)

[kutt Posted May 27th 2010 5:36AM]

THey really can't get enough ugly then?

[fuesse Posted May 27th 2010 7:20AM]

the guy looks as if he has no clue about what he's staring at.
very convincing.

[bravokiloromeo Posted May 27th 2010 8:05AM]

I'd like to try an Android tablet and compare it to my iPad. It better have Froyo or I won't even touch it though.

[SCXFAN Posted May 27th 2010 9:06AM]

MEH!!!!!!!!

A hard keyboard in a tablet form factor is just a waste of space.

I would want a bigger screen instead.

These companies just don't get it. Looks like a Kindle with a color screen. And of course, forget using the keyboard in landscape mode if it even has one.

[Nimer55 Posted May 27th 2010 4:19PM]

YES! something like a tablet, with a real keyboard that i can most likely fit into my pockets.. (no joke, my pockets are huge, that's about the size limit though..)

Hopefully hp will license out web-os, cause i personally like it more than android. But hey, i don't hate android, so if the price is right i might buy it.