Might save the Tablet industry

Tablet venders are rethinking the model away from the law laid down by Steve Jobs which decreed they needed to be big smartphones which cannot make a call.

More doom

Smartphone shipments made by Taiwan-based handset makers has fallen by 10 per cent this year.

Looking at gaming as a way out

Acer has said it wants to get away from price competition and has launched products such as gaming tablets and PCs.

Sales will not kill off PC

Acer has denied a story that the Tame Apple Press has been spinning claiming that Microsoft's partners are furious with it for releasing a Surface Pro which is rather good and could damage their business.

Microsoft and Apple kick-starting the market

Acer expects the release of two versions of the Surface Tablet, one from Microsoft and the other from Apple, will kick-start the two-in-one market .

Where did I park that cash cow?

Taiwan's PC makers like Acer and Asus are seeing their industry collapse and there's no clear replacement.

First modular NUC

The concept of modular devices have been quite popular lately, so it does not come as a surprise that Acer decided to show a new modular mini PC during IFA 2015 show, called the Acer Revo Build.

Predator 8 tablet for gamers

While the tablet market shrinks faster than Ant Man in a cold bath, Acer thinks that it can score a few points of Nvidia's Shield with an Android gaming tablet.

Invites people to kick its tires

Acer's founder Stan Shih said he would welcome companies to come and take the troubled PC maker off his hands.

11 inch Windows 10 notebook for $169 / €269

Microsoft is getting serious in its fight against Chromebooks and has just announced the Acer Aspire One Cloudbook.