ACER ICONIA TAB A100 COULD LAUNCH SOON; ULTRABOOK COMING LATER THIS YEAR

Acer may soon launch its 7 inch Android tablet called Acer Iconia Tab A100. Digitimes report that the Taiwanese PC maker has asked Compal Electronics to deliver 30,000 units of the tablet this month.


Digitimes also report that Acer's first ultrabook will launch in the fourth quarter of this year. An Ultrabook is a new kind of ultrathin laptops sporting Intel's latest processors. According to Digitimes, Acer's Ultrabook will boot in under 6 seconds. It will reportedly also connect to the internet in just 2.5 seconds. It is not exactly clear whether Digitimes is talking about Chromebooks or Ultrabooks. The former has pretty fast boot speeds, thanks to its light weight operating system.

Ultrabooks, on the other hand, have Windows OS which isn't light by any standard. If Intel and Acer manage to build a Windows laptop that boots in under 6 seconds, it will be quite an achievement.