Available in August - Acer Iconia Tab A100 , Costs $300

Finally, afterwards actuality pulled out of its May absolution due to affinity issues with Honeycomb, the Acer Iconia Tab A100 gets its availability and amount details. According to an e-mail beatific out to Acer retail partners, the 7-inch Honeycomb book will be accessible in the bazaar about aboriginal August with a appropriate amount of $300. The book is advised the little brother of Iconia Tab A500, which was appear in April, featuring a Tegra 2 processor, USB 2.0 port, 16GB of accumulator and WiFi connectivity.

Acer additionally offers a brace of fresh Aspire notebooks: the 15.6-inch 5750Z and the 17.3-inch 7739Z, both priced at $475 each. Both laptops appearance 4GB of DDR3 RAM (upgradable to 8GB), 500GB of storage, and Intel Pentium processors.

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Fujitsu Stylistic Q550 Tablet

With tablets becoming more and more popular, it would only take some time before a lot of them get to compete in a tight consumer market. In order to do well, newer tablet PC’s should try to focus on a certain market segment for a better chance at success. This may be what Fujitsu is aiming for when it recently released its new Stylistic Q550 Tablet targeted for business use.

The new Fujitsu Stylistic Q550 is a business-class slate tablet that features high security enhancements required for mobile enterprise computing. Up front, the Fujitsu Q550 comes with an Intel Atom 1.5 GHz processor, 2GB RAM, 10.1 inch multi-touch screen with LED backlight. It also comes with an HDMI port, Bluetooth 3.0 and WiFi connectivity and with the optional 3G support. Users may have the choice between a 30GB or 62GB internal memory models.

For added security enhancements, the Fujitsu Q550 Stylistic Slate PC will incorporate features such as fingerprint authentication, smart card reader, and an embedded security chip and encrypted SSD. The new Fujitsu Stylistic Q550 tablet is expected to enter the Japanese market around April or May. It is expected to cost from 89,000 to 99,000 Japanese Yen.

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Motorola Xoom Tablet to Debut in Verizon

Verizon Wireless announced it will start selling Motorola Mobility’s Xoom tablet on Thursday, February 24. The tablet, which runs on Google’s latest Android OS, will cost US$600 with a two-year contract. The cost of data service, meanwhile, will start at $20 for 1GB of bandwidth per month.

Motorola Xoom users will be able to upgrade to Verizon’s 4G data service for free. There will also be a Wi-Fi enabled version of the tablet. It is unclear, however, when these will happen.

The Xoom runs on Android 3.0, also known as Honeycomb, which is designed specifically for tablets. It can store 32GB of files and features dual cameras for video conference and a Flash video player.

Buyers who wanted a no-strings-attached Motorola Xoom can purchase it for $800.

Source: CNN

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