Netbooks are popping up like mushrooms after a spring rain, with two new models announced Monday from Acer — the 11.6-inch Aspire One A0751h and the 10.1-inch Aspire One AOD250.
The A0751h is the first netbook of this size from Acer, the world’s third-largest PC maker. Its WXGA screen is a backlit, high-definition, CrystalBrite 16:9 TFT LCD with 1364×768 resolution. Like many other netbooks, this model is built around the Intel Atom processor, in this case either the N270 or the Z520.
Multi-Gesture Touchpad
The A0D250’s 10.1-inch screen, also a 16:9 TFT LCD, is WSVGA with 1024×600 resolution, and the processor is the N270 Atom. Both machines have full-sized keyboards — a treat for netbook users — as well as a gigabyte of memory and a 160GB hard drive.
The netbooks have a Crystal Eye webcam, built-in stereo speakers, and a built-in digital microphone enable video conferencing, and there are three USB ports, VGA out, an Ethernet port, Bluetooth, and a multiple digital-card reader. Windows XP Home is available on either machine, and the A0751h has a dedicated SD card slot.
Wi-Fi 802.11b/g is offered on both machines, as is an option for 3G connectivity. The A0751h has an extended six-cell battery for uptime of as much as eight hours, or a three-cell battery offers four hours. On the AO250, the six-cell and three-cell battery offer six hours and three hours, respectively.
As with other netbooks, style and ease of use are being emphasized. The new Aspire Ones are one inch thick, come in a choice of four colors, and feature a multi-gesture touchpad for pinching, flicking or swirling fingers to control the viewing of photos, videos, documents or Web sites.
‘Ultimate Mobile Device’
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