We keep on hearing about USB 3.0 certified products such as PointGrey’s HD Video camera module or Dane-Elec’s External HDD but if you have put high expectation for this next generation USB protocol to be widely adopted by PC industry soon, you may be disappointed to read this piece of latest news. According to reliable source, Intel Inc may potentially halt back its chipset development that supports USB 3.0 protocol until 2011, which is almost one year later from its original plan.

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Nowadays, 3D display has been widely used in consumer electronics especially for enhancing multimedia experience. The notable feature of the 3D display is it able to convey three-dimensional images to the viewer. As part of promoting 3D display, Acer has officially launched its first Aspire One notebook with 3D display which called as 5738DG. The device offers similar specification of its 5738 notebook which replaces the multi-touch display with TriDef 3D screen. It has been improved with GeForce 3D Vision technology that splitting a 120Hz signals into two 60Hz stereoscopic images.

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Previously we mentioned about Acer Aspire Revo which appeared to be the first Intel Atom based nettop that being designed with Nvidia’s Ion chipset, now seems that the Taiwanese PC maker has refreshed a newer and much more powerful Aspire Revo version targeted for middle range consumer PC market.

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The second largest notebook PC vendor, Acer has launched its newest 10.1″ Aspire One AOD250 netbook, which features dual-boot operating systems – Android and Windows XP Home, providing users an ability to switch between Android and Windows XP Home OS.

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The global leading maker of mobile devices, Nokia has announced that its highly-anticipated Nokia Booklet 3G Windows 7-based mini notebook will hit Best Buy stores by mid-November 2009 and start taking orders in coming October 22, providing users an amazing, valuable experiences by combining the value and simplicity of Windows 7 OS with the all-day mobility of the Nokia Booklet 3G.

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Typically, netbook screen is much smaller than conventional notebook as a way to differentiate between both products to reduce cannibalization but with the increase demand of much larger screen size with higher resolution request from consumers, Acer has recently added two new netbook series with larger screen size under its Eee PC family. Named as Eee PC 1201N and 1201HA, they are both featured with 12-inch widescreen LCD panel with 1366 X 768 pixels resolution to bring the gap closer to entry level notebook for greater visual experience while browsing web as well as operating office applications.

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Not long after Acer recalled its Predator PC due to overheat issue, now seems that the Taiwanese PC maker has initiated another massive recall to its Aspire series Notebooks as a precaution measurement due to safety concern. Some of the affected Acer Aspire series include AS3410, AS3810T, AS3810TG, AS3810TZ as well as AS3810TZG.

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Nvidia’s Ion chipset solution has gained similar traction as when Intel enters the new netbook market with its relatively old chipset pairing that doesn’t seems to be able to satisfy consumers’ requirement especially HD (High Definition) video decode capability. In order to continue its momentum, the famous discrete graphics card maker has planned to get its next generation Ion chipset into consumer space, opening up more processors pairing opportunities by end of this year.

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