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By N2H
Acer’s Android netbook has been regular grist for the rumor-mill, with delays tipped, buyer apathy prediced, along with vehement denials from the company themselves. So it’s with no small amount of interest that we read one of the first reviews of the Acer Aspire One D250 Android – as the netbook appears to have been labelled – courtesy of ePrice. They found the AOD250 to be “semi-finished”, with Android perhaps unsurprisingly causing many of the issues.
The AOD250 dual-boots between Windows XP and Android, and at least that process is relatively straightforward. Twin power buttons might have been neat, but in fact you get a reboot dialog – which you can see in the gallery below – offering a choice of Microsoft’s or the open-source OS. Booting into Android took a mere 20 seconds, while shut-downs were almost instantaneous; however it seems that Acer have done little to rework Android to the larger netbook display.
More worrying, they’ve also removed the Android Market from the netbook, together with seemingly blocking the ability to sideload software; in effect, turning Android into a closed OS. That could be a byproduct of using Android OS 1.0 in this pre-production model, so we’re hoping for more flexibility in whatever ships. In the end, the Windows side (and the hardware) is just as you’d expect from a 10-inch Acer Aspire One netbook, but while the Android side shows promise, it’s nowhere near mainstream level yet.
Source: www.slashgear.com
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Review Acer made a significant impact on the netbook market last year with its hugely popular Aspire One A110. It recently released a selection of new netbooks in its Aspire One range, and the D250 we have here is bizarrely similar to the D150, which was only launched a couple of months ago
The D250 we reviewed makes use of Intel’s 1.66GHz Atom N280 and Acer supplies it with 1GB of DDR 2 memory. Watch out, though: it’s also available with the 1.6GHz N270, and in fact almost all supplier in the UK are selling the latter.
Two USB ports and a multi-format card reader are found on the right, along with the power socket. On the left sit Ethernet, VGA, audio in/out and a third USB port. The vent is also on the left, and although the D250’s fan fired up a fair amount during testing – even when doing little more than browsing the web – it’s not loud enough to irritate.
The rear is home to naught but the three-cell 2200mAh battery. A six-cell version is also available, though the battery’s a bulky affair that angles down from the notebook to lift the back of the machine up off the deck. It makes the machine less comfortable to carry – stick it in a bag and you won’t care – but you may find it angles the keyboard better.
Full review – www.reghardware.co.uk
Acer has just opened up its UK product page for the Acer Aspire One D250. This is, in all probability, the first 10″ model from the Aspire One Pro line of netbooks. Among the features expected include :-
•10.1″ display at 1,024 x 600 resolution
•160GB hard drive
•802.11b/g Wi-Fi connectivity
•Ethernet connectivity
•3G wireless with support for HSDPA, HSUPA and UMTS networks
•Up to 2GB RAM
Powered by Windows XP, the D250 will feature either a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 or a 1.68GHz Intel Atom N280 processor with an Intel 945GSE or Intel 82801GBM chipset, respectively. No word on pricing yet.
The Aspire One D250 measure 10.2? x 7.2? x 1 inches. The notebook supports up to 2GB of RAM, and comes comes with a 3 or 6 cell battery. Interestinly, there appear to be two different 6 cell battery options. One is a 48.8Whr 4400mAh battery that will provide up to 6 hours of run time, while the other is a 57.7Whr 5200mAh battery that should be good for up to 7.5 hours. The 3 cell battery is a 24.4 Whr 2200mAh battery that Asus says is good for up to 3 hours and 15 minutes.
With a 3 cell battery the laptop weighs 2.4 pounds. The 6 cell version will weigh 2.8 pounds.
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macles blog site is reporting possibly another new Acer Aspire One netbook.
Details – “It looks very much like the just released D150, so you probably wouldn’t even notice that it’s a new model. The most noteable changes are a completely different motherboard layout, evident in the rearrangement of all ports, and a few minor design improvements. It’s also slimmer with a height of only 26 millimeters. You can use the dimensions and pictures of the D150 posted in a previous post for comparison. The technical specifications remain unchanged. And despite being what appears to be only a minor revision Acer will increase the model number to D250 for the HDD configuration”
