Acer to release 3D monitor

Acer have announced that they will be launching a 3D monitor – the Acer GN245HQ – in early February.

The device will have a resolution of 1920 x 1080 on a 24 inch backlit LED screen, it will support NVIDIA’s 3D vision whilst also featuring an infrared emitter compatible with 3D active shutter glasses. Read the rest of this entry »

Experts back Android in the battle for tablet supremacy

Experts have predicted that 2011 could be the year of the Android tablet, as the market braces itself for a deluge of incoming devices.

Asus, Toshiba, LG, Samsung and Motorola are all developing Android based tablets in a concerted effort to smash the iPad’s dominance in the field.

Apple COO, Tim Cook adopted a “points-on-the-board” stance when countering these predictions;

“[Current Android tablets] are “scaled-up smartphones” – that’s a bizarre product in our view.” He said. “In terms of next generation; there’s nothing shipping yet, so I don’t know. Today they’re vapour; however we are not sitting still. We have a huge first mover advantage.”

Apple’s “first mover advantage” cannot be underestimated; 7.33 million iPad devices were sold in the final quarter of 2010 alone. But this does not dent the speculation that something big may be brewing elsewhere in the market.

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