by Josh Lowensohn via mobile
by Josh Lowensohn via mobile
by Josh Lowensohn via mobile
We've got a small mob trying to snap pics of the machines up on stage. Acer's trying to get everyone seated to get this thing started.
by Josh Lowensohn
@Sadık Guris We'll know in a minute or two :D
by Josh Lowensohn
Can't get close to the bigger display in the pics. All in one?
by Rich Brown
Alright folks, here we go. We're watching a quick promo video. Lots of buzzwords like "lifestyle" and "discover your world."
by Josh Lowensohn
Up on stage is Acer's director of marketing for America giving a short welcome message. Thanking people from coming from all over the world, including Acer employees who are watching a live stream.
by Josh Lowensohn
don't think there's a live feed
by Rich Brown
Hey gang -- Scott Stein are here, taking our seats. Of course, in true CES fashion, the info on the new ultrabooks has already leaked.
by dan.ackerman
Press very excited to be getting a 4GB USB key with today's announcements it seems. An "ooh" and "ahh."
by Josh Lowensohn
On stage, Acer's chairman, J.T. Wang.
by Josh Lowensohn
Looks like there will be a very, very thin S5 ultrabook and a TimeLine X Ultra ultrabook.
by dan.ackerman
More thanks. Wang's thanking everyone for coming to Vegas to see the company's press conference. "Acer is back to
the right track," Wang says.
by Josh Lowensohn
Second time in the last few months Acer has said it's "getting back on track."
by Rich Brown
Proof is in the product quality
by Rich Brown
Company has a new tagline "Explore beyond limits."
Wang talking about how things have changed in computing, with people using phones and tablets alongside traditional computers. These people are "modern day explorers," Wang says.
by Josh Lowensohn
Let's not forget that Acer, while it didn't invent the Netbook (I'd largely credit Asus with that), was really one of the best at taking advantage of that category.
by dan.ackerman
This led the company to make AcerCloud technology, Wang says. This lets people get their data on Windows and Android.
by Josh Lowensohn
Still don't understand how PC OEMs can entice customers to their own clouds, vs Amazon, Google, etc.
by Rich Brown
Now that Netbooks are mostly DOA, Acer is clearly hoping to seize on the current interest in ultrabooks and similarly dominate in that category.
by dan.ackerman
by Josh Lowensohn via mobile
In Netbooks, they did that largely through price, coming in at just a bit less than the competition. In ultrabooks, they started the same way, with the first Acer ultrabook beating the other early ultrabook systems on price.
by dan.ackerman
Acer going to "pursue leadership" in the mainstream trend of ultrabooks.
by Rich Brown
Wang says new opportunities for the company in 2012 include Ultrabooks, "next-generation Windows on new form factors," and
AcerCloud.
by Josh Lowensohn
by Josh Lowensohn via mobile
This is a weird show for PCs. Lots of talk about latter half of the year due to Win 8/Ivy Bridge timing. Tough on 1H 2012 sales.
by Rich Brown
More on Ultrabooks now. Wang says keywords are: thin and light, instantly connected, hooked up to AcerCloud and making the whole package mainstream.
Wang says AcerCloud would not be possible without Acer's Always Connect technology. By Q2 Acer will have four models of Ultrabook, he says.
by Josh Lowensohn
Wangs says there will be a whole new wave of ultrabooks in the second half of the year, for Windows 8 -- does that mean we should ignore these soon-to-be-out-of-date ones?
by dan.ackerman
Now onto Acer's "cloud design philosophy." Wang says "we're determined to make it very successful and sustainable."
by Josh Lowensohn
Lost the signal, looks like we're back though. moving on to product info
by Rich Brown
Having some connectivity problems here folks. That famous WiFi drop. Now I stage Campbell Kan. Acer president.
by Josh Lowensohn via mobile
14 and 15-inch timeline ultrabooks
by Rich Brown
by Josh Lowensohn via mobile
by Josh Lowensohn via mobile
by Josh Lowensohn via mobile
by Josh Lowensohn via mobile
by Josh Lowensohn via mobile