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When Acer announced a slate of new devices at a New York press
conference last week, the overarching message was simple -- keyboards
are as done as a Thanksgiving turkey. The company introduced an array
of tablets, most of which were running Android, with sizes ranging
from five- to ten-inches each. That's almost as broad a lineup as
Archos, which has dipped down to what most would consider digital
audio player turf with a three-inch tablet (tablette?) and a precursor
to what is sure to be a merciless barrage of tablets on the slate for
CES. The single manifestation of a physical QWERTY text entry device
was a keyboard dock designed for a 10-inch tablet running Windows.
But as much as Acer's tablet lineup seems poised to flounder in the
coming sea of similarity, its Iconia laptop stood out, eschewing a
keyboard for a second 14-inch touchscreen to match the main display.
Unlike the dual 14-inch hinged Kno device discussed in columns prior,
this one is clearly designed to be used in a landscape orientation,
and unlike the 7-inch Toshiba Libretto, the Iconia is not being
positioned as some kind of limited-edition experiment. If anything,
Acer signaled that it would be the first in a series of products that
would unfold over the next several years.
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