Acer tablet running Chrome OS spotted at BETT

[Arthur]

Has anyone else seen this device?

 

Source: https://twitter.com/Alister_Payne/status/956625508959227904

 

 

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Ooo! Very nice! Finally a more suitable iPad replacement?

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The tweet has been deleted!

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A little bit more info on it here - https://chromeunboxed.com/news/acer-chrome-os-tablet-display/

[Arthur]

https://blog.google/topics/education/chromebook-tablets-versatile-learning

 

Since their debut, schools have chosen Chromebooks because they are fast, easy-to-use and manage, shareable, secure and affordable. We've listened carefully to feedback from educators around the world, and one common theme is that they want all the benefits of Chromebooks in a tablet form.

 

Starting today, with the new Acer Chromebook Tab 10, we're doing just that. It’s the first education tablet made for Chrome OS, and gives schools the easy management and shareability of Chromebook laptops. With touch and stylus functionality, this lightweight device is perfect for students creating multimedia projects—and also comes with a world of immersive experiences with Google Expeditions AR.

 

https://chromeunboxed.com/news/acer-first-chromebook-tablet/

 

Well folks, the long wait for the first Chrome OS tablet has finally come to an end. We’ve had to sit on this for a few days, but we’re so excited to announce the official unveiling of the Acer Chromebook Tab 10.

 

https://www.neowin.net/news/aimed-at-education-acer-unveils-the-first-chrome-os-tablet

 

Tomorrow, Apple will be holding an event where it will focus on the educational market. New iPads are expected, but a day ahead of time, Acer has come up with its own tablet announcement. The Chromebook Tab 10 is the very first Chrome OS tablet, and it's also aimed at education.

 

"The Acer Chromebook Tab 10 combines advances in hardware and application support to enable more meaningful learning for an even wider range of K-12 students," said James Lin, General Manager, Commercial & Detachable Notebooks, IT Products Business at Acer. "The new Acer Chromebook Tab 10 encourages students to discover new ways of understanding the world around them."

 

As far as the form factor and the display go, the Tab 10 is very similar to an iPad. It has a 4:3 aspect ratio, and the 9.7-inch screen comes in at 2048x1536, giving it a 264ppi pixel density. This is similar to a piece of paper, so it's meant to be comfortable for things like reading books in portrait mode.

 

The Chromebook Tab 10 is powered by a hexa-core OP1 processor, which has two ARM Cortex-A72 cores and four ARM Cortex-A53 cores. Using the typical big.LITTLE architecture, the less powerful cores can be used for tasks that don't require many resources, like syncing background notifications and such.

 

Edited March 26, 2018 by Arthur

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Want!!

[Arthur]

HP are making a Chrome OS tablet too...

 

HP jumps on Chrome OS tablet bandwagon with new Chromebook x2

 

Acer ushered in the "Chromebook tablet" era with its Chromebook Tab 10 slab last month, and HP wasted no time entering the new space. The company announced the Chromebook x2, a Chrome OS detachable with a keyboard and Wacom AES stylus that isn't meant to be confined to the classroom. While Acer's tablet is meant for education and commercial customers, HP's Chromebook x2 was made with regular customers in mind, particularly those who are attracted to the versatility and efficiency of Chrome OS.

 

The Chromebook x2's specs immediately differentiate it from Acer's device: it runs on a 7th-gen Y-series Intel processor, 4GB of RAM (and supports up to 8GB), and 32GB of storage that can be expanded to 256GB through the microSD card slot. Designed with a similar size to HP's other "x2" detachables, the Chromebook x2 has a 12.3-inch 2400×1600 IPS display that supports touch and pen input, and it has a 5MP WideVision camera and a 13MP rear-facing camera. It has two USB Type-C ports in addition to the microSD card slot and the standard audio in/out jack, and its 48Wh (watt-hour) battery is estimated to last 10.5 hours on a single charge.

 

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Good news! The Acer brand puts me off a little.

[Arthur]

New videos of the Chromebook Tab.... (Skip to

in the first one)

 

 

[Arthur]

For anyone thinking of buying an Acer Chromebook Tab (P/Ns: D651N-K25M / NX.H0BEK.001) they will be released at the end of this month.

 

One of our suppliers quoted a price of £234.50 + VAT.