Acer D257 – new 10 inch netbook, quiet on details for now

After tablets, Acer decided it’s time for a 10 inch netbook and they let people know about their new offspring, named Aspire One D257. If we’re to be mean, we could say it’s just another Intel Atom single processor with 1 GB of RAM swamp creature, but Acer can do a lot better, so my money would  be on a dual core processor, picked between AMD Fusion and the new line of dual core processors from Intel.

What we do know about the netbook is that it has one of the thinnest cases around, being less than an inch thick. Also, the power button was incorporated in the hinge, probably in order to save some space or have better on/off timings when closing the lid.

Other info say that the device will be able to boot from both Android and Windows 7 Starter Edition, but this is all familiar territory for Acer netbooks, as older netbooks were doing it.

Well, not everywhere, as in the US netbooks don’t come with Android pre installed. The battery is said to run for about 8 hours on a single charge (Ontario C-50 anyone?), will have blue tooth and Wifi and will come in three color options, including aquamarine, dark chocolate and seashell white.

The netbook will also pack the trick with the screen being able to tilt back to 180 degrees, so we can only hope that the display will not lose colors when not looking straight at it (considering that the screen will basically stand on the table like a tablet, we might expect IPS technology like in some slates).

Acer Aspire One D257

Also available on the device there are three USB 2.0 ports, VGA, ethernet, SD card multi reader, mic and headphone jack, while the total weight is 2.2 pounds with the battery strapped. If you’re a sucker for the Italian language, check the video below. It contains all we said above, but it comes from an Italian girl. Enjoy.

Last updated: March 29, 2012 | Published: February 15th, 2011 | See the comments or add yours!