Samsung has applied for a trademark on the name “NX Mini” for what could be an upcoming scaled-down variant of its first Android-powered mirrorless camera, which made its debut in November last year. The NX was welcomed by many keen photographers who wanted to experiment with the functionality that the open-source operating system had to offer.
Alongside its new Android-powered tablets and Liquid Z5 smartphone, Acer today announced the TA272, an all-in-one PC that runs Android 4.2 Jelly Bean on a 27-inch WQHD display. It’s powered by a quad-core NVIDIA Tegra processor that promises to fulfill all your gaming and home entertainment needs, with front-facing Dolby surround sound speakers built-in.
Acer is the latest company to venture into the ultra-affordable smartphone market with its latest budget-friendly handset, the Liquid Z5. According to the manufacturer, the device will go on sale in mid-January with a suggested retail price tag of $230, making it a bit more expensive than Motorola’s budget handset, which you can grab for $170.
Acer has today announced two new Android-powered tablets that it will introduce at CES in Las Vegas next week, one of which is a $180 iPad mini clone. It’s called the Iconia A1-830 and it sports a “premium aluminum” chassis that houses a 7.9-inch display, a 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor, and 1GB of RAM.
Acer also announced the Iconia B1-720, an entry-level device with a $129 price tag that looks a lot like the 2012 Nexus 7, and has a 7-inch display and a 1.3GHz dual-core processor.
The creators of the incredibly popular Pebble smartwatch, which came alive in the midst of a Kickstarter campaign last year, said yesterday that they will be bringing “something special” to this year’s International CES in Las Vegas.
