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Acer ICONIA Tablet PCs with Windows 8 Offer Unparalleled Power, Versatility, and

Battery Life

The ideal mix of tablet convenience and notebook performance for everywhere productivity and exploration

LONDON, UK and TAIPEI, TAIWAN (October 30, 2012) – Acer designs products

to enable its users to explore beyond limits. With this purpose in mind Acer’s ICONIA

W Series tablet PCs with Windows 8, dock and cradle options, are designed to

provide customers with limitless freedom and versatility for their productivity and

entertainment needs. With Full HD 1920 x 1080 resolution display, extended battery

life, users can work or play, and benefit from the seamless experience of touch and

type duality. It is an exceptional tool for an individual with a curious mind and

progressive attitude.

ICONIA W510

The ICONIA W510 offers three ways to work: “touch, type and view.” As a tablet, it

lets users stay mobile with touch convenience and a light 10.1-inch design. For

typing, the tablet connects to its keyboard dock with real, full-travel keys.

The ICONIA W510’s battery life extends up to 181 hours when it is docked in the

1 The listed battery life is based on MobileMark 2007® productivity mode testing with wireless on. Details of MobileMark2007® testing are available at www.bapco.com. Battery life rating is for comparison purposes only. Actual battery life varies by model, configuration, applications, power management settings, operating conditions,

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detachable keyboard, which also includes a touchpad and convenient USB 2.0 port.

In presentation mode, the keyboard flips back 295 degrees for a shared, free-

standing view of a video conference or multimedia.

ICONIA W700

The powerful 11.6-inch ICONIA W700 uses fast and responsive 3rd generation

Intel® Core™ family processors, enabling uncompromised performance. This tablet

performs just like a PC for everyday computing tasks, from content creation, to

running multiple applications and sharing multimedia.

The cradle for the W700 can sit in portrait or landscape modes, and tilts at different

angles for easy browsing, sharing and touch control: landscape at 20 degrees for

comfortable touch control; or landscape at 70 degrees for notebook-style viewing.

Portrait is ideal for reading ebooks and emagazines, while landscape is best for

games and movies. The cradle has plenty of ports for connecting peripherals and

puts instant productivity at consumers’ fingertips.

The W700 also features Dolby® Home Theater® v4 surround sound for immersive

audio, Full HD 1920 x 1080 resolution display, and an optional Bluetooth keyboard.

Instant Connectivity and Content Sharing

The ICONIA W700 takes just 6 seconds to boot, 1.5 to resume, and 2.5 to get

online.2 , 3 When it resumes, webpages and emails refresh automatically, so the user

is always up to date.

With Acer Always On the user can press the ICONIA W510 and it's on and updated,

just like a smartphone. And, it enables up to 3 weeks of standby battery life.

Both tablets ship with AcerCloud to remotely connect to users’ other digital devices

wherever, whenever.

and utilized features. A battery's maximum capacity decreases with time and use.

2 Time based on testing with select applications open — Internet Explorer 9 (Internet search and email webpages), PowerPoint viewer (file size 68 MB) and Excel (file size 108 MB) of Microsoft Office 2010 Starter — and with the computer logged into Windows Live Messenger 2011.

3 With previously used access points.

Price and Availability

The ICONIA tablets began shipping from October 26th. To find out about availability,

product specifications and price in specific markets, please contact your nearest Acer

office or retailer via www.acer.com.

A bout Acer

Since its founding in 1976, Acer has broken barriers between people and technology, enabling people to explore beyond limits. Acer ranks No. 2 for notebook PCs globally (Gartner data 2011). The Acer Group employs 8,000 people across the globe, and revenues for 2011 reached US$15.7 billion.

Acer's channel business model is instrumental to the company's success, while its multi-brand approach integrates Acer, Gateway, and Packard Bell brands in worldwide markets. Acer designs environmentally friendly products and, with its vendors, has established a green supply chain.

Acer is proud to be a Worldwide Partner of the Olympic Movement. That includes supporting the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games and London 2012 Olympic Games.

More information is at www.acer.com

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