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Eager to get a feel for what these new machines can do, I took a Tablet PC--made by Acer and running Journal--out for a test-drive. The hardware is pretty slick. It starts off looking like a laptop, but then you unhook part of the screen, swing it around 180[degrees] and push it down. Press a button to go from landscape to portrait view, and presto! Instant Tablet. The whole thing is about the size of a thick legal pad, weighs under 3 lbs. and sits comfortably on your thigh. It doesn...
...Money-losing Palm isn't as willing to take such risks. The dominant U.S. player only now has a Chinese operating system in the works, mainly because Taiwanese computer maker Acer persuaded Palm officials to let them develop one. Acer will introduce a Chinese Palm under its own brand name later this year. Meanwhile, Palm itself has no immediate plans to market a PDA in China under its brand. "They don't understand China," says Acer executive J.T. Wang. "They do understand it's very difficult to build a sustainable and solid business there...
...letter, Malkan said, did not apologize to Nader in any way--and it did not address the issue of a possible donation to ACER...
...ruled out anything, including the possibility of making a donation to ACER, the CPD official said...
...Obviously, they are not interested in efforts to build democracy or electoral fairness," said Malkan of the commission's refusal to donate to ACER...