About Trademarks of Chromebook

Google is currently occupied by Oracle's lawsuit against Android, must now be experiencing similar problems. This time the lawsuit related to trademark Chrome, Google's operating system for PCs. Plaintiffs are ISYS Technologies, which through its intellectual property managers filed a lawsuit against Google on Chrome trademark. Brand is owned by ISYS Xi3 ChromiumPC Modular Computer.

ISYS is the owner of Xi3 Corp., a business unit that makes ChromiumPC with Chromium base OS is open source and also developed by Google. This device uses a dual-core processor, so it can run operating systems Windows, Linux and other open source OS.

ISYS requested the sale of Google's partners such as Amazon and Best Buy stopped selling Chromebook made ​​by Samsung and Acer. ISYS claims to have patents for ChromiumPC and has registered trade mark and brand to the U.S. patent office in June 2010. No official statement from Google related to this issue, but rumors of Google's trademark was opposed to the ISYS.

According to schedule, notebook Chrome the OS will be out June 15. Samsung itself provides two series of its notebooks, the Samsung 5 Chromebook 3G ($ 499) and Wi-Fi version ($ 429). While Acer issued Chromebook Wi-Fi ($ 349). The plaintiff himself, ISYS, will issue Xi3 ChromiumPC on July 4th at a price not yet known.

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Acer Iconia "Steal Start" with Honeycomb

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - other manufacturers may claim to be the first tablet manufacturer with Android 3.0 or Honeycomb. But, about the availability in the market, Acer is probably going to be the first entry into the Indonesian market. Acer Iconia A500 that has made ​​Google's new platform was launched in Jakarta on Tuesday (05/02/2011).

Attending the launch was Jason Lim (President Director of Acer Indonesia), Daniel Rustandi (Marketing Director Acer Indonesia), and Husen Halim (Product Manager of Marketing Division, Acer Indonesia), who introduced him to the press and invitation at the Shangri-La Hotel Ballroom.

"There are two models, 16 GB and 32 GB for sale starting price of USD 4 million. while this is still the first version of WiFi," said Husen Halim, Product Manager of Marketing Division, Acer Indonesia on the sidelines of the launch of Acer Iconia A500. He said the certainty of the selling price will be announced when Iconia Exhibition, 6-8 May in Senayan City, Jakarta. He was reluctant to reveal sales targets, but a matter of availability, Acer expressed readiness to meet whatever the demand of consumers.

Acer Iconia A500 uses Nvidia Tegra processor 1 GHz Dual Core. Equipped with a USB port connection and micro HDMI. To support the sound quality, this product is equipped with Dolby Mobile technology and stereo speakers. two cameras in front and rear that can be used for video calls and record video with 720p HD quality. Acer has been complete with a folder that allows users to manage applications and games HD Need for Speed​​, Hero of Sparta, and the Let's Golf. In addition, there are Social Jogger specifically developed by Acer to facilitate the setting Twitter and Facebook.

Acer Iconia A500 Specification:
- Android operating system 3.0 (Honeycomb) - NVIDIA Tegra Processors 2 dual-core 1GHz - 1GB RAM Memory - Display 10.1-inch Touchscreen LCD Capacitive resolution 1280 x 800 pixels - 5MP camera behind, and 2MP on the front - Media storage to 16GB with microSD port which supports 64GB - NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards - Wi-Fi, USB, HDMI Micro - Size 0.5 x 10.2 x 7 inches - Weight 1.7 pounds (about 0.9 kg).

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