Beijing, 27^th May 2010 – Touch technology has become ubiquitous. We are living in the touch era, where complexity steps aside to make room for simplicity. Because using fingers to manipulate objects, move images, play games, write texts and more is an easier and far more intuitive way to access and interact with a device.

Touch screen technology is for everyone. Besides being a fun and engaging way to manage and share digital content, multi-touch technology means you can use more gesture combinations for a wider range of functionalities and a more natural and intuitive approach. But the spontaneity and simplicity of this technology can be spoiled by the variety of different interfaces that can transform a fun and engaging experience into a frustrating one.

Now Acer has stepped in to help users find the way in the maze of different approaches to the touch world creating a common experience that cuts across devices. From the All-in-One desktop to the smartphone, passing through the notebook Acer offers a seamless tactile experience, so that no matter the device, users will be able to find the same familiar look and feel. What’s more this experience can be personalized and users can find everything they need within touch, through intuitive and easy navigation.

Pioneers of this all-round touch experience are the Aspire Z5710 All-in-one PC, the Aspire 5745P notebook and Acer’s latest technological jewel, Acer Stream smartphone.

The Acer Aspire Z5710 All-in-One PC combines great performance, excellent entertainment and sleek design with superior multi-touch functionalities. The stylish and streamlined space saving design makes this desktop perfect for any environments. It can find its place in any room of the house, from the lounge to the study, from the kitchen to a child’s room, bringing the convenience of touch technology exactly where you want. With a spacious 58.4 cm (23”) display with Full HD (1920×1080) resolution, Dolby Home Theater v3 with 5.1-channels HD surround sound support, the Aspire Z5710 delivers outstanding multimedia capabilities. The nifty aluminum case makes of this desktop a true icon of style and frames an advanced PC, rich of cutting edge technologies engineered for enhanced performance: with a slot-in optical drive, multi-in-one card reader, HDMI port and optional TV-tuner it can bring together all the facets of your digital life. From movies to games, from TV to pictures to the ease of operating the PC with your fingers, the new Aspire truly engages all your senses!

 The Aspire 5745P puts the world at your fingertips! The 40 cm (15.6”) HD LED-backlit touchscreen features awesome resolution and response time, making visuals sharper and more colorful than ever, while letting you easily manipulate your multimedia. Beyond that, excellent performance and outstanding high definition entertainment are the trademarks of the Aspire 5745P. Advanced Intel^® Core^™ processing power and premium graphics solutions nicely handle entertainment and multitasking while DDR3 memory speeds up response to graphics-intensive applications so you can work and play faster. A cinema-style sound is enabled by Dolby Home Theater^® v3 sound enhancement. And, the Aspire 5745P boasts impressive resource conservation via ENERGY STAR^® certification, and Acer PowerSmart Manager

Last but not least, Acer Stream is a high-end multimedia smartphone, optimized for watching high-def movies, as it can support up to 720p video quality, listening to music with Dolby Mobile quality, and enjoying web browsing like at home. Thanks to the HDMI-out it can be easily connected to HDTV at home. Perfect for most demanding users who look for the best in entertainment, elegant and minimalist in design, Acer Stream is made from highly resistant materials and offers truly outstanding technical features, all in just 11.2 mm, ensuring users a unique experience. The ample touch screen with AMOLED (Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode) technology offers superb display quality. Ultrafast image response, super wide view angle, unique and high-quality multimedia features combine to create a truly outstanding device. A completely brand new user interface focalized on what is essential to users guarantees a simple and quick access to all the applications. Acer Stream, a concentration of fun and entertainment!

Beijing, 27^th May 2010 – Powerful. Spectacular. Cutting-edge technologies. State-of-the-art connectivity. Ultra-fast. Highly sensitive. These are just some of the words that best describe Acer Stream, the latest technological jewel of the Taiwanese company. Defining it a smartphone would be reductive. In fact, Acer Stream is the utmost expression of technology, design, performance and entertainment.

Acer Stream is a high-end multimedia smartphone, optimized for watching movies, listening to music and enjoying web browsing like at home. Perfect for most demanding users who look for the best in entertainment.

Elegant and minimalist in design, Acer Stream is made from highly resistant materials and offers truly outstanding user interface and technical features, all in just 11.2 mm, ensuring users a unique and unrepeatable experience.

The completely brand new user interface has been totally redesigned in order to focus on what is essential to users and guarantee a simple and quick access to what matters to them.

- Enjoy smooth animations and fine graphics: surf between photos and video thanks to the stunningly fluid 3D interface and unlock the phone by a ‘peeling’ gesture, assure a cool but very functional detail!

- Read information straight from the lock screen widget: accessing ambient information on the idle screen gives the user what he needs before he even asks for it. 

- Quickly start your favorite applications with one tap: the status bar appears as an innovative divider between logical spaces. It shows all the essential information, providing shortcuts to most frequently used settings and its position allows a very easy access to the settings or notifications.

- Easily switch applications with the History panel: the top part of the Home screen has been dedicated to applications history, with the benefit of reducing complexity and providing significant cues for navigation.

- Reorder applications across several pages at their convenience: Apps can be moved around from one page to another or easily uninstalled by simply dragging them to the bin.

- Customize the phone according to specific needs: a simple customization page accessible from the Home screen will be a pleasant surprise, enabling customers to tailor their smartphone through wallpaper and sound personalization.

Coupled with three types of predictive keyboards, a smart dialer and a redesigned contacts list, the Acer user interface makes using the smartphone an efficient and delightful experience.

Social and entertaining: All the most popular applications are pre-installed: Nemo player to enjoy multimedia content to the fullest, Acer UrFooz to create your virtual “look-a-like”, add your profile and bookmarks and post it to your social networks, Facebook™ and Twidroid perfectly integrated into the address book.

And for music addicts Acer Stream features Spinlets™, a completely free streaming service that lets you browse and listen to major music labels and record companies for great music and instantly post what you find to your favorite Social Networking sites.

Main features:

Superb display quality: the touch screen with Amoled technology boasts 1.67 million exceptionally bright colors, through a generous 3.7” WVGA display. Furthermore, its incredible contrast (superior 2000:1) makes for clear images and   perfect legibility in any environment and light condition. Moreover, this type of display consumes less energy to help increase battery life.

Ultrafast connectivity 3G+ for streaming: HSDPA 7.2 Mbps in download, Bluetooth and WiFi n, enabling faster transmission of multimedia content than ever!

Power and performance: the Qualcomm Snapdragon 1GHz processor, with its  512 MB RAM, makes the Acer Stream one of the fastest and most reactive phones on the market. The operating system behind Stream is Android version 2.1, better known as

Éclair.

Unique and high-quality multimedia features, enabling the recording of HD videos up to 720p. Listening to your favorite music or the radio with RDS has never been so pleasant; enjoy the Dolby Mobile quality, with powerful bass and crystal-clear clarity for an unparalleled purity of sound. UPnP technology enables content sharing with other devices. Furthermore, a 5MP photocamera and integrated GPS system allow photos and videos to be geotagged. Last but not least, you can connect the Acer Stream to your home TV with HDMI port and watch a movie on a larger screen.

 2GB of internal Flash memory is ideal for downloading tons of applications and 3D games, while an 8GB memory card as free bundle and a micro-SD card slot support up to 32GB enables users to enjoy their favorite multimedia content at all times.