Acer Aspire One D250 debuts in Europe

The slim 10.1 inch netbook, Acer Aspire One D250, is officially launched in Europe. This new product from Acer, which is among the top selling brands along with Dell, HP, Samsung, and Asus, is available for pre order now from their direct European website. The netbook is available for sale on Amazon, Germany. We have been hearing about this netbook since November last year and it was thought to be launched in February this year but now it’s official.

Slimline netbooks have started capturing the market. First, it was EEE PC Shell and now Acer has come out with Aspire One D250. The Acer D250 is very slim and just 1 inch thick. It is not very heavy also and thus very portable. The keyboard is quite wide and is 89 % size of a standard computer keyboard. The key board has regular twelve function keys, two windows keys and four cursor keys. It has a trackpad which responds to multi touch gestures.

The netbook has preloaded Windows XP operating system and has a choice of either Atom 1.60 GHz N270 or the upgraded 1.66 GHz N 280 processors with Intel chipsets. With 2 GB of DDR2 RAM and 2.5 inch 160 GB hard drive for storing files and folders, 5 in 1 multi card reader, Wi-fi, speakers, a 0.3 mega pixels webcam for chatting and conferencing need; the netbook is just like any other recent netbooks but has a much thinner chassis. It has optional Bluetooth and 3 G support for HSDPA, HSUPA and UMTS networks.

Acer Aspire One D250 has 1024×600 display, 10 inch LED lit screen. Three USB 2.0 ports, VGA output, an audio jack, Ethernet and 3 battery options are available; 2200mAh3 cell battery which can survive for 3.15 hrs, 4400 mAh 6- cell which can last up to 6 hours and  5200 mAh 6 cell battery which gives 7.5 hours of battery life. Standard battery is 2200 mAh 3 cell one, which can be replaced with 6 cell units.  Six cell batteries will take the weight to around 2.8 lbs from 2.4 lbs with 3 cell battery.

The netbook will be available in colors like Ruby, blue, seashell white and black but looks like in UK, it will be available only in blue color. Priced at 350£, the D250 by Acer Aspire One will be available from next month, though no date has been declared as yet.