The first six months of the Android tablet era have been largely forgettable, as Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) continues to sell millions of iPads each quarter and enjoy near-exclusive attention from mobile software developers. As Google (NSDQ: GOOG) looks ahead to the holiday shopping season and the release of an updated…

You’ve got two choices when confronted by the mobile protection racket: you can fight or you can pay. Acer and Viewsonic chose the latter this week, signing deals with Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) that will give the Android vendors cover from litigation based on Microsoft’s mobile patents.

The Android tablet community has little choice but to keep plugging along in their uphill quest to establish Android as a tablet competitor to the iPad, but clearly not all devices will make it along the way. Dell said goodbye this week to its first attempt at an Android tablet,…

A look at some of the big stories in mobile today: Acer cuts its tablet forecast; Facebook apparently lining up a new photo app; some consolidation in the GPS space; LightSquared gets more scrutiny; Skype on HP’s new TouchPad.

Could Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) have learned a lesson from Google’s mobile experiences when making its own tablet plans? Acer’s CEO seems to think so, yet he’s not necessarily on board with Microsoft’s tactic of enforcing tight controls on partners looking for another mobile operating system.

Seeking an answer to the rise of the tablet, the traditional PC industry is gathered in Taipei this week for Computex, one of the largest hardware-related shows of the year. A trio of announcements from Intel (NSDQ: INTC), Asus, and Acer shows just how desperately dozens of companies are to…

Of the many reasons why Windows Phone 7 has yet to make a big splash in the market, one of them, arguably, has been the fact that no single OEM has seized on the OS as its “hero” platform. That looks like it will change soon enough, with Nokia (NYSE:…

Ah, the netbook: the pet rock of the PC industry. As recent moves by Acer and Google (NSDQ: GOOG) show, it’s high time to bury the netbook as a fad born out of desperation rather than a true evolution of mobile computing.

Acer’s first tablet is ready for preorders through Best Buy, as one of the companies most closely identified with the netbook tries its hand at a different flavor of mobile computing.

Has the impact of the iPad 2 claimed its first executive victim? The Taiwanese device maker Acer this morning issued a press release announcing that Gianfraco Lanci has resigned, with immediate effect, citing “different views from a majority of board members” as the reason. J.T. Wang, currently chairman and former…

Computer maker Acer wants to drive down the cost of smartphones to the point in which mobile operators could give them away for free, a sentiment that’s sure to sit well with their larger, more established rivals already fretting about falling margins. PCworld.com reports that Acer, which raised a few…

Acer spent MWC showing off its first foray into the smartphone market—there were 8 Windows Mobile devices on display. ZDNet UK has a video interview with Aymar de Lencquesaing, senior corporate VP Acer, which covers the basics. As to why Acer is heading for the smartphone market: “Mobile is in…

Rumblings about two computer-makers—Dell and Acer—are escalating as to whether they will enter the mobile-phone market. The WSJ reports that Dell is preparing a move into cellphones as early as next month, but hasn’t finalized its plans. Meanwhile, Acer’s plans sound more solid with a launch likely occurring as soon…