Ion-Based Acer Hornet Nettop Surfaces
techPowerUp! —
... can provide smooth HD video playback, and also some light-gaming thrown in. Furthermore, it supports a certain motion-sensing game controller that lets you play certain Wii-style games. The same controller can be used as a pointing device (what Acer calls "air-mouse"), and also a media center remote control. We will know more in the weeks to come. Head over to DonanimHaber for more pictures.
Source: DonanimHaber
Acer's Hornet detailed
Fudzilla —
... single-core and dual-core Intel Atom processor and is paired up with Nvidia's MCP79-derived chipset with the Geforce 9400 IGP that will surely have no trouble playing HD 1080p video. Acer decided to bundle this one with some sort of Wii-like motion game controller for games that can also be used as a pointing device and a media center remote control. We are sure that Acer will soon publish more details on this cute little thing, but until then, you can check out the presentation here . Image Image
Acer unveils NVIDIA Ion based Wii clone
DV Hardware —
... controls for the Eee PC, and it looks like one of the first NVIDIA Ion based systems from Acer may also mimic Nintendo's popular console. Donanim Haber published some slides of the Acer Hornet, a Ion-based system designed for use in the studio and in the living room. ...
Friday Shortbread
The Tech Report: News —
Friday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki 1:29 AM on February 27, 2009 Friday DSL Reports: Cablevision DOCSIS 3.0 launch very close President Obama's budget eyes boost to cybersecurity funds TG Daily on the coming ARM vs. Intel PC battle Fudzilla reports Nvidia Ion has many big design wins and Intel changes all logos Donanim Haber on Acer Hornet , Ion-based nettop (write-up in Turkish) ATi-Forum posts new information about RV740 / RV790 (write-up in German) Hardware-Aktuell: First GeForce GTS 250 based on ...



