Acer to launch a Meego tablet at the end of the year

There's the Windows 7 Iconia Tab W500, and there's the Honeycomb Iconia Tab A500, and now Acer's ready for yet another Iconia Tab, the M500. But what does the 'M' stands for? Well, it's Meego!

When Nokia announced that they're going to develop phones running on Windows Phone 7, it seemed as if Meego is going to die, but funnily, it won't.

Over at Computex it seems the OS might not be left to languish after all. Asus announced plans to release a $200 EeePC running Meego and now Acer is getting in on the action with the promise of a Meego-based Iconia tablet.

During Intel's Computex keynote today, Assistant VP for Information Technology at Acer, David Lee, was on hand to introduce the company's new M Series line. Running Meego and based on Intel's Moorestown processor, the first addition is the M500. Eagle-eyed Acer fans will note that this product number is just one character away from the 10-inch A500's product name. Acer was rather stingy with the details about the M500, so we don't know for certain if it is the same as the A500, but with Moorestown and Meego instead of Tegra 2 and Honeycomb. However, we do know that it's got the same 10-inch (1280×800) display, along with a 5-megapixel camera in the rear and a front-facing camera up front. Based on this, we think it's pretty safe to assume they're very similar devices, if not the same.

The M500's version of Meego is customized with an Acer skin that will provide access to the most used apps and features right on the homepage. No word on pricing or release just yet, but Acer is saying that the tablet is set for launch at the end of the year.
source: 2DayBlog.com

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