{"id":85857,"date":"1999-12-31T00:58:00","date_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/acer-lenovo-to-embed-3g\/"},"modified":"1999-12-31T00:58:00","modified_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:58:00","slug":"acer-lenovo-to-embed-3g","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/acer-lenovo-to-embed-3g\/","title":{"rendered":"Acer, Lenovo To Embed 3G"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Acer is to embed 3G mobile-phone technology into its future notebook PC products, kicking off with a pair of Centrino Duo-based machines, the company said this week.<P>The TravelMate 4260 and Aspire 5650 will both incorporate UMTS 3G and tri-band GSM\/GPRS 2.5G radios to allow their users to connect to the internet across cellular networks without the need to connect the computer to a mobile phone.<\/P><DIV class=Ad><SCRIPT type=text\/javascript>    Ads_kid=0;Ads_bid=0;Ads_xl=0;Ads_yl=0;Ads_xp=&#8221;;Ads_yp=&#8221;;Ads_opt=0;Ads_wrd=&#8221;;Ads_par=&#8221;;Ads_cnturl=&#8221;;Ads_sec=0;Ads_channels=&#8221;;  <\/SCRIPT><SCRIPT src=\"http:\/\/a.as-eu.falkag.net\/dat\/cjf\/00\/15\/56\/92.js\" type=text\/javascript><\/SCRIPT><SCRIPT language=JavaScript src=\"http:\/\/a.as-eu.falkag.net\/dat\/bjf\/00\/22\/59\/02.js\" type=text\/javascript><\/SCRIPT><SCRIPT language=JavaScript>function Ads_PopUp() {}<\/SCRIPT><SCRIPT language=JavaScript src=\"http:\/\/a.as-eu.falkag.net\/dat\/brf\/00\/81\/89\/95.js\" type=text\/javascript><\/SCRIPT><DIV id=Ads_Count155692><IMG height=1 src=\"http:\/\/red.as-eu.falkag.net\/dat\/bgf\/trpix.gif?&amp;rdm=35393294&amp;dlv=704,20373,155692,225902,818995&amp;kid=225902&amp;chw=9225902-&amp;tcs=233931-&amp;bls3=111000A&amp;bls4=010002155694&amp;uid=1&amp;dmn=&amp;scx=1920&amp;scy=1200&amp;scc=16&amp;jav=1&amp;sta=,,,1,,,,,,,0,0,0,8773,8737,8647,7487,0&amp;iid=155692&amp;bid=818995\" width=1><\/DIV><NOSCRIPT><\/NOSCRIPT><\/DIV><P>Acer said the 3G radio would be updated to support higher-speed downloads using HSDPA (High Speed Data Packet Access) technology when it is offered by the mobile phone networks.<\/P><P>The notebooks are based on Intel&#8217;s Core Duo processors, 945PM chipsets and ProWireless 3945ABG Wi-Fi adaptors. 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