Acer Frameless Laptop with Touchscren Keyboard in the Works?

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According to rumours just surfacing it appears that Fujitsu and Asus aren’t the only ones that are looking seriously at frameless laptops (ie., laptops without bezels) as it’s now said that Acer are also looking at producing a frameless laptop with the report suggesting that Acer’s frameless laptop is set to become available in the second half of this year.

The report is scant on detail and doesn’t name its sources – merely crediting ‘notebook players’ – and, we might add, at this stage, goes wholly unsubstantiated, but it suggests that Acer’s as yet untitled frameless laptop will come with a touchscreen keyboard and a reinforced glass substrate onto which the display will be printed.

“Acer is expected to adopt Corning’s reinforced glass substrate and simply print color on its back to allow the substrate to function like a notebook cover for a frameless design,” says the unnamed source. “The design will help reduce the thickness of the ultra-thin notebook and can also reduce material costs.”

Of course, there’s really not much to go on here, but the technology is certainly there so its not merely a flight of fancy but until Acer come out with an official release you’ll excuse us if we sit on the fence on this one in the meantime.

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