Acer Cromia AC700 Chromebooks to Start Shipping Within the Week

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Acer missed the June 15 target launch date of its Cromia 700 Chrome OS powered notebook computers. Acer says it will be shipping WiFi-only AC700 notebooks before June ends, at the latest.

Samsung has already released its Series 5 Chromebooks, which are a bit bigger and a tad more expensive than Acer’s offerings. While Acer had a failure to launch last June 15, the company is said to start shipping the Wi-Fi only model before the month ends. The $349.99 device will feature an 11.6-inch screen, a 1.5 GHz Intel Atom chip, 2GB of RAM and a 16GB SSD, which is similar to Samsung’s offerings, except for the screen size.

We would all have to wait until later this summer for Acer to release its 3G-enabled AC700, though, which would be a bummer if you want to use your cloud-based Google apps away from Wi-Fi networks. Once that model is released, users will be able to enjoy 100 MB of 3G bandwidth from Verizon each month. For now, Chromebook buyers have a choice among the two Samsung Chromebooks and this WiFi-only Chromebook from Acer.