There are whispers going around that Acer is preparing to roll out a slide tablet form factor in time for the mad holiday shopping season – that means Q4 of 2011 is going to be a very interesting time for folks to check out what is going to be placed on store shelves. Unnamed sources (as usual) within the supply chain mentioned to DigiTimes that said Acer device will feature a 10″ touchscreen display with an ARM-based chipset, where contract manufacturer Compal will handle the manufacturing. Apart from that, no further details concerning the tablet are available, and that only opens wide the door to additional speculation.

We are targeting an Android 3.1 Honeycomb release to go alongside the slide tablet, after all, it wouldn’t make sense to release something which is archaic, leaving users frustrated in the process. A slide tablet would definitely change the way the tablets are looked upon, but through my experience with slider handsets, moving parts tend to fail after some time – especially with constant, rough use, so a slide tablet will no doubt be more fragile than a regular one.

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