Acer announced its Aspire One ultraportable with Intel Atom processor in London and Taipei earlier today, and Mobile Computer was at the London event (where it was raining). We shot some video clips that show the Aspire One being handled and that give a good idea of its size – after the cut.

We didn’t get to spend long with the Aspire One and we should get a one in for full review some time next week. First impressions were good though, and the laptop feels solid and well put-together. The LED backlit screen is clear and bright; the keyboard on a par (both in terms of size and quality) with that on the MSI Wind. Good, in other words.

At just under 1kg for the three-cell battery model, the Acer Aspire One weighs about the same as the competition, but size-wise, it sits somewhere between the MSI Wind and Eee PC 900.

At £199 inc VAT for the Linux model, the Aspire One is very well-priced. Both the Asus Eee PC 900 and MSI Wind sell (or will sell) for £329 and while both have marginally bigger screens and the Wind a higher overall specification, the Aspire One’s aggressive pricing gives it a very strong edge. Bluetooth is asurprising omission, but maybe that's a price point thing. Still, not a huge problem as long as there are suitable Linux drivers for a gadget like this. 

Since we had a video camera to hand at the launch, we shot a couple of clips. One shows the Acer Aspire One models on display (not the brown and pink models – these won’t be available in the UK, at least initially); the other shows one laptop being handled and the Linpus Linux Lite OS in action. You’ll have to excuse the assorted grunts from various IT journalists in the background…

[Related: Acer launches £199 Acer Aspire One with Intel Atom processor]

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