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RadioShack goes all official with AT&T 3G-enabled Acer Aspire One for $99!

Categories: Acer, AT&T, Devices
By: , IntoMobile
Friday, December 12th, 2008 at 8:09 AM

Yesterday it was a rumor and today it’s official. RadioShack is now offering the AT&T 3G-enabled Acer Aspire One netbook in 4,400 of its stores. The $99 offer is valid through December 24th, and requires qualifying two-year AT&T DataConnect mobile broadband service agreement with plans starting at $60 a month.

As for the specs, aside from the built-in 3G modem, the piano-black version of Acer’s netbook RadioShack is offering comes with a 8.9-inch LCD screen, WiFi connectivity, Windows XP Home, 1GB memory, 160GB hard drive, memory card reader. Intel Atom CPU is handling all the processing in the back.

As a reminder, if you want a 3G-enabled netbook, you can also check out what Dell and HP are offering.

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  • Aashish

    Only stupid people would go for this gimmick. $60 a month for a 728Kbps connection for 2 years. That is what, $1440 for two years + $100 for the netbook, which comes out to be $1540 over two years. That’s a bigger rip-off than iPhone and I hope no one falls for it.