Scoring 0.81 on the Delta-E test for color accuracy (closer to 0 is better), the Switch 11 has a much more accurate display than the average ultraportable laptop (5.1 , Inspiron 11 (1.55) and Satellite Radius 11 (8.82). The Transformer Book (0.3) and Pavilion x360 (0.2) have even more precise color.

Our colorimeter says that the Switch 11 V's 11.6-inch touch screen renders only 74.1 percent of the sRGB spectrum, which is a narrower range than the average ultraportable (80.6 percent) and the Inspiron 11 (81.4 percent). The Transformer Book (69 percent) and the Radius 11 (63.4 percent) cannot reproduce as much color.
The Switch 11 V features Acer's LumiFlex technology, which automatically adjusts color saturation for enhanced readability after gauging ambient brightness. When we tested this feature outside on our roof on a bright, sunny morning, text was clear and legible with or without LumiFlex enabled.

If you want to reduce the amount of blue light that shines in your eyes -- some blame this light for eyestrain or sleep troubles -- the Switch 11 V's Bluelight shield feature will do exactly that. The option is right next to the LumiFlex toggle, and you can enable it to take out a low, medium or high amount of the blue light coming out of the display. There is an even stronger filter, called Long Hour Mode, available for extended viewing.

Interestingly, the $1 billion figure has been referred to as a "phase one” investment, so presumably there’s a lot more to come… Considering that the new startup (launched only a year and a half ago) is already home to 400 employees, including some ex-Tesla, ex-BMW, ex-GM, ex-Ford, etc, talent, the plans do seem to be quite solid. Worth noting here is that Richard Kim — partly responsible for the design of the BMW i8 and i3 — is apparently working for the company now. As well as Pontus Fontaeus — who previously worked for Ferrari, Land Rover, and Volvo.

"This is the job I’ve been training for my whole life,” Fontaeus commented on the subject. "There are some designers who need a brief, a foothold. And then there are designers like these who have a pioneer spirit and don’t need a safety net. We’re actually better when we can create from nothing.”

"We are very excited to make our $1 billion investment in US manufacturing — and this is just phase one… Producing our forward-looking and fully-connected electric vehicles not only requires the latest technology, but the right community partner,” said Nick Sampson, senior vice president of Faraday Future, in a statement. Faraday reiterated that it expects to bring its first vehicle to market in 2017 and will explore "other aspects of the automotive and technology industries including unique ownership and usage models, in-vehicle content and autonomous driving,” the company said.

As a tablet, the Switch 11 V's screen was responsive to my touches while I tapped, pinched, zoomed and scrolled. While I prefer typing on laptop keyboards to tapping on-screen, the display's speedy reactions to my gestures had me undecided about which mode I preferred.

Keyboard and Touchpad
While testing the Aspire Switch 11 V's keyboard with the 10FastFingers typing test, I hit a fairly brisk pace of 70 words per minute with 96 percent accuracy. That's faster, but less accurate than, my average (69 wpm, 98 percent). I reached this rate thanks to the keys' good amount of feedback, requiring 61 grams of force for actuation and having 1.6 millimeters of travel. That's well within the 1.5- to 2-mm range we'd expect from a typical laptop but don't always get from ultraportables.Who does not love Customizations?
I have been playing around with the Apple Watch and I love customizations that it offers. In fact, I have now started to expect the same kind of customizations on every smartwatch that I try going forward.

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Windows 10 was made to be used on both tablets and laptops, and Acer's Aspire Switch 11 V gives you both for $500. Powered by an Intel Core M processor, this 2-in-1 has a solid, responsive keyboard for your work life, and a bright, full-HD, 11.6-inch tablet display that's great for watching movies, TV and more. The hybrid's mighty magnetic hinge makes it easy to move between desktop and tablet modes, and allows you to use the Switch 11 V in a variety of positions. Competing devices offer longer battery life, and we wish the touchpad were less stiff, but overall, the Switch 11 V is a good value.

Windows 10 was made to be used on both tablets and laptops, and Acer's Aspire Switch 11 V gives you both for $500. Powered by an Intel Core M processor, this 2-in-1 has a solid, responsive keyboard for your work life, and a bright, full-HD, 11.6-inch tablet display that's great for watching movies, TV and more. The hybrid's mighty magnetic hinge makes it easy to move between desktop and tablet modes, and allows you to use the Switch 11 V in a variety of positions. Competing devices offer longer battery life, and we wish the touchpad were less stiff, but overall, the Switch 11 V is a good value.

Measuring 0.8 inches thick and weighing 3.2 pounds with its keyboard attached, the Switch 11 is thicker and heavier than the Asus Transformer Book Flip TP200 (0.73 inches, 2.61 pounds), the Dell Inspiron 11 3000 (0.75 inches, 3.07 pounds) and the Toshiba Satellite Radius 11 (0.65 inches, 2.9 pounds). The HP Pavilion x360 11 (0.89 inches, 3.2 pounds) is just as heavy but slightly thicker. But unlike those other four hybrids, the Switch 11's 1.7-pound display can be detached, giving the user a lighter tablet experience.

On the left edge of the Switch 11's tablet display, Acer placed the power, micro-USB 2.0 and mini-HDMI ports, as well as a microSD card reader and a headphone/mic jack. The power, volume and Windows buttons live on the right edge of the display. The set of docking ports for connecting to the keyboard sit on the bottom edge of the tablet. The right edge of the keyboard contains a single USB 3.0 port.Swim ready
With a fitness device, we basically want something that we can strap on and forget. Most smartwatches and fitness trackers in the market today are splash resistant and not water resistant, which means they are good to absorb an accidental splash but you can't wear them and have a bath.In future, we would want that too changes and it'd even better having the tracker actually track your swim laps and ability to count calories you managed to burn in the process.

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More comprehensive tracking
Most people that have a smartwatchare using the same to make sure that they are following some form of a fitness regime. Most people that I have interacted with like passive heart rate reading, step counts and sleep tracking etc. While I would want these to get better over the time, I would also like if in the future, the fitness bands/smartwatches could measure and record things like Blood pressure and sugar levels.

Instead of a Start menu, though, the emphasis is on search. The search menu looks through your Google Drive files, anything in internal storage and your programs.Google Now is also baked into Chrome OS, providing maps, sports scores and breaking news.

Perhaps the best part of Chrome OS is that it doesn't come with bloatware.The majority of the software you can get consists of extensions for Google Chrome. Though there are a few native programs that run outside the browser, most of the titles in the Chrome Web Store are Web apps that run in the browser. Both Spotify's music streaming and TweetDeck open in tabs. So do Google Docs and games like Cut the Rope.

Ideally, you will have an Internet connection when using a Chromebook. Most of the apps are made to be used online. If you have to go off the grid, don't fret; many are prepared for offline use. You can edit Google Docs offline, draft email with the Gmail Offline app and play games like 2048 and Cut the Rope. Some apps, including Google Docs, require you to change settings to allow this, so be sure to check your options.

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