It was on Sunday Acer unleashed its 10 inch Aspire One AOD150-1165 for the U.S. consumers. Acer claimed that with 9 inch LCD display, its 10-inch the Aspire One is going to be the hottest thing on the market.

Acer stated that one of the greatest draws of the Aspire One AOD150 is that it is priced at $349; $50-$100 cheaper than its similarly configured rivals.

According to Acer, running on Microsoft Windows XP Home operating system, the Aspire One AOD150 laptop features 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 Processor, Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950, built in Acer Crystal Eye Web Camera, 1GB of DDR2 RAM and 160GB SATA 5400RPM Hard Drive, Acer InviLink 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, Multi-in-1 Digital Media Card Reader, Mobile Intel 945GSE Express Chipset, 1024MB DDR2 533 MHz SDRAM Single Channel Memory, Two Built-in Stereo Speakers, Three USB 2.0 Ports, and 6-cell Li-ion Battery (2200 mAh).

On Sunday, the press release of Acer stated, “Acer America, part of the world's third largest PC company, today announced U.S. availability of the 10.1-inch Aspire One AOD150, expanding the company's growing family of popular netbooks. The new Aspire One AOD150 comes on the heels of its highly successful 8.9-inch predecessor, which was one of Amazon.com's top three holiday best sellers in the consumer electronics category. The global market share leader in the netbook category, Acer is offering the 10.1-inch Aspire One AOD150 to U.S. customers today with prices beginning at $349.99.”

Presently, the notebook is only available in blue. It can be ordered at Amazon and J&R, and it is expected to be available at other retailers this week.