Having dominated the PC scene for quite some time, Acer is starting to feel the heat of the Apple iPad. Consequently, the Taiwanese company is finally unleashing its first Android tablet in the form of the Acer Iconia Tab A500 – obviously named that way so that it can become an icon amongst the sea of tablets in the market. Now, what’s a tablet without some usually overpriced accessories to go along with it — right?
Available to purchase soon is the Acer Iconia Tab A500 docking station and remote control. Despite its already adequate size of 10.1-inch screen, sometimes you can’t help to want to see things in bigger display – exactly what the docking station will provide.
HDMI output is handily provided on the docking station – allowing you to hook up the tablet with larger external display. Meanwhile, the remote control will eliminate the need to get up from your couch and command the tablet wirelessly.
Once you’ve exhausted the collections on your video vault, you can always try rooting your Iconia Tab A500. The geniuses down at XDA-developers have done it again – as you can now gain super administrator access – among other things – on the Honeycomb tablet. As per usual a step-by-step process has been provided by the team, which you can check here. It seems like a fairly simple process, where you don’t even require a PC. So you don’t have to sweat too much.
The tablet sports the usual specs – a dual-core 1GHz processor, 10-inch display, 1GB RAM, Android 3.0 Honeycomb, a 5mp rear-facing camera and a 2mp front-facing camera, etc – and is already selling for $450 per piece.
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I checked out the Apple IPad2, and the Xoom. I love the additional port capibility and expanded SD card on the A500. This more than makes up for any slight downsides when compared to IPad. Apple always locks you in to their limitations, forcing upgrades etc.
I own this tablet and am sending this response from it. This is a fabulous tablet does everything the xoom does and more, all for $150 less!!! Perfect for me!!!
I love my tablet as well. I researched all the others iPad, Motorola Xoom, etc., and none of them provided the flexibility that I needed. In addition, the price was right up my alley. With the Acer Iconia Tablet, you’re not paying $200 to $300 extra for the name. You’re actually paying for what you get and it is well worth the price.
I had no intentions on purchasing a tablet, but started thinking about portability as the summer is forthcoming. I didn’t want to haul my 17″ Dell Laptop around (which I love), so I started looking around. I saw a tablet on one of the shopping channels and began researching it to see if it was something that would fit my needs. While investigating what was offered, I learned that the features and technology was a bit outdated for me, so this was the “green light” for me as to why they were offering it at a price of $219.
As I searched on, I stumbled upon a comparison between the Motorola Xoom and the Acer Iconia Tablet. I was taken aback by what I learned! Not only does it work exactly as specified, but you have the flexibility to add/utilize as much space as you want! MicroSD, USB, wow!!!
Again, I spent about a half day researching tablets, before I made the purchase. I could care less if it is not as slim as the iPad or not as small in size. The 10.1 inch specs work great for me! As long as I can put it in my purse and go, I’m good!
For the developers and creators of this tablet, my hats off to you! You’ve done an outstanding job on this tablet! Give yourselves a big pat on the back for this one, as I love my tablet and wouldn’t trade it in for anything else! Kudos!!!!