Acer Iconia Tab A500 Hands On First Impressions

Hands-on with Acer's Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) tablet, the Iconia Tab A500.

Acer Iconia A100 Review by 3G.co.uk

Feature set summary for Acer Iconia A100 review

This is a Wi-Fi-only device, so you may want to look at a more expensive alternative. Also, there isn't much in the way of onboard apps, so you'll need to download your own choices. However, it does a neat job of things such as contacts and email and has usable front and rear-facing snappers - for a price of around £250.

 

Style and handling summary for Acer Iconia A100 review

The A100 is quite heavy but has a neat shape that allows it to fit inside a jacket pocket

 

Battery power summary for Acer Iconia A100 review

You should get around eight hours from a full charge, which is fine if you're running apps such as Skype or logging into Twitter, but for power-hungry tasks such as viewing videos, the power will drain far quicker.

Top rated tablets: August 2011

Looking for a new tablet? Why not start with our top rated selections? These tablets are a rank of the top five products based on review scores by the PC World Australia editorial team.

Although the tablet market is dominated by Apple's iPad, there are plenty of alternatives. Perhaps the best at the moment is the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, which remains in the middle of an Apple-instigated lawsuit. Google's Android "Honeycomb" platform dominates our August top rated list. Along with the Galaxy Tab 10.1, our top five list for this month includes the Motorola Xoom, the Acer Iconia A500 and the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer.

We test all tablets accurately and to the highest standards, so that our readers are as informed as possible. Our review process is designed to ensure that tablets are assessed equally. The basic criteria used by our reviewers includes value, features, performance and design. We rate each product using a five-star scale, with one star being poor, and five stars being highly recommended.

Android Honeycomb Update for Iconia Tab A500 Now Sept

Phones Review Quickie: It appears that most Android tablet makers seem to have some difficulty when pushing out an update to their devices just lately, as you may know if you are an owner of the Acer Iconia Tab A500 slate, the tablet was due to receive the Android 3.2 Honeycomb update on the 25th of this month, but unfortunately never materialised.

According to the guys over Liliputing , the slate now has a new date scheduled for the Honeycomb update, and that Acer has given reason as to why the update was delayed. Apparently they are working to resolve some issues with GPS settings.

The android tablet maker has apparently now posted the new update date to the Acer Malaysia Facebook page, and the Android 3.2 Honeycomb update is now scheduled to roll out to the Acer Iconia A500 as of the 10th of September.

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Customer's say about the Acer Iconia Tab A500-10S32u

The Acer Iconia Tab A500-10S32u best price , being one of the tablet computer manufactured by Acer Inc. and one of the latest gadgets that has been released by the company, have got the approval and praise of many people worldwide. Several websites particularly online shopping sites that have been selling the product received outstanding feedback from its customers. Though there are only few people that have rated the product for the reason that it was newly released by the company, but so far, basing on the reviews online, users are loving the Acer Iconia Tab A500-10S32u. According to some people that have posted their remarks online, it is not acceptable and shameful that it is being overlooked by many people and being overshadowed by several well-known table computer products from Samsung, HP, Asus, HP and others because it has an incredible performance and can actually compete with those companies mentioned. The affordable price together with the excellent specifications of the product is also a plus for the customers.

Intel 2011 best blog Acer Iconia Tab A500-10S32u 10.1-Inch Tablet

I'd say this fits my needs enough for me to give it five stars but the technology isn't up to perfect enough for me to give it a five star recommendation to others. Programs do force close occasionally and some of my apps don't work with Honeycomb. There have been a couple of times I've wished I got the Win 7 version so I could get some of my bookkeeping done on my tablet but over all I'm happy. If you've been around computers for a little while and can remember the blue screen of death days with Win 95 or 98, you'll be familiar with the kind of mild annoyances newer software/hardware combinations bring you. It's kinda like that. If you've got an Android phone you're probably used to it, too...

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Acer Iconia Tab A500-10S16u Tablet review | Garliffo.com

The Acer Iconia Tab A500-10S16u is designed to maximize content enjoyment, providing a rich and vibrant experience on the user-friendly 10.1″ multi-touch screen display, while the orientation-less design ensures optimal on-screen viewing from every angle – up and down or left to right.

Thanks to the USB 2.0 port and the Micro-SD slot, the Acer Iconia Tab A500-10S16u gives you the ability to connect USB flash drives, USB media card readers and even a portable hard drive. The expansion opportunities are endless giving you more time to be a master multitasker.

Android Honeycomb Update for Iconia Tab A500 ... - Phones Review

Phones Review Quickie: It appears that most Android tablet makers seem to have some difficulty when pushing out an update to their devices just lately, as you may know if you are an owner of the Acer Iconia Tab A500 slate, the tablet was due to receive the Android 3.2 Honeycomb update on the 25th of this month, but unfortunately never materialised.

According to the guys over Liliputing , the slate now has a new date scheduled for the Honeycomb update, and that Acer has given reason as to why the update was delayed. Apparently they are working to resolve some issues with GPS settings.

The android tablet maker has apparently now posted the new update date to the Acer Malaysia Facebook page, and the Android 3.2 Honeycomb update is now scheduled to roll out to the Acer Iconia A500 as of the 10th of September.

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Acer Iconia Tab A500 Tablet Review, Specs and Price | PC Tablet

Acer’s Iconia Tab A500 tablet is the largest of the three tablets that Acer has launched and also Acer’s first attempt to gain a grip in the tablet market. It delivers extremely good performance, has a strong sound and a sturdy metal design for a reasonable price.

This solidly constructed, the Iconia has a beautiful design black bezel, rounded silver edges and backing made of brushed aluminum is a great, reasonably priced choice for general customers.

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Top rated tablets: August 2011 Along with the Galaxy Tab 10.1, our top five list for this month includes the Motorola Xoom, the Acer Iconia A500 and the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer. We test all tablets accurately and to the highest standards, so that our readers are as informed as