Iconia Tab A500, Acer Honeycomb Tablet ReviewIf the Eee Pad Transformer stunning with external keyboard, could Acer Iconia Tab A500 win the hearts of consumers? Let us look at the design and performance, as well as advantages and disadvantages of this poduct.
Iconia Tab A500 design, big but fast Performance
First time when carrying Iconia Tab A500, it felt really heavy and large when compared iPad, Eee Transformer Pad, Samsung Galaxy Tab 10, and HTC Flyer.
Iconia Tab A500 has a 10 inch wide screen. With the brushed metal cover on rear body, this tablet look elegant. Users also can use a glossy screen coating on the front as a 'mirror' if this Iconia power button is turned off. Users also can use a glossy screen layers on the front as a 'mirror' if power button is turned off.
At the top, there is a Micro SD external memory port (up to 32GB) with a cover. While in other parts there is a micro USB port, HDMI, and audio jacks.
Iconia Tab A500 Screen and Display
The Acer Iconia Tab A500 has a 10.1 inch touchscreen that offers 1280x800-pixel resolution. On the front you will also see a 2 megapixel camera for video calling. However, on the front you won't find any physical buttons.
On the back of the tablet you will see a 5 megapixel camera. The built quality of Iconia Tab A500 gives a cheap feeling because they have mainly used plastic.
The normal home and back buttons of any Android device are replaced by virtual buttons on screen. You can see the buttons in the lower left-hand corner of the screen.
The advantage of this placement is that if you shuffle between portrait and landscape orientations, the buttons are always on the lower left-hand side of the display.
There's another button at the lower left corner which gives access to all recently used apps.
Iconia Tab A500 performance
Acer's Iconia Tab A500 runs on Android 3.0, a specially customized OS for the tablets and it certainly works like a breeze.
Iconia Tab A500 features a great browser with Flash support. You can open multiple tabs and multi-task. The Honeycomb on screen keyboard is a delight. Iconia Tab A500 supports multi-touch, so you can touch type.
You can also hold down the shift key or number key to get quick access to certain characters. The Gmail client, music player, calendar, photo browser, chat and maps application works brilliantly.
The apps in the Android Market for the Honeycomb devices are not so many and Google should look into this matter as the common Android apps can not utilize the screen space of the tablets. Iconia Tab A500 runs on pair of 3260mAh batteries and offers almost 7 hours of battery life.
Conclusion:
Basically, Iconia Tab A500 suitable for those who like to surf on the internet or playing games, because the size of the screen. Unfortunately weighs a little heavier than other similar tablets.
There are two options, Iconia Tab Acer A500 with a capacity of 16 GB which sells for USD 4 Million and 32 GB which sells for USD 5 Million. Everything comes without a SIM card.
Iconia Tab A500 advantages:
+ There are three bonus HD games
Iconia Tab A500 disadvantages:
- quite a heavy weight
- Position of the camera a bit strange.
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