Acer Iconia Tab, acer iconia tab a510, AcerIconiaTab, AcerIconiaTabA510,
The curious thing about the Acer Iconia Tab A510 is that it's been out in the open for months -- we've even handled it -- but for whatever reason, Acer's never publicly acknowledged it as the successor to last year's A500.
When we got hands-on at CES, for example, it wasn't at Acer's suite, but NVIDIA's booth (this is Acer's first Tegra 3 tablet, don'tcha know).
Well, the company's finally ready to come out and say, "Yes, we made this thing." The A510 is up for pre-order today in the US and Canada, with a price of $450. Though you can get it in black or white, it's available in one 32GB configuration for now. To recap, this is a quad-core slate with 1GB of RAM, a 10.1-inch (1280 x 800) display, 5-megapixel auto-focusing rear camera and a single-megapixel shooter up front. And though it loses the USB 2.0 port that made the A500 fairly distinctive, it gains a battery rated for 12 hours of video playback -- a good thing, since it'll have stiff competition from ASUS, Apple and Samsung in the endurance department. Acer also confirmed the tablet will ship with Android 4.0, with the company's usual light OS tweaks in tow. Still no word on when, exactly, it'll ship, but if you want to get a feel for it in the meantime be sure to hit up our hands-on from CES if you missed it the first time around.
Operating system
- Android (Ice Cream Sandwich [4.0])
Dimensions
- 6.9 x 10.2 x 0.43 in
General
- Type Handheld
- Form factor Tablet
- Operating system Android (Ice Cream Sandwich [4.0])
Input
- Predictive text Yes
Networking
- WiFi (integrated) 802.11 a, b, g, n
- WiFi encryption WEP, WPA, WPA2
Media
- Media playback Yes
- Audio MP3, WMA
- Video h.264 / AVC, MPEG-4
- Images JPEG
Camera
- Camera (integrated) 5 megapixels
- Camera features Records video, Auto focus
- Secondary camera 1 megapixels
Sync
- Sync PIM data OTA sync
Display
- Screen size 10.1 inches
- Screen resolution 1280 x 800
- Screen type LCD (Active, Color, Backlit)
- Touchscreen Capacitive [finger]
Storage
- Storage type Internal storage (32 GB, Flash)
Audio
- Audio / headset jack 3.5mm
Connections
- USB 2.0 (USB charging)
- Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
Hardware
- CPU 1.3 GHz
- RAM 1 GB
Size & weight
- Dimensions 6.9 inches (h)
10.2 inches (w)
0.43 inches (d)
Pricing & availability
- Availability Available
- Released (US) March, 22, 2012
- Announced (US) January, 11, 2012
- Original price $449.99 USD
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