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Acer Iconia Tab A500 is part of the new Android 3. 0 Honeycomb wave, a system not nonetheless fully grown but filled with potential. The product is elegant and well designed. The 10. 1-inch multitouch display is placed in a round edged case but the device weighs 730 grams which makes it rather heavy to be hold per hand.
The Power button is placed on the left side of the screen and locks/unlocks a display. The headphone and the mini-HDMI slots are also at the left. 聽 The AIR CONDITIONING adapter, USB connector, 聽mini-USB connector for PC synch and the Reset button are added onto the right.
The two stereo speakers are located on the back of the case and provides Dolby Mobile technology assistance. The 5MP camera incorporates LED flash but photo quality does not impress and neither may the HD 720p online video quality. On the alternative hand, the 2MP front-facing camera is very useful for video phone calls.
The TFT display with 1280脳800 p resolution is protected by a mineral cotton film. The display finish does not prevent light reflection and also the glass window can remain used as a mirror as soon as device is not activated. 聽 High LED display image quality is great for movie watching and viewing angles are similar to those of a good PC monitor.
The tablet runs on the Nvidia tegra 2 console, powered by a dual-core UPPER EXTREMITY 7 1 GB RAM MEMORY processor. 聽The 32 GB flash memory can be extended by another 32 GB utilizing a microSDHC card.
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Internet access is guaranteed by Wi-Fi service, but lack of 3G connectivity is really a major downside.
The homescreen of聽 Iconia Tab A500 has four article directories for eReading, Games, Multimedia and Social; each with its own specific apps. Apart from the standard Android Honeycomb apps, Acer has also added several additional apps such as Need for Speed Shift, Let's Golfing, Docs to Go not to mention Social Jogger.
Apps loading is almost instant, and preinstalled internet browser web surfing was simple. Adobe Flash installation completes multimedia experience and Youtube . com videos playing was smooth as long as the native player ended up being used. 聽The YouTube desktop computer version playing was jerky, probably because of the Adobe Flash Plug-in, only available in the beta version.
The Nvidia Tegra 2 platform offered聽 good results for 3D acceleration when tested using the Need for Speed Transfer game. The 3D environment had a good framerate which allowed sleek game playing.
Acer Iconia Tab A500 is powered by a 3260mAh Li-ion battery that barely lasts for a lot more than seven hours when used continuously aided by the Wi-Fi on and display brightness reduced by 50%. 聽 Android Honeycomb uses quite a lot of laptop battery power whether the tablet is with stand-by, the display is off and the OS is running within the background. Up to 50% of battery power can be thus drained in 24 hours without actually using the actual tablet.
Strong points: excellent hardware configuration, high good display and speakers, HD 5MP camera, 32GB storage capacity, microSDHC slot, a more flexible Android Honeycomb OS and clear fi products.
Weak point: lack from 3G connectivity. <! --INFOLINKS_OFF-->.
