Acer Icona Tablet to Sell for $329 - cranehavessepeas

Acer is firing off a shot in the tablet price wars with the Iconia A200, a 10-inch tablet that goes connected sale for $329 this month.

Acquiring to that price point required via media. The basic mold comes with 8 GB of storage, although a 16 GB model is available for an extra $20. And the A200 is only a shade thinner and ignitor than Acer's last 10-inch tablet, the Iconia Tab A500, measuring 0.48 inches thick and weighing 1.5 pounds.

The processor, a 1 Gc Nvidia Tegra, is exactly the like as last class's model. So is the screen door resolving power, at 1280-by-800 pixels. There's a 2-megapixel front-facing camera, good like the A500, but Genus Acer scrapped the stern-facing television camera this time around.

Happening the bright go with, Genus Acer is still including a fully-sized USB port in this tablet, allowing users to connect keyboards, game controllers and external storage. There's also a MicroSD slot and MicroUSB port on plug-in. Acer claims eight hours of battery life-time for the A200.

For software, the A200 will function Android 3.2 out of the box, but Acer is promising an update to Icecream Sandwich in February. Of course, Acer is throwing in some of its own software tweaks, including a carte of preferent apps called "Acer Ring" and a "SocialJogger" that combines Facebook, Twitter and other networks into a single feed.

Acer's president, Jim Wong, has already confirmed that the company is working on a quad-meat tab for 2012. And Acer is holding a news conference ahead of the Consumer Electronics Show side by side week, so the company may show off a more overpriced high-end tablet so. Only with Amazon's Kindle Fire breaking price barriers, pad of paper makers mustiness be feeling the pressure to launch budget devices.

The Iconia A200 could be a good selection for users who want a cheap Android tablet with a full-sized USB port, but would prefer something a bit diluent and lighter than the A500. If the small amount of storage and lack of rear-cladding camera are deal breakers, seeking unconscious an old A500 makes more sense. Refurbished models can comprise had for low $300.

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