Monday, May 2

Acer Iconia Tab W500

The biggest producer Acer is will launch in a short time a new PC tablet, a model powered by Windows 7 Operating System. This is a tablet which can be associated with a keyboard. Because the Android OS is already used in the latest generation, Acer decides to launch a Windows 7 powered tablet with by 10.1 inches diagonal of the display and able to fit on a dock with integrated keyboard (this will be sold as an option for 100 euros more). Some features included in this new gadget are: a 1 GHz processor, a multi-touch display interface, a SSD hard drive with 32 GB capacity and a wrapper called Acer Ring provided to make the access to the content, more easy.
If you look at the market of touch pads / tablets, you will see that almost all manufacturers have opted for a solution with ARM processors, the same processors used in the smartphones. Anyway, some producers decides to offer better equipped tablets with a x86 processor and operating system Microsoft Windows 7. However, this is the case with the tablet Asus EeeSlate EP121, and the newest Iconia Tab W500 model.
AMD Fusion processor

The tablet Asus Iconia Tab W500 is powered by a AMD C-50 processor at 1 GHz frequency, which includes a circuit Radeon HD6250 for the video card. The model is still not available for a test and a full review but at the first vie this platform should provide good performance in the same time with maintaining of a low power consumption. The memory of the tablet is good and with 2 GB of DDR3 RAM and a 32GB SSD, the Acer tablet has Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit operating system and should easily handle video movies at 1080p resolution. The multipoint touch screen has a diagonal of 10.1 inches, a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels and a format 16/10 . The brightness announced by producer is 350 cd / m 2 and the contrast ratio is 500:1 . Other features of this tablet are: a Wi-Fi 802.11n module, Bluetooth 3.0 standard, a memory card reader, USB port, HDMI output, a headphone jack and a slot for a 3G extension module. The tablet comes with two webcams with 1.3 megapixel resolution and located on the back and front (for video telephony) of the tablet.

This time seems to be better: the producer Acer provides with the tablet few software designed for use touch,. However, one of them is the Touch Activity Center identical to that already tested on Iconia,. However, this version has no stylus provided to handle the tablet comfortably with the Windows 7 interface. You must know it is possible to use this tablet with a special keyboard. In this way you can transform it into real little laptop, with all its features. However, the set has about 1.5 kg (970 g for the tablet and 610 g for the keyboard), a weight almost similar with a notebook, for example. Tha gadget has a battery with just three-cell battery, but Acer claims that battery life is about four hours if you use the tablet to see movies or about six hours if you use the gadget for web browsing

Positive points (pros)
* Powerful AMD platform, comparing with the competitors;
* Impressive display resolution;
* Has two HD webcams included by default.

Negative points (cons)
* The tablet is not very lightweight;
* No stylus provided by the producer.
Technical specifications and features
Operating System Windows 7 Home Premium
Processor AMD C-50
Processor Frequency 1 GHz
GPU Integrated
RAM (MB) 2048 MB
Flash memory (in MB) 32000
Support Memory Cards SD / MMC
Physical keyboard Optional
App Store No
Accelerometer Yes
Display
Size (diagonal) 25.65 cm
Screen resolution 1280 x 800
Display Technology LED
Color Yes
Touch Yes
Touch technology Capacitive
Multipoint NC
Details Multipoint 2 points
GPS
GPS Yes
GPS mapping NC
Multimedia
Video Playback Yes
Play Audio Yes
Video Recording Yes
Definition video (in pixels) 640 x 480
FM radio No
Webcam Yes
Definition Webcam 1.3 Megapixel
Integrated Camera Yes
Definition integrated camera 1.3 Megapixel
Connectivity
Headphone 1
Format headphone jack 3.5 mm
Support for Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n
Bluetooth support Yes
PC interface USB 2.0
USB connector 2
Connector Type USB Classic
USB Host Yes
HDMI Output Yes
HDMI Type Type C (mini HDMI)
Communication
Telephony Optional
Compatible with GSM networks 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
GPRS Compatible Yes
EDGE compatible network Yes
Compatible with 3G (UMTS) Yes
Compatible 3G + (HSDPA) Yes
Dimensions
Weight (grams) 970
Width (cm) 27.5
Height (cm) 19
Thickness (cm) 1.6

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