Acer Iconia Tab A500
Acer Iconia Tab A500 was released in April 2011. The tablet comes with a 10.1 inch LCD display with a 800 x 1280 pixels (almost 149 ppi). This model weighs 730 grams and it measures 260 x 177 x 13.3 mm. Acer Iconia Tab A500 has stereo speakers and Acer UI, 16 or 32 GB internal storage and 1 GB of DDR2 RAM. There is a slot for expansion, it supports up to 32 GB additional storage. The tablet is equipped with WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1, and micro USB 2.0, which ensures different connectivity options. On the back there is a 5 MP camera, delivering pictures with a 2592 x 1944 pixel resolution. The camera has LED flash and autofocus. Additionally, you have a secondary camera, 2 MP in front. Acer Iconia Tab A500 runs Android version 3.0 but its upgradable up to version 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. The processor is Tegra 2, with Cortex A9 cores, a dual-core processor operating at 1 GHz. This model has also HDMI, MP3 and WAV player, gyro, SNS, Predictive text input, document viewer and organizer. It is powered by a 3260 mAh battery. The color is black. | |
General | |
2G Network | N/A |
SIM | No |
Announced | 2011, February |
Status | Available. Released 2011, April |
Body | |
Type | Tablet |
Dimensions | 260 x 177 x 13.3 mm (10.24 x 6.97 x 0.52 in) |
Weight | 730 g (1.61 lb) |
Display | |
Type | LCD capacitive touchscreen, 256K colors |
Size | 800 x 1280 pixels, 10.1 inches (~149 ppi pixel density) |
Multitouch | Yes |
Other | - Acer UI |
Sound | |
Alert types | N/A |
Speakerphone | Yes, with stereo speakers |
3.5mm jack | Yes |
Memory | |
Card slot | microSD, up to 32 GB |
Internal | 16/32 GB storage, 1 GB DDR2 RAM |
Data | |
GPRS | No |
EDGE | No |
WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot |
Bluetooth | Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR |
USB | Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB v2.0 |
Camera | |
Primary | 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash |
Video | Yes |
Secondary | Yes, 2 MP |
Features | |
OS | Android OS, v3.0, v3.2, planned upgrade to v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) |
Chipset | Nvidia Tegra 2 T20 |
CPU | Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9 |
GPU | ULP GeForce |
Sensors | Accelerometer, gyro, proximity |
Messaging | Email, Push Email, IM |
Browser | HTML, Adobe Flash |
Radio | No |
GPS | Yes |
Java | Yes, via Java MIDP emulator |
Colors | Black |
Other | - SNS integration
- HDMI port - Google Search, Maps, Gmail - YouTube, Google Talk, Picasa - MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+ player - XviD/MP4/H.264/H.263 player - Organizer - Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF) - Predictive text input |
Standard Battery | |
Type | Non-removable Li-Po 3260 mAh battery |
Stand by | Up to 200 h |
Talk time | Up to 6 h |