Acer will be bringing its first Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) tablet to the U.S. on April 24 at an iPad-busting price of $449.99.The Acer Iconia Tab A500 is the company’s first Honeycomb-based tablet and it features a 10.1-inch screen, dual-core Nvidia Tegra 2 processor and front- and rear-facing cameras.
Check out these specs:
- 10.1-inch 1280×800 TFT WXGA screen
- Nvida Tegra 250 1GHz dual-core processor
- 1 GB of RAM
- Adobe Flash support
- 16 GB flash storage with Micro-SD reader capable of up to 32GB of additional memory
- 802.11n Wi-Fi
- 5 megapixel rear camera with flash and auto-focus, 2 megapixel fixed-focus front camera
- Bluetooth
- Battery rated at 8 hours for video playback and 10 hours for web browsing
Specification-wise, the Iconia Tab A500 is a dead-ringer for the Motorola Xoom. The big difference — and this is an important difference — is price.
The Xoom entered the market at a wallet-breaking $799.99. Although this included a 3G (upgradable to 4G) radio, the fact that the tablet ends up costing $70 more than a similarly equipped iPad 2 3G was a turnoff to a number of users.
Motorola introduced a lower-priced Wi-Fi only Xoom at the end of March, but the damage may already have been done.
Acer is not only matching Apple’s iPad 2 price point, it’s besting it by $50. The Iconia Tab A500 will be available exclusively at Best Buy stores. Users can pre-order the A500 in Best Buy stores beginning April 14.
Although we’ll reserve final judgments for hands-on testing, the Iconia Tab A500 could be the first Android-powered tablet to have what it takes — in terms of specs and price — to take on the iPad 2.
New Acer Honeycomb Tablet Landing April 24 for $449.99
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