Acer Iconia Tab A500
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- KzVegan
- 4Wj
- 16 Jun 2011
I just got this tablet (Iconia A500) and love everything about it EXCEPT THE AUDIO IS EXTREMELY WEAK! I have a Galaxy S/Captivate phone and it completely DOMINATES the tablet. Too bad, I was looking forward to using the tablet for all my multimedia enjoyment. A big let down. Samsung is using the same sound processors as are found in IPods (same chip actually made by Samsung!) Be aware, audio on this tablet is very weak (bass especially).
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- Oujisan
- fj1
- 15 Jun 2011
No 3G? Wtf doubt my isp will get it. Unless i can connect a dongle to it
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- DarthN
- 2Am
- 15 Jun 2011
Here's the stuff I like about my A500 tab:
- It might be on the heavy side but it feels solid and comfortable to hold.
- It has scratch resistant Gorilla glass display. Check the registered products in the Corning's gorilla glass website as proof.
- It can read from my 120Gb external HDD (extended FAT32 formatted)without trouble.
- The sound quality is very good.
- Performance is snappy. Didn't experienced any lags.
Here's what I don't like:
- only .3gp and .mp4 video formats supported out of the box.
- plastic material is used for the microSD card cover flap. I hope they used the same material they used in the back casing.
- The speakers tend to get muffled when you place the tablet flat on its back.
- HDMI port is not full-sized, though I bet they could have pulled it off anyway (since they have a full-sized USB 2.0 port on the other side of the tab.
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- otaru23
- t7X
- 11 Jun 2011
for P21900 16gb acer iconia tab a500 is now available in the philippines but i still waiting for the galaxy tab 8.9..
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- Nerf
- mv2
- 10 Jun 2011
Prantik, 01 Jun 2011Does it play divx movies?as long as you have a media player that suports Xvid.. dunno if the stock player does.. but Rockplayer do so no worries ^^
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- Anonymous
- t7X
- 05 Jun 2011
It says on other reviews that it has 16 million colors?? is it true?
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- Xtian
- t7X
- 05 Jun 2011
10.1″ capacitive display @ *1280×800 pixels*
NVidia Tegra 2 1GHz dual-core processor
16GB & 32GB internal storage
HDMI port (1080p output)
Android 3.0 Honeycomb
Acer UI 4.5
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth 2.1,
GPS w/ aGPS support
HDMI with Dual Display
USB Host
microSD slot
micro USB port
5MP rear camera w/ flash
2MP front-facing camera
Android 3.0 Honeycomb
please change your pixel count.
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- ben
- nEV
- 02 Jun 2011
not sure why this has been getting bad reviews.
it has better specs than the ipad
better camera than ipad
it is a very good tablet, the only downside is that there are not many honeycomb apps out at current, however this will change with time.
cant wait for mine to be delivered!
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- BenKH
- Sjp
- 01 Jun 2011
I got this device 3 days ago up to now all what I can say is :it is AWESOME!
No accessories for it here in Saudi Arabia , tried a USB keyboard working perfect and even a wireless keyboard is working
Amazing for reading eBooks , browsing the net over WIFI is speedy , touch sensitivity is more than what I expected ! I think it worth it’s price .
a flash USB memory works perfectly and u can browse the files in it , I’ve not tried a joystick yet since it needs a driver .
Still no many apps in the market for the Tablet so I think it is the right time for developers to start working on it.
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- Prantik
- PTi
- 01 Jun 2011
Does it play divx movies?
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- cummins
- qG9
- 01 Jun 2011
Someone complained about the price but this device is only $450.00 at local Best Buy, Target, and Amazon. That sure seems like a good price to me for competing with Apple. This device blows the iPad away if considering the extra options it has. People love their iPads and iPhones but they are nowhere near as advanced and capable as Android devices. However, unless someone is very technology savvy they may not notice.
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- Techgeekie
- 2SN
- 30 May 2011
I hope the device gets android update in June .
Source :
http://techno-geekie.blogspot.com/2011/05/acer-iconia-tab-a500-and-asus-eee-pad.html
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- Crossy
- wgb
- 25 May 2011
Had mine for about a week and absolutely love it, its tethers with my desire hd wirelessly so easy which makes surfing the net any where i am so easy, there's no need to jump on another plan and the wi fi really flys, The battery seems to go on forever and the honeycomb O.S is awesome but its way behind I pad in the apps department but time will fix that and with the support of Java and a real working flash player in the dolphin browser app make it so much better than the I pad 2 which my partner has and its soooooooooooooo restricted
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- VK
- vI4
- 19 May 2011
As per the specification, stated that this is not gsm device. But this is an GSM device, since i have confirmed with the ACER technincal team. U can take this device for 28000 and u play video upto 5 hours as compare to samsung tab..it gives upto only one hour. I opt for yes to take any of ACER ICONIA device
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- smokinjoe
- C4x
- 19 May 2011
Picked mine up about a week ago. I've been using Windows mobile products for about 7 years and have pretty much stuck with them when possible. I even bought a Lenevo S10-3T because it gave me a tablet working with Windows 7. That was a bit of a mistake because Win hasnt really come up with anything very touch friendly. So I thought I would give android a try and waited until 3.0 was out so I had something that was built for tablets rather than just a mobile system that has been tweeked a bit.
Hoestly I was a bit sceptical going in as I have been a little critical of Android. I'll be the first to admit I was wrong.... The A500 works great, it connected smoothly with my wifi, I was able to transfer docs, music and photos without hassle. The only problem I have had is that there are quite a few apps that will not load because of the location not the device. I love the usb slot, even managed to add a keyboard as I'm still getting used to typing on screen.
Overall I would give the machine high marks for build and usability. It is not something that I would replace my laptop with, but for travelling and carrying around it fits the bill.
I would have no problems recommending this machine to anyone in the market for a tablet. Letting a buddy play with it for a few minutes even convinced him to go out and get one as well.
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- AnonD-8638
- tVv
- 17 May 2011
Anybody can help me? my a500 i just install a papago x5, but cant use, even cant open also... just keeping pop back to the main page.... anybody help? what kind of gps should i use? let me know thanks
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- cendrawasih
- nCb
- 10 May 2011
Just wondering about glass, is it a gorilla glass or any scratch resistant glass? Anyone know?
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- king
- utn
- 06 May 2011
AnonD-6712, 22 Apr 2011Hi I bought Acer iconia a500 tablet performance is very goo... morecan you tell me about battery backup? also does the usb support external drives like HDD??
i am really confused what should i buy- ipad2 or honeycomb tablet.
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- ECJ
- 2G5
- 05 May 2011
If you bought a newly released product, don't expect that accessories are already available for it. The product has to come out first before manufacturers decide if it's viable to produce accessories for it. The Iconia was just release this week in Australia.
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- GrannyPants
- DQn
- 02 May 2011
Jodiac, 10 Apr 2011It says it has usb 2.0 ports. Does mean I can plug in any u... moreYes, you can plug in a thumb drive