Acer has been announcing its latest devices right before the Christmas season and the Iconia W700 tablet with its Intel Ivy Bridge processor will be released on November 9. The $800 tablet weighs 2.3 pound and may be a suitable replacement for an ultrabook instead of a tablet. The latest release from Acer, the Iconia W510, may be the true competitor against the iPad and other Android powered tablets. The recently revealed tablet with detachable keyboard has an Atom processor that will be powered by Windows 8 and weighs only 1.32 pounds. The price is also a lower at $499.99 and the tablet is expected to be available right after the Windows 8 launch.
According to details, the Iconia W510 will have four different versions. All of the tablets will have the 1.5 GHz Intel Atom Z2760 which should give the Acer device nine hours of battery life. Furthermore, all W510’s will have a 10.1″ 1366×768 IPS touchscreen display encased in Gorilla Glass. There will also be “2GB of 800MHz low-power DDR2 RAM, 802.11n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.0, a 2 megapixel front-facing camera, and an 8 megapixel rear-facing camera. Micro HDMI and Micro USB 2.0 ports and a microSD card reader.”
The lowest model will retail for $499.99 and have 32GB of storage space which might not be the ideal amount for a Windows 8 device because the OS will take up a lot of room. The next model will have to 64GB of hard disk space and sell for $599.99. The third option is the $749.99 price point which is the same as the 64GB device except that it also has the keyboard docking station included. This also includes a full-size USB 2.0 port along with more battery, that should increase the life of the device to 18 hours. The high end version will cost $799.99 and is named the Iconia W510P. The device is meant for business users and is essentially the third option. This device has Windows 8 Pro, a two year warranty and has a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) along with BitLocker disk encryption.
The cheaper price as compared to competitors give this tablet a real chance in catching people eyes. Hopefully the performance and battery life are up to speed and do not cause issues.
Source: ArsTechnica
Photo: ZDNet
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