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Manufacturer: Acer Part number: CNET-Iconia-Tab-a100
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- The Acer Iconia Tab A100 offers a full Android 4.0 experience on a 7-inch tablet and can now be found at a very affordable price.
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CNET editors' review
Acer Iconia Tab A100 (8GB) price range: $279.98 - $476.10
- Reviewed by: Eric Franklin
- Reviewed on: 08/12/2011
- Released on: 08/12/2011
The good: The 7-inch Acer Iconia Tab A100 provides a full Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) experience and its price is lower than those of some of the best 7-inch tablets out there. Its HDMI-out, hardware screen lock, and expandable memory options are welcome extras.
The bad: The tablet screen's viewing angle is narrow and the battery drains quickly. Also, you could get a 10-inch tablet for less than $100 more.
The bottom line: The Acer Iconia Tab A100 offers a full Android 4.0 experience on a 7-inch tablet and can now be found at a very affordable price.
User reviews
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Wow, Simply Amazing!
by Ismael_Donis on September 5, 2011
Pros: + GPS, gyrosensor, light sensor, rear camera, front camera, 1ghz dual core processor, 1 gb ram
+ WiFi is super powerful in comparison to my other tablets.
+ Very fast and responsive
+ HoneycombCons: - No kick stand. I loved this about my first two tablets and I missed it on day 2 with this tablet.
- Short battery life. I am used to a 7 hour battery life and this tablet cuts 2 hours off of that.Summary: This is my third Android tablet. My first was a very low budget tablet, the Archos 7 Home Tablet, the second was the Archos 70 Internet Tablet. I was looking ...
Summary: This is my third Android tablet. My first was a very low budget tablet, the Archos 7 Home Tablet, the second was the Archos 70 Internet Tablet. I was looking for a tablet with more features, most importantly a rear camera and a GPS, but I didn't want to spend $600.
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When I rate anything, I rate it based on what is being promised vs what has been delivered. So although I may mention cons in this review, it still scores a perfect rating because those cons are disclosed up front and I wasn't hit with any curve balls.
Screen:
I wish the light sensor would kick it to full brightness more often, but I just turned the auto off and keep it at 50% brightness. The screen doesn't have the best viewing angles, but that is typical with the screen type. However, the display is super sharp and looks great!
WiFi:
When sitting at my desk, I was at maybe 5% reception for WiFi on my old tablet and I often dropped the connection depending on where it was sitting on my desk. With this tablet, I am about 50% reception and I haven't dropped yet. This WiFi is MUCH better than what I have seen before in other tablets.
Battery:
This tablet isn't for everyone because of the battery life. On travel days, it is really going to get to me. I plan on buying a battery charger to juice it up on heavy usage days, but I don't think I will hit empty that often.
Overall, if you want a 7" Android tablet that gives a great experience, this is for you. I can't stress how happy I am with my purchase and I think I will be sticking with this tablet for a while.
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Updated on Oct 1, 2011
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Discounting the small 7" size this is a powerhouse.
by theacerdude on February 20, 2012
Pros: Sexy looking. Great size for on the go. Does everything a tablet should. Operationally on par with anything else out there on the android market - large or small.
Cons: The battery! Though Acer doubled up the batteries, the tablet will conk out in less that five hours - with every battery saving option on. Charging is through proprietary plug not USB. WAKE UP Acer - huge engineering flaw. Screen could be brighter.
Summary: Let me begin by saying that this is my fourth tablet. However with this one I'm pretty sure that this time I've gotten it right!
My first was ...Summary: Let me begin by saying that this is my fourth tablet. However with this one I'm pretty sure that this time I've gotten it right!
My first was a Toshiba Thrive. A great machine from all technical aspects. On board and full size USB, HDMI, card slot, pretty decent cameras front and back; everything you would want. Except portability. After you hold this boat anchor for a while you realize that a trip to the gym is in order.
Took it back got a Samsung. Okay tablet but - even though my TV's, BD Players and a Laptop are Samsungs, I just didn't like the "feel".
Then I got super lucky and actually snagged an ASUS Prime. What a BEAUTIFULL box!. The cat's meow as it were. Mine had none of the problems that everyone is yapping about. My WIFI was rock solid. I walked around the yard and down the street a bit and it hung right in there, albeit on just one or two bars at most. GPS, based on an APP downloaded from the goodle store, locked onto seven to ten sats PDQ. Drove around town with GPS and it seemed fairly steady. The quad core just kicks butt. A M A Z I N G! What a sweet machine. I'm sure that I never made it breathe hard. Now comes the ax. The screen bloomed every time I pressed too hard on the lower right hand quadrant. Well, given that it is a "handheld" that was a deal breaker and e3ven though it broke my heart, back IT went. Given the - in my opinion - poor quality control at ASUS, it will be a while before I'll look at their non-component level products again.
It was about here that I decided that if I'm was prepared to spend 500 bucks for the ASUS Prime tablet and 150 for a keyboard I might as well buy a decent laptop. OR........buy a small tablet. Ding Ding...
Enter the Acer A100. I did a bit of web and hands-on research and got it down to the Samsung 7 and the Acer 7. They are pretty much neck to neck, with the Samsung having just a small .2gig advantage on the processor speed (1.2 v 1 gig clock speed on the Acer). Loaded Apps and other specs pretty even although with the Acer you get a micro USB and a micro HDMI output, along with micro sd slot. The samsung requires you to buy their proprietasry dongles - probably another $50 plus. Total price circa 450 unless you find a sale.
What clinched it for me is that for $250 I got a full blown 3.2.1 android box. Compare that to a Kindle at $199 or a NOOK at $249.
I have had the A100for three days and have yet to find anything that this little powerhouse can not do as well or nearly as well as the "bigger units". Netflix is smooth, Pandora sounds great (earphones or TV of course, not the tiny on board speakers), the games I play are work well, and searching the internet only requires me to verbally tell the tablet what web site I want and it takes me there - no typing to fill in the search box required - how cool is that????
I have bored you enough so let me just say that except for the cons I mentioned, I have, in the last decade, seldom been as giddy, exited and happy with a hardware product as I am with the ACER A100.
If this peaked your interest, suggest you find the specs and compare - you will not be sorry. cheers2 out of 2 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Best option on the market!
by hulsey76 on December 2, 2011
Pros: Full unadulterated version of Honeycomb 3.2. 7" makes it very portable. It didn't cost $600 ($249.99 brand new at Gamestop)
Cons: None that I can find.
Summary: The two biggest complaints I read about this tablet are viewing angles and battery life. As for battery life, what do you want? Before tablets, the best portable option was ...
Summary: The two biggest complaints I read about this tablet are viewing angles and battery life. As for battery life, what do you want? Before tablets, the best portable option was a clunky laptop that got 3.5 hrs at best. Now viewing angles - its a tablet designed to be held in the hands for your own personal viewing. Tablets aren't meant for broadcasting movies to an audience. If you decode most of the tablet reviews for any tablet on the market, what you end up with is: "I need a laptop, but I don't want a laptop so I expect my tablet to be a laptop, and I'm unhappy that my tablet isn't a laptop." Well duh...no wonder so many tablets get horrible reviews.
On the other hand, if you understand the purpose of a tablet and don't expect it to be a home theater/NASA mainframe, you can't go wrong with the Acer A100. It's portable, feature-rich, and has plenty of processing power. Take the plunge. If you're waiting on the next best thing to come out you'll be waiting forever because the next best thing always comes out after you've bought something else.2 out of 2 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Great tablet with 1gb ram and 2 1530 mah batteries
by uglykidjoe80 on August 20, 2011
Pros: 1gb ram on both 8gb and 16gb, honeycomb 3.2, solid build quality, decent speakers, micro HDMI, good display, dual core processor
Cons: battery life could be better(has 2 1530mah batteries), even though you have the full android market not all apps are compatible with tablets
Summary: this is a great little tablet, perfect size, and yes it has a 1gb ram and 2 1530mah batteries despite what you read on most webpages. i know i've ...
Summary: this is a great little tablet, perfect size, and yes it has a 1gb ram and 2 1530mah batteries despite what you read on most webpages. i know i've already said that but just wanted to say it again because most people wouldn't give it a look if they saw 512mb ram and a single 1530 mah battery. however the battery does drain quickly, only about 5 hours of heavy use. as far as apps go, most work including netflix and more will be available soon. plays most video files but i downloaded vital player from the market just in case. one thing i don't like is it puts the market in landscape only, i prefer portrait because its easier to type. overall i think its an excellent tablet.
2 out of 2 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Very NICE, Very NICE
by 29SMOOTH on April 1, 2012
Pros: Fast response touch screen, easy to use, great screen quality, light weight, fun for apps and cruising internet. I honestly love the 7 inch tab and its perfect for what I need. It is smaller than my laptop, bigger then my phone, easy to hold.
Cons: Not really anything to bad to say, maybe one con is it picks up finger smudges easy and needs a soft cloth wipe down often.
Summary: Awesome machine.. BIG Bang for the little money spent on this sweet device!
Summary: Awesome machine.. BIG Bang for the little money spent on this sweet device!
1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Great tablet with a fatal flaw it seems
by mrkx on March 8, 2013
Pros: HDMI out
Micro SD compatible
Fast
Perfect size
GPS
BluetoothCons: Proprietary charging adapter
Screen viewing angles
Short battery lifeSummary: I owned this tablet for over a year, and found it to be a super little tablet that was handy to take anywhere. The wifi and bluetooth worked great. The ...
Summary: I owned this tablet for over a year, and found it to be a super little tablet that was handy to take anywhere. The wifi and bluetooth worked great. The GPS was a little weak and struggled inside the car. Having the option of using an SD card was great as well. I have since sold the tablet. Just short of the warranty the thing died, and I mean stone dead. I had it sent back to Acer who replaced the main board under warranty, but I've heard several instances of this very problem with this tablet. The warranty is out now and I'm not going to risk another death a year from now with no warranty support. My advice is don't let the tablet battery go totally dead, as that is what apparently killed the board on mine. It was very well taken care of.
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Awesome tablet for the price!
by driven777 on March 26, 2012
Pros: Size! Speed! Memory! Battery Life!
Cons: None at all!
Summary: The size is great for everyday use! The speed is awesome! The memory is great and has room for all my apps and plenty more! The battery life is great ...
Summary: The size is great for everyday use! The speed is awesome! The memory is great and has room for all my apps and plenty more! The battery life is great for what I use it for!
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Great, useable tablet for it's size.
by zombiedash on March 1, 2012
Pros: - Size(!): handy for traveling to uni/work, portable
- Screen: great screen and graphics
- Multimedia: can't complain about the sound and video quality
- Android: love the market
- Price: wasn't badCons: - Battery life: lasts about a day
- Viewing angle: when portrait, as opposed to landscape, you need to hold it in a certain angle to see things without distortion. This doesn't bother me much, because I prefer landscape.Summary: Really pleased with my purchase. Had an Ipad 2 before this, and I'm not saying it's "better", just saying it really depends on what you're getting it ...
Summary: Really pleased with my purchase. Had an Ipad 2 before this, and I'm not saying it's "better", just saying it really depends on what you're getting it for. I personally prefer the Android market over the AppleStore, but I also have an Iphone 4, so it's not a case of 'death to the loser'.
Also, 7" is an ideal size for me (uni student) and I found the Ipad 2 a bit heavier for my liking. This tablet is quick, with great graphics and is quite hardy. It's perfect for my needs. -
I cant complain with this lucky find.
by Almerel on February 11, 2012
Pros: Tegra 2 Processing power is nothing to scoff at and with the nice screen it makes gaming nice for a 7" tablet. When I was looking for a tablet I got lucky since I got this one on Black Friday for $180-190.
Cons: Battery life and epic smudging are the only 2 things that make me growl under my breath sometimes. As a Android lover I knew that the battery wouldn't be the best at this price point.
Summary: Buy this tablet if you are looking for a pocket sized Tegra 2.
Summary: Buy this tablet if you are looking for a pocket sized Tegra 2.
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Great little tablet!
by Kokan_Malenko on February 3, 2012
Pros: -7 inch - it is very portable
-tegra 2 - excellent for gaming
-android honeycomb 3.2
-1GB RAM
-5MP camera and 2MP front camera for video calls
-GPS - one of the best i have ever tried
-cheapCons: -fingerprints magnet
-short battery lifetime
-bad view angle
-can't charge via USBSummary: The battery lasts about 5 hours of hard-core gaming so if you use it for internet or stuff like that it can last a lot longer. I tested it and ...
Summary: The battery lasts about 5 hours of hard-core gaming so if you use it for internet or stuff like that it can last a lot longer. I tested it and in idle mode with wifi off the battery lasted for 3 days and 7 hours. All in all it's one of the best tablets i have ever used. You get more than you paid for. It does everything that the IPad2 does but it is much more portable.
Specifications
- Manufacturer: Acer
- Part number: CNET-Iconia-Tab-a100
- Bottom Line: The Acer Iconia Tab A100 offers a full Android 4.0 experience on a 7-inch tablet and can now be found at a very affordable price.
Display
- Type 7 in
General
- Operating System Android 3.1 Honeycomb
Processor
- Processor NVidia Tegra 2
- Processor Clock Speed 1 GHz
Memory
- Flash Memory 8 GB
- RAM 512 MB
Miscellaneous
- Color Blue
Dimensions & Weight
- Width 7 in
- Depth 0.52 in
- Height 7.68 in
Product series
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Manufacturer: Acer
Specs: 7 in,
Android 3.1 Honeycomb,
512 MB,
NVidia Tegra 2 1 GHz,
Bluetooth 2.1,
Wi-Fi,
Bluetooth,
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Manufacturer: Acer
Specs: 7 in,
Android 3.1 Honeycomb,
512 MB,
NVidia Tegra 2 1 GHz,
Bluetooth,
Wi-Fi,
7 in x 0.52 in x 7.68 in
Manufacturer info
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