Acer Iconia runing Androids 3.0 Honeycomb, 1GHz dual-core Nividia Tegra 2, features incluse 512MB, 1GB Memory, 8GB Storage weigh around 410g, with dimensions 195 x 117 x 13mm.
Acer hasn’t done anything too drastic on top of Honeycomb 3.2 (there are a few added widgets and apps), but the tablet seems a tad sluggish when navigating in portrait mode and a number of apps keep crashing.
The tablet dispenses with the need for physical navigation buttons, although Acer has built a touch-sensitive Home button into the bezel anyway.
The Acer Iconia Tab A100 also provides a few interesting apps. One is called Planner and it presents a handy all-in-one view of recent news, your email, calendar and notes.
The HTC Flyer uses a single-core CPU while the Acer Iconia Tab A100 stays current with recent 10-inch tabs by offering the Tegra 2 dual-core chip.
The tablet is thicker and weighs more than Galaxy Tab 7inc, although the table is extremely usable on the move, much more than 10in tablet. The perfomance is very impressive, notably for gaming and general app launching, the tablet is faster also.
Features-wise, it's impressive. It connects to Bluetooth divices, has a GPS receiver for navigation, a decent five-megapixel rear camera that shoots high-definition video in the resolution of 720p, and a front-facing camera for video chat. The screen was fairly good for watching video and reading text, and sound from the device was surprisingly good through the built-in speakers or by plugging in headphones (speakers a bit tinny - heads much better). It's fast – the Nvidia Tegra 2 processor inside it is one of the fastest currently available, and apps were swift to open and run
The back of the tablet is a dark gray plastic with Acer's logo in the middle, and a 5-MP camera with flash on top. When the A100 is held in portrait mode, the top edge houses the power button and a 3.5-mm headphone jack. The top right edge has a rotation-lock switch and a rocker bar for volume; the bottom right has a removable plastic flap that covers a microSD card slot. The bottom of the A100 has two speakers, a microHDMI port, a proprietary jack, microUSB, and a power port. Unlike Acer's 10-inch Iconia Tab A500, you don't get a full-size USB port for attaching storage drives or other USB peripherals.
The battery life to be shorter than expected: a daily recharge with the compact AC adapter seemed necessary, while for other tablets I can usually manage at least a couple of days between recharges. The device sometimes seems to failed to wake up from sleep as quickly as it should have.
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