Acer unveils the Iconia Tab A200 tablet, they’re sticking to the dual-core Tegra 2
Posted on 02. Dec, 2011 by Albert Madison in Tablets
The Acer Iconia Tab A200 will be available in Titanium Gray or Metallic Red. Image: Acer
Acer Group Inc. has revealed the 10.1-inch Acer Iconia Tab A200 tablet today, an upcoming Android 3.2 Honeycomb tablet the company has launched. According to Acer’s official press release the new A200 that was teased in a leaked TV commercial the other day is going to feature the 1 GHz Nvidia Tegra 2 dual-core processor. Just like folks at Lenovo the people at Acer are acting bearish at the moment in regard to the new quad-core silicon that Nvidia has ready for tablets named Nvidia Tegra 3.
As for Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich support the folks at Acer are planning to start shipping the Iconia Tab A200 tablets with the new operating system from Google in January of 2012, all initial shipments before the first month of 2012 will feature Android 3.2 the most up-to-date version of Google’s Honeycomb software. Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich is going to bridge the gap between Google’s mobile phone Android 2.x OS’ and their Android 3.x tablet OS’ and add a bunch of new features and UI enhancements along the way. Acer promising Android 4.0 is very important.
Acer has another 10.1-inch Android 3.x Honeycomb based tablet by the name of Acer Iconia Tab A500 and in many ways the months old A500 is just like the new A200 tablet. Technical specifications for the Iconia Tab A500 and A200 are just about the same, the only real difference is in the cameras and I/O ports. The new A200 features a 2MP front-facing camera and I/O ports included are a USB 2.0, microSD, and 3.5mm audio jack –the old A500 featured dual cameras, mini-HDMI, mini USB 2.0 and full sized USB 2.0.
The new Acer Iconia Tab A200 features an altered design in comparison to the Acer Iconia Tab A500. The older A500 is physically larger and it weights more, if the dimensions and weight figures presented by Acer in the official specifications sheet for the A200 are to be believed.
Here is the full specifications chart:
| Size | Dimensions | 260 x 175 x 12.4 mm |
| Weight | 720 g | |
| Battery | Standby time Video playback | 400 hours 8 hours |
| Capacity | Li-Po 3260 mAh, 24.1 W | |
| OS | Version | Android 3.2 (Honeycomb) starting in November in select countries |
| Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) starting in January 2012 worldwide | ||
| Processing | CPU | NVIDIA® Tegra™ 2 Dual Core A9, 1 GHz |
| ROM / RAM | 8 GB or 16 GB eMMC / 1 GB | |
| Imaging | Front Camera | 2 MP |
| Screen | Display | 10.1? WXGA 1280 x 800 |
| Touch technology | Capacitive multi-touch | |
| Connectivity | Wi-Fi® | 802.11b/g/n |
| Bluetooth® | Class 2.1 with EDR | |
| GPS | Yes | |
| MicroSD slot | Yes | |
| USB | USB: Host Micro USB: Client | |
| Audio output | 3.5 mm standard audio jack | |
| Detection | Sensors | G-sensor Gyrometer |
| UI | Version | Acer Ring (multi-tasking software tool) |
| Entertainment | Multimedia | Gallery, Soundhound, Google Movie Studio, Tegra Zone |
| Movie | Netflix (US, CA) | |
| Music | Google Music, AUPEO! | |
| Reading | LumiRead (Global, excluding US), Zinio, Kindle (US) | |
| DLNA sharing | Acer clear.fi | |
| Social networking | Social network | Facebook (web link), Acer SocialJogger |
| Productivity | Push mail | EAS – Exchange ActiveSync (Android default) |
| Office | Documents to Go | |
| Cloud Note | Evernote | |
| System Protection | McAfee Virus Scan Mobile |
At this time nobody has been able to get a hands-on with the Acer Iconia Tab A200 tablet, therefore there is not much else to say about the tablet right now. Acer says in their press release that the first shipment of A200 tablets went out in November, which ended a few days ago, so we should see some reviews and hands-on videos or photos posted soon enough.
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4 Responses to “Acer unveils the Iconia Tab A200 tablet, they’re sticking to the dual-core Tegra 2”
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Mario Irelan
02. Dec, 2011
wow… this is not a suprise acer disappoints… no real upgrade i knew that the new tablet wouldnt have tegra 3 and a fingerprint scanner. fingerprint scanner would NEVER be in a tablet… dumb rumors
Mario Irelan
03. Dec, 2011
oh wait i was talking about the lenovo tablet… no one with a brain is gonna buy this acer tablet…
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