The Acer Iconia Tab A700, a 10.1-inch tablet with a 1920×1200 resolution touch display. Image: Acer
Acer has revealed their latest tablet computer with the 10.1-inch Acer Iconia Tab A700. The new tablet makes use of Google’s recently released Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system.
In introducing the new Iconia Tab A700 tablet Acer has introduced a new 10.1-inch 1920 x 1200 resolution LCD. The new display has enough pixels to provide any user with the ability to watch Full HD 1080p video content without missing anything. Acer has also equipped the new tablet with a quad-core ARM processor from Nvidia, the 1.3GHz Tegra 3 with GeForce graphics.
The new Acer Iconia Tab A700 is the companies highest spec. Android tablet yet, however you should expect it to be their most expensive model. Acer says the new tablet that features a quad-core process, 1920×1200 resolution touchscreen, Wi-Fi and 32GB of built-in storage will cost consumers $449.99 USD.
Currently Acer is accepting pre-orders for the 32GB Wi-Fi Acer Iconia Tab A700 in two colors, Black (A700-10k32u) and Silver (A700-10s32u), through their own website to US customers. The release date isn’t firm at this time, but we suspect Acer is just about ready to release the premium A700 to the general market shortly.
Acer Iconia Tab A700 specifications:
| OS | Android™ 4.0 Operating System (Ice Cream Sandwich) |
| Processor | NVIDIA® Tegra™ 3 Quad Core Mobile Processor (1.3GHz) / Super 4-Plus-1™ quad core with 5th battery-saver core |
| Storage | 32GB internal storage |
| Memory | 1GB DDR2 memory |
| Digital Media Card Reader | MicroSD memory slot up to 32GB (SDHC 2.0 compatible) |
| Display | 10.1″ Full HD multi-touch 1080p display |
| Video | Ultra low power (ULP) high-performance 12-core NVIDIA® GeForce® GPU |
| Wi-Fi | 802.11b/g/n wireless |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth® 2.1 + EDR |
| GPS / A-GPS | Standalone GPS and GLONASS |
| Webcam | Yes |
| Rear Camera | 5MP Camera with Auto focus |
| Rear Video | Video capture at 30fps @ 1080p in MP4 format |
| Front Camera | 1MP HD Camera |
| Front Video | Capture at 30fps @ 720p in MP4 format |
| Sensors | G-sensor, E-compass, L-sensor, Gyro-meter |
| Ports | Micro USB 2.0 (1) / Micro-HDMI™(1) / 3.5mm Combo Jack (1) (Headphone/Speaker) |
| Dimensions/ Weight | 10.2″(L) x 6.9″ (D) x 0.43″ (H) 1.47 lbs. | 0.665kg (system unit only) |
| Color | Black/Silver |
| Warranty | One-year International Travelers Limited Warranty (ITW) |