Acer's ICONIA Range in India, Now Official

Just this week, we reported about Acer’s plans of going big with its ICONIA range with an announcement in the city. It’s official now, infact, even as you read this, the ICONIA range is being displayed around for curious attendees today, with announcements on what they customers can expect.

The ICONIA range includes ICONIA – an uber stylish looking touch book with dual screens, ICONIA TAB A500 – a feature-istic tablet with Acer claiming it to bring you the ultimate entertainment, ICONIA TAB W500 – claims Acer to be the perfect marriage of style and productivity.

Here’s a look into the specifications of each of these:

A500 Tab

The ENTERTAINER…

• Display: 10.1 inches
• OS: Android OS, v3.0 (Honeycomb)
• CPU: 1GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 Dual Core processor, Tegra 2 chipset
• 1GB DDR2 RAM
• Thickness: 13.3mm thick
• USB: microUSB v2.0, USB v2.0
• HDMI port,
• Memory: microSD, up to 32GB

Acer ICONIA Smart

Smart(phone) looks!

• Display: 4.8 inches
• OS: Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread)
• Memory: microSD, up to 32GB
• USB: microUSB v2.0
• Bluetooth:v2.1 with A2DP, EDR
• HDMI port

Acer W500

Two-in-one

• Display: 10.1-inches
• Camera: two cameras
• Memory: 32GB of SSD storage
• Acer Ring multi-touch interface

Acer ICONIA Dual screens

Truly ICONIC!

• Dual 14-inch touchscreens
• OS: Windows 7
• Intel Core i5 processor
• USB: Two USB 2.0 and a USB 3.0
• Gorilla Glass scratch-resistant surface
• HDMI port

Acer A100 Tab

Matches well with peers

• Display: 7.0-inches
• OS: Android OS, v3.0 (Honeycomb)
• CPU: 1GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 Dual Core processor, Tegra 2 chipset
• Thickness: 13.1 mm
• USB: microUSB v2.0
• Memory: microSD, up to 32GB

The AcerA500 tab can be obtained for a MOP of INR 27,990, whereas the W500 can be obtained for a MOP of INR 32,499. The ICONIA Dual screen touchbook would be available for INR 70,000.

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