Acer's New $450 iPad Killer

Today Acer introduced the Iconia Tab A500, an Android 3.0 Honeycomb-based 10.1-inch tablet with a 1GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core processor priced at $450, $50 cheaper than Apple's iPad 2 and Samsung's new 10.1-inch Galaxy Tab, and $350 cheaper than the Motorola Xoom.


Available today for pre-order, the Iconia A500 is the cheapest Android 3.0 tablet to date and could lead to a price war amongst the world's leading tablet manufacturers.

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Packing an impressive spec sheet, including a 5-megapixel rear-facing camera, 2-megapixel front facing camera, a 1280x800 TFT WXGA display, 1080p HDMI output, a built-in gyroscope, and 16GBs of built-in storage. It also supports GPS and 802.11 a/b/g/n, though Acer has not confirmed if there will be a 3G or 4G-connected model.

In terms of size, the Iconia A500 is 10.24-inches wide, 6.97-inches tall, and 0.52-inches thick, weighing only 1.69 pounds.

The Acer Iconia A500 is available now for pre-order on BestBuy.com, with in-store pre-orders beginning on April 14 before it officially goes on sale on April 24.