Acer Ships 7-inch Tablet With Android 3.2 for $329

Acer on Friday started shipping a US$329 Iconia Tab A100 tablet, which the company says is the first tablet with a 7-inch screen to run Android 3.2.

The Iconia Tab A100's smaller screen will bring off Mechanical man 3.2 applications in a more portable mannikin broker, Acer aforesaid in a statement. A majority of Honeycomb tablets available today come with 10.1-inch screens, including Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Toshiba's Fly high.

Android tablets with 7-inch screens are already available, but most running game old versions of the operative system. The Samsung P1000 Extragalactic nebula Tab with a 7-inch screen runs on Android 2.2, which is usually found in smartphones. Android 3.2 is also known as Honeycomb.

The A100 is the latest addition to a string of tablets from Acer. The company already offers the Iconia tablets with 10.1-inch screens that run Honeycomb and Windows 7. The company increased its revolve around tablets in recent living quarters as PC shipments slowed. Acer was the second-largest PC maker in the world in 2009, but slipped to the fourth spot during the second quarter this year because of a large commitment to the PC securities industry.

Humanoid 3.2 has a technical user interface for tablets, which allows users to multitask and navigate 'tween multiple applications. The OS receives e-mail and social networking feeds in a centralized location, and also has features for tablets to be used atomic number 3 gaming consoles.

The A100 runs on a dual-core Nvidia Tegra 2 processor, and provides four hours of electric battery lifetime on regular Internet usage and cardinal-and-a-half hours when playing high-definition 720p telecasting, the company said. The device weighs 0.92 pounds (0.41 kilograms) and is 0.5 inches (12.7 millimeters) thick. The tablet has a rear-cladding 5-megapixel camera and a front-facing 2-megapixel photographic camera. Accompaniment for Adobe Flash 10.3 allows for video playback through a browser.

The tablet also includes an HDMI (high-definition multimedia interface) port so images can be mirrored on high-definition TVs. The gimmick too includes a micro-USB porthole.

The device is available done retail stores in the U.S. Information technology leave turn available in Canada side by side month for C$399 (America$405). IT will also become purchasable in Europe future calendar month, though company representatives could not provide a price. The company could not commentary on availability in other countries.