Acer Iconia Tab A100

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Reviews for the Acer Iconia Tab A100

60% Acer Iconia Tab A100 Review
Source: T Break Archive.org version
Acer’s Iconia Tab A500 was one of the first tablets we tested early last year, which came with the then brand new Honeycomb OS. And while the Tab’s 10.1-inch size was considerable, and the innards equally decent, its overall performance left much to be desired. Today I’ll be looking at the Iconia Tab A100 to see how well the little brother performs in the popular 7-inch tablets market.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 02/28/2012
Rating: Total score: 60%

60% Acer Iconia Tab A100 review
Source: T3 Archive.org version
If you need something tiny and light to carry around, and don’t mind the short battery life, the Iconia Tab is a worthy entertainment device.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 10/20/2011
Rating: Total score: 60%

50% Acer Iconia A100 Android tablet review
Source: Tech Advisor Archive.org version
The Acer Iconia A100 aims to provide all the features and benefits of an Android tablet in a compact design focussing on portability. However, despite the Iconia A100's decent performance, it's ultimately crippled by a poor quality display, mediocre battery life and a chunky design. If you're looking for the ideal 7in Android tablet, the Acer Iconia A100 is not it. Keep looking.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 10/07/2011
Rating: Total score: 50%

80% Acer Iconia A100 7in Android tablet
Source: Reg Hardware Archive.org version
Despite the tablet’s display and battery life failing to reach my high expectations, I enjoyed using it during my week-long test. Sure, the 7in screen’s resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels is barely more than an iPhone 4’s 960 x 640, but the Iconia Tab A100’s physical size makes just about everything easier to do, especially typing, without the dinner-plate juggling demanded by 10in tablets.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 09/23/2011
Rating: Total score: 80%

60% Acer Iconia Tab A100 7in Honeycomb tablet computer
Source: Computer Active Archive.org version
It performs well and isn't expensive, but the A100 is a little too bulky to make it good value
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 09/19/2011
Rating: Total score: 60%

60% Acer Iconia Tab A100 review
Source: Trusted Reviews Archive.org version
On paper the Acer Iconia A100 sounds great. It's a sub-£300 Android Honeycomb tablet using the still-fairly-rare 7in form factor that has all the power of the top tabs in town. But a few serious problems blow its chances. The display quality is poor, battery life is half of what an iPad achieves and the design inspires indifference rather than desire.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 09/16/2011
Rating: Total score: 60% price: 70% performance: 80% features: 80% mobility: 60% ergonomy: 60%

80% Acer Iconia Tab A100 Review
Source: Stuff TV Archive.org version
Where the Acer lets itself down is the viewing angles of the screen. Place it on a table, spin it round and you'll notice it has one good side, one unviewable side and two portrait views that will just about do. Not ideal, and depending on how you use it this can be incredibly annoying. Hand-held it's fine, but problems can arise if you prop it up beside you. So hardware connections and viewing angles aside, this is a great tablet, and for this sort of money it's just about unbeatable.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 09/15/2011
Rating: Total score: 80%

60% Acer Iconia Tab A100 review
Source: V3.co.uk Archive.org version
With an initial retail price around £300, the Acer A100 represents reasonable value for money. The device is cheaper than the entry-level HTC Flyer (£330) and BlackBerry PlayBook (£340), but more expensive than the Wi-Fi Galaxy Tab (£250). Despite offering reasonably good performance and some unique connectivity, the battery life on the A100 is a major letdown and makes it very difficult to recommend.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 09/09/2011
Rating: Total score: 60%

60% Acer Iconia Tab A100 review
Source: Techradar Archive.org version
Somewhere, there's a niche for this tablet. It's mostly for folks who want a smaller tablet, but then they could just select a smartphone with a large screen, such as the HTC Evo 3D. Ebook reading worked well, if you can live with the somewhat glossy screen. To say the Acer Iconia Tab A100 is the best 7-inch Android tablet is a bit misleading. But we do prefer it over the HTC Flyer, due to the included Android 3.2 operating system. In some ways, the BlackBerry PlayBook is better in a technical sense – at least it does real multitasking – but it has too few apps. We like the A100 for an express purpose: greater mobility and book reading. For most tasks, a 10-inch tablet is a wiser bet.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 09/06/2011
Rating: Total score: 60%

67% Acer Iconia Tab A100 review
Source: PC Pro Archive.org version
This isn’t the perfect tablet, then, not by a long chalk. And with average screen quality, below par battery life and a poor camera, you’d think we’d be ready to stick the boot in. But the Acer A100 is actually a rather likeable device. It’s nice to use, snappy and responsive, and looks even more attractive when you put it in context of the immediate competition. It costs £300 inc VAT, the same as the ageing 7in Samsung Galaxy Tab, and a massive £180 cheaper than the 16GB HTC Flyer. If a 10in tablet doesn’t appeal, this little alternative just might.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 08/26/2011
Rating: Total score: 67% price: 83% performance: 67% features: 67% ergonomy: 67%

Acer Iconia A100 hands-on
Source: Pocket Lint Archive.org version
From our short time with Acer Iconia A100, we're pleased. The build quality and hardware specification show a lot of promise and we think the 7-inch form factor will appeal to lots of people too.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 08/24/2011

Iconia Tab A100 Review
Source: Slashgear Archive.org version
This tablet is good for a lot of things. Wrapping up the awesome power of the NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core processor in a medium-sized package, one that’s not a smartphone yet not quite a full-sized tablet makes this device good for some slightly more hardcore on-the-go games than you’re used to on your Motorola ATRIX 4G or Motorola Photon 4G. On the other hand, it’s thicker than the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, a 10-inch tablet, yet just about the same size as the original Galaxy Tab 7-inch, a tablet which does not yet feature the tablet-centric Google mobile OS Android 3.2 Honeycomb – this tablet has the right to boast itself up as the first and only tablet to currently be featuring Android 3.2 Honeycomb, again the first tablet-based Google-made mobile OS to be optimized for tablets smaller than 10-inches.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 08/17/2011

80% Acer Iconia Tab A100 (Wi-Fi)
Source: PC Mag Archive.org version
One thing falls flat here: The Iconia A100 doesn't have a traditional USB mass storage mode, and it's totally incompatible with Macs. To plug it into a Windows PC, you have to download Acer's clunky Acer Sync software, after which the Tab appears as a drive you can drag and drop to. Acer Sync also purports to sync your Outlook data with your tablet, but I couldn't get that part of the software to find my tablet.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 08/12/2011
Rating: Total score: 80%

MWC 2011: Acer Iconia A100 and A500 reviews – first look videos
Source: It Pro Archive.org version
The Iconia 100 is the smaller of the family with a seven inch (1024 x 600 resolution) screen. It runs Nvidia’s Tegra 2 dual-core processor and has a mini HDMI output, along with its mini USB port. The Iconia A500 comes in at a much more sizeable 10.1in with a 1280 x 800 resolution screen. It does make it heftier though, weighing in at 700g. It runs on the same Nvidia Tegra 2 dual core chip as its little brother, the A100, and has the same sized cameras. However, the incorporation of a full size HDMI to stream content to your TV is a definite improvement.
Comparison, online available, Very Short, Date: 02/16/2011

Foreign Reviews

86% Dunkles Tablet
Source: Chip.de - 5/12
Single Review, , Very Short, Date: 04/01/2012
Rating: Total score: 86%

82% Tablets im Test
Source: Computerbild - 24/11
Comparison, , Medium, Date: 11/01/2011
Rating: Total score: 82% features: 82% display: 83% mobility: 77% ergonomy: 77%

100% Bei Tablets geht's rund
Source: Connect - 11/11
Comparison, , Short, Date: 10/01/2011
Rating: Total score: 100% features: 100% ergonomy: 100%

100% Die Tablet-Invasion
Source: Connect - 5/11
Comparison, , Medium, Date: 04/01/2011
Rating: Total score: 100% features: 80% ergonomy: 100%

Taschentablet
Source: c't - 21/11
small, cheap, bad display
Single Review, , Very Short, Date: 10/01/2011

Doppel-Touch
Source: c't - 9/11
ergonomy, software and performance good
Single Review, , Long, Date: 04/01/2011

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NVIDIA GeForce ULP (Tegra 2): In Tegra 3 SoC integrated ultra low power GPU. Depending on the model clocked at 300 to 400 MHz.

These graphics cards are not suited for Windows 3D games. Office and Internet surfing however is possible.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.

2 (250): SoC (System on a Chip) with a integrated Corex A9 Dual-Core, GeForce ULP and other dedicated subprocessors (Audio, Video).» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.

7.00":

It is a small display format for smartphones. You shouldn't be severely defective in vision, and you won't see much detail on the screen and only have a small resolution available. For that, the device should be small and handy, easy to transport.

Acer: In 1976, the company was founded in Taiwan under the name Multitech and was renamed Acer or Acer Group in 1987. The product range includes, for example, laptops, tablets, smartphones, desktops, monitors, TVs and computer peripherals. Since 2007, the group has merged with Gateway Inc. and Packard Bell, which also market their own laptop product lines.

Acer computers are designed for a variety of purposes, including ultrabooks for mobile use, gaming laptops for gamers, affordable options for everyday tasks, and 2-in-1 convertible laptops for versatility. Acer's product portfolio also includes tablets that offer portable computing and multimedia capabilities.

73.13%: This rating is poor. More than three quarters of the models are rated better. That is rather not a purchase recommendation. Even if verbal ratings in this area do not sound that bad ("sufficient" or "satisfactory"), they are usually euphemisms that disguise a classification as a below-average laptop.

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