Acer Iconia Tab A100 7in 8GB (XE.H6RAN.001)

Acer Iconia A100

While we're glad to see a 7-inch alternative in the Android Honeycomb landscape, we can only wish that the A100 was better. Although it gave us solid performance and sports a decent range of connectivity, the screen is a shocker, and its size and weight are more substantial than we'd like.

Acer Iconia A100

Acer was the first of its computer counterparts on the scene with an Android Honeycomb tablet, and it's first again to follow up, with a 7-inch alternative. The A100 is smaller and lighter than the A500 , but is it small enough and light enough to make for a true alternative to a 10-inch tab?

Acer Iconia Tab A100 review

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.

Acer Iconia Tab A100 Reinvents 7-Inch Tablets

We've seen 7-inch tablets before, but the category gets a new spin with the Acer Iconia Tab A100.

Acer Iconia Tab A100 Reinvents 7-Inch Tablets

With its feature-laden yet practical design, and compact size, the A100 has the goods to deliver a modest-sized alternative to the 10-inch class tablets. Android 3.2 appears to have some rough spots, though, and app compatibility may be an issue until app makers and Google can issue the appropriate firmware updates. We’ve seen 7-inch tablets before, but the category gets a new spin with the Acer Iconia Tab A100. Acer manages to pack in a slew of ports and slots in a well-designed, compact model. The A100 also happens to be the first 7-inch tablet with Android 3.2, and the first from a major brand to hit a sub-$350 price — thanks partly to starting with just 8GB of storage.

Acer Iconia Tab A100 review

Life is all about choices and trade-offs. With the Acer Iconia Tab A100, the main compromise is in size. This 417g tablet, the first to run the Android 3.2 operating system, is too big to be a smartphone and too small – at a 7-inch screen size – to watch movies on.

Acer Iconia A100 Review

Acer has performed a neat trick by bring a seven-inch tablet to the table - or indeed to the jacket pockets of consumers. Acer also brought us one of the first devices to run on Android Honeycomb (the Acer Iconia A500 tablet), so how does its smaller sibling stand up to its bigger brother?

Acer Iconia Tab A100 review

Acer is the latest manufacturer to roll out a 7in tablet, and will face the likes of RIM, HTC and Samsung in a bid to attract buyers to the portable form factor.

Acer Iconia Tab A100

There are a handful of questions to ask yourself before buying a tablet like the Acer Iconia Tab A100. First of all, "do I really need one?" Once you've surmounted that hurdle, you need to ask whether you want a home tablet, or one to use as you exhale a despairing sigh on the way to work, trapped...

Acer Iconia Tab A100

Note: the Iconia Tab A100 is the seven-inch version of the Iconia Tab A500 tablet, which we've already reviewed.  A lot of things-especially in software terms-are the same.  That's why we refer you back to our previous