Acer Iconia Tab A200: Android 4.0 dual-core tablet

Taiwanese manufacturer Acer has unveiled their new Iconia Tab A200 tactile tablet.

Powered by a 1 GHz NVidia Tegra 2 dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor paired with 1 GB of RAM, Acer’s Iconia Tab A200 will initially come installed with Android 3.2 Honeycomb, before an upgrade to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich is made available (update normally available in January 2012).

Weighing 720 grams and 1.2 centimetres thick, the tablet will come with a 10.1 inch display with a resolution of 1 280 x 800 pixels. The device will also come with an audio system, mini-jack, 802.11 b-g-n Wi-Fi connectivity with DNLA support, a GPS module, a 2 Mega pixel camera lens on the front and USB 2.0 and Bluetooth 2.1 connectivity.

It will also come with either 8 or 16 GB of Flash memory, while a microSD memory card slot is available for the addition of up to 32 GB of additional storage. Everything is powered by a 3 260 mAh battery which provides up to 8 hours of life when in user and up to 400 hours when in standby.

The tablet will cost around 330 dollars for the 8 GB version and 350 dollars for the 16 GB release.