Inevitably, Honeycomb is changing everything about Android. Devoted to the tablet, last OS from Google is providing a new experience when using the tablet. Present at the editorial desk @ jeruknipiscom Acer Iconia Tab A500. Tablet beautiful with seabreg features. Want to know more? see our review below.
First Look
Wrapped in a white box, the Acer Iconia Tab A500 looks so elegant and luxurious. Inside this box you will find one unit of Acer Iconita Tab A500, micro USB cable, charger, micro-fiber cloth, manuals, and safety brochures.
Design
Hmm, that's what we feel bulky first A500 is so gripping. Compared to tablets that are present today, obviously the A500 has a larger size and somewhat heavy. You can comfortably use it with two hands. Overall design is ignited anyone see it for the first kali.Polesan dominant aluminum, made more beautiful view outside. Even so, the wide bezelnya make us a little annoying, though on the other hand, this makes the A500 looks tough and sturdy.
Screen
Equipped with capacitive type touch screen, the A500 has a screen resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels with a 10.1-inch diagonal. Using screen WXGA technology with 262k color output. Judging from various angles, the screen can display color quality does not go down. Under the sun highlight though, you can still use the A500 with comfort.
Port
On the left you'll find a micro HDMI port, a 3.5mm audio port for the headset, and buttons for power. While on the right side, you'll find a socket for charging, microUSB port, reset button maual, and USB ports - one port is the most we liked. You can connect the USB, or even external hard drives, indirectly you have a place to store additional data. The USB port is also a place you can maximize your gadget charging device to another.
In the bag there is a button panel that can be used to lock the screen - horizontal or vertical, all up to you. Beside it there is a button that can be used to adjust the volume. Plastic covered with matching color, you'll find the microSD slot and a slot for the SIM card. In the bottom panel there is only one port only, namely the docking port.
Camera
A500 has two cameras. The first is located on the front with a resolution of 2 megapixels, you can use to video chat or even take a picture of yourself with ease. While a second camera located at the front, 5-megapixel resolution with auto focus and LED flash comes.
Speaker
Output sound comfortable and so crunchy on the ear. No wonder, the speakers embedded in it there are two, located on the right and left, thus making a stereo sound output.
Interface
Nothing special from the display interface A500, because nearly all tablets berOS Honeycomb has the same look.
Indepth
What makes it so special course Cortex A9 processors thanks to the powerful 1 GHz Dual Core, while the graphics capabilities supported by the Nvidia Tegra 250. It has 1GB of RAM. In the horizontal position, everything went so smoothly. Inversely as the A500 in a vertical position in which the response began to fail and had been a lag - will usually recover after an update.
Special Widget
Whatever the tablets, as long as it uses the same OS - in this case the Honeycomb, the menu will not change. Usually, this is precisely the part of each vendor trying to skill performance by presenting additional features typical of each. Acer for example, equip the A500 with the application of Acer Clock, Organiser, Digital Clock, Musica, SocialJogger and Weather.
You'll find a collection of Google apps that have been immersed in Iconia Tab A500, like Google's Latitude, Google Maps, Google and YouTube no. Moreover you can also get preloaded apps. One is Lumi Read, an application to download and read e-books. Because using the Tegra, you can get the application Tegra Zone, where you can download the game is purposely developed for the tablet with Tegra Nvidia graphics chipset.
Games
Acer already pinned A500 with built-in games. There are three games in it, Need for Speed Shift, Heroes of Sparta and Lets Golf. Among the three who had just shift can be directly played. For Heroes of Sparta and Lets Golf is available only icon that serves as a shortcut link to download the game itself.
Multimedia
Honeycomb Gallery app does include a feature to see the diverse collection of photos and video that is in storage A500. Everything will be different when you use applications and nemoPlayer 3D Photo Browser. 3D Photo Browser lets you view images as if seen from the album, you can open the pages of your collection. While nemoPlayer is a photo gallery where all pictures arranged by month.
Listen to songs with the A500 is one thing that's fun. Because the A500 has been supports Dolby Mobile, coupled with support for stereo speakers. We also try to play the movie. This type of MPEG-4 files with a resolution of 1280 x 720, the results are very interesting. All went smoothly without any lag.
Conclusion
The presence of USB ports make it easy indeed. One thing that makes the A500 so superior. In terms of battery, if you use it endlessly with normal usage, the battery can last up to 6 hours.
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Availability of USB ports
Prices are relatively affordable
Battery life
Stereo
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Bezel is too wide
Bulky
Not comfortable grip
Acer Iconia Tab A500
