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This bad boy was one of the most exciting things we saw at CES. The Acer Iconia Tab A510 was an unannounced tablet then, and it was not a bad one. Well, the tablet has finally been announced at a pre-CeBIT event in Germany. It’s being released in Europe the following April at a price of €500.
When we saw this tablet at NVIDIA’s booth, it left a rather good impression on us. The representatives were not able to tell us anything about the unannounced 10.1-inch tablet (1280x800p). We now know that it packs a 1.3 GHz Tegra 3 processor (quad-core), 1 GB of RAM and 16/32/64 GB of internal storage. Ports include a microSD card slot, a mini-USB port and a mini-HDMI port.
Acer has also announced a version with 3G connectivity, called the Acer Iconia Tab A511. It was not mentioned whether this tablet would be released along with the WiFi models or not.
We know 500 Euros is not very cheap, but the tablet should not feature the same price when it hits the States. The tablet market is in the middle of an interesting transition here in the US. Acer has been offering the same specs as ASUS for about the same price, and we assume this tablet will come at a price similar to the $500 Transformer Prime. But it is hard to compete with ASUS offering its 7-inch Tegra 3 MeMo 370T for only $250.
For now, all we can do is sit tight and wait for Acer to announce the A510's price and availability for America. Welcome to the year of the quad-core tablets. Let’s see what the future holds. What price-point would convince you to purchase the A510?
Currently the first Android Amazon Tablet is only available in the U.S., however there may be a change in the wind soon, with suggestions that the device could arrive in the U.K. January 2012. The website Know Your Mobile the one being who initially reported this has cited a close source to Amazon. According to the report the device will be available shortly after New Years in the United Kingdom and the price could sit around £199. The fact that the U.K. could have been chosen as the second market to recieve the device is completely plausible however we will have to wait for an official statement to confirm whether this is true or not, and if it is true that shouldn’t be too far away.
