The Acer Iconia Tab A500 is the company's first Honeycomb-based tablet and it features a 10.1-inch screen, dual-core Nvidia Tegra 2 processor and front- and rear-facing cameras.
Check out these specs:
10.1-inch 1280x800 TFT WXGA screen
Nvida Tegra 250 1GHz dual-core processor
1 GB of RAM
Adobe Flash support
16 GB flash storage with Micro-SD reader capable of up to 32GB of additional memory
802.11n Wi-Fi
5 megapixel rear camera with flash and auto-focus, 2 megapixel fixed-focus front camera
Bluetooth
Battery rated at 8 hours for video playback and 10 hours for web browsing
Specification-wise, the Iconia Tab A500 is a dead-ringer for the Motorola Xoom. The big difference -- and this is an important difference -- is price.
The Xoom entered the market at a wallet-breaking $799.99. Although this included a 3G (upgradable to 4G) radio, the fact that the tablet ends up costing $70 more than a similarly equipped iPad 2 3G was a turnoff to a number of users.
Motorola introduced a lower-priced Wi-Fi only Xoom at the end of March, but the damage may already have been done.
Acer is not only matching Apple's iPad 2 price point, it's besting it by $50. The Iconia Tab A500 will be available exclusively at Best Buy stores. Users can pre-order the A500 in Best Buy stores beginning April 14.