The new Acer Iconia Tab A500 is one a slew of Android devices aiming to find its niche in a world currently dominated by the Apple iPad 2. What sets the Iconia Tab apart from its competition is primarily its price - cheaper than the iPad 2. That makes it an option for those looking for an Android tablet on a budget, but not enough of a break to sway many people away from the iPad 2.

Acer Iconia Tab - Design & Build:

The Acer Iconia Tab A500 is a very nice looking device, with a brushed aluminum back that wraps around onto the front panel. But the Iconia Tab also has the unfortunate distinction of being the heaviest Android table on the market at 1.69 pounds. While the Iconia Tab is only .05 pounds heavier than the Motorola Zoom, it is a full 5oz heftier then the LG G-Slate and nearly 6oz heavier than the iPad 2.

Overall, we are quite pleased with the Acer Iconia Tab A501 specs. Acer has managed to input some of the latest technology inside the Acer Iconia A501, and it shows in our Acer Iconia A501 review unit, making it one of the high end Android tablets available on the market to date.

Acer Iconia Tab - Design & Build:

We have the Acer Iconia A501 review unit on our hands and to be frank, at first we think that the Iconia Tab is a plain-looking Android tablet. But all of that soon to change as we play around with the Acer Iconia A501. The Android honeycomb tablet has a very sturdy body, and you can find the backside of our Acer Iconia Tab review unit wrapped in aluminum. The curvey backside of the Acer Iconia A501 add some comfort when we hold them. On the side of our Acer Iconia A501 review unit there are ports, including HDMI-out, USB, and headphone jack. MicroSD slot can be found at the top.

A truly mobile tablet for truly mobile people, the Acer ICONIA TAB A101 packs power and speed into a stylish unibody metal casing. An affordable and attractive tablet for convenient web browsing, gaming and reading, youll find work and social event are made easier with its powerful planning software and 3G connectivity.

Acer Iconia Tab A101 - Design & Build:

Featuring best-in-class technologies powering a stunning 7-inch 16:10 multi-touch screen (1024 x 600 resolution), the ICONIA TAB A101 offers convenience, versatility and speed. This tablet has a trendy and dynamic flavour thanks to sensual lines and designer patterns on the back cover. Inside, an nVidia Tegra 250 1GHz processor and 512MB DDR2 RAM give you the performance you need whatever the task, be it web browsing, streaming multimedia, or playing the best mobile games.

If there's one thing we like better than gadgets, it's accidentally breaking gadgets. Why, just today we pulled the headphones out of an Acer Iconia Tab A100 tablet, and broke the case. Needless to say, we spent several minutes giggling like a naughty schoolboy, then popped it back and ran off to the nearest Wi-Fi hotspot to tell you all about it.

In Acer's defence, the A100 we saw was a pre-production version, and had probably been manhandled more times than an ageing courtesan: it was a demo version of the forthcoming 7-inch Android tablet being shown off, and from the looks of them they're probably not very gentle.

Acer Iconia Tab A100 - Design & Build:

Breakages aside, the A100 looks like a neat little tablet on paper. It's packed with features and connections, including HDMI, USB and mini-USB. It can output high-definition video to your TV and is powered by a dual-core Nvidia Tegra 2 processor.

While Acer have always been about value - added devices (cheap and affordable), they may be breaking a new price drop record by dropping the price of their Acer Iconia Tab A1-801 tablet from $249 to $149.99. Initially spotted on a French retailer site, the A1-801 may have the following specs:

• 1.2GHz MediaTek MT8125 ARM Cortex-A9 quad-core CPU
• 1GB RAM
• 16GB of storage
• 7.9-inch IPS screen (1024 x 768)
• 5MP rear camera + VGA front camera
• 3250 mAh battery
• 802.11b / g / n,  Bluetooth V4.0, GPS
• Android 4.2