Acer Iconia W Series 10.1-Inch Tablet PC (Silver) – W500-BZ467 and W500P-BZ841

Acer Iconia W Series 10.1-Inch Tablet PC (Silver) Features

The Acer Iconia W Series 10.1-Inch Tablet PC features a hybrid design that includes the portability of a multitouch tablet with the full productivity of a standard notebook. The tablet PC allows you to enjoy hands-on multimedia by using the touch capabilities. With the exclusive hybrid design you are able to take this Tab on-the-go or connect it into the docking station with full-size chiclet keyboard.

Touch Control and Cloud Consumption

Launch the Acer Ring to use the touch applications and built-in utilities to experience the delightful user interface. The handy Device Control console allows you to easily modify device settings and access peripheral ports and devices from graphical menus.

Enhance your internet surfing experience by using onscreen gestures to zoom, flip and scroll with TouchBrowser. With Acer clear.fi, you are able to organize, share and enjoy your favourite media across different devices within your home network. Collect web clippings with MyJournal. Enjoy full web browsing with Adobe Flash Player, and play to the max with preloaded Internet games. SocialJogger puts your social life in one place so you can check updates from your Facebook and Twitter contacts in a single glance.

HD Internet and Connectivity

HD videos come alive on the 10.1 inch 720p HD capacitive multi-touch display, which supports image auto rotation. Its wide viewing angles enhance your digital world and make everyday activities simple.

Connect HDMI port to projectors or HDTVs for widescreen enjoyment of HD media. A powerful dual core AMD processor with integrated graphics provides smooth multitasking and Internet video. Thanks to Dolby technologies for providing great sound.

Interesting Features

The Acer W500 comes with Windows 7 Home Premium (32-bit) / Windows 7 Professional, and the latest Dual-Core AMD C-50 Processor, this hybrid Tab has the power to handle Flash 10.1 HD while also enjoying long battery life. The tablet PC offers 2GB DDR3 memory, as well as 32GB solid state drive.

It features a 10.1 inch HD Multi-Touch LED-backlit TFT LCD (1280 x 800), ATI Radeon HD 6250 Graphics, and AMD A50M Fusion chipset.

Other features includes Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, dual 1.3MP webcams, HDMI, USB 2.0 ports, 3-cell Li-Polymer Battery (3260 mAh), up to 6-hours Battery Life for web browsing, up to 4 Hours for HD Video Playback, Dockable Keyboard, 10/100 Ethernet (on Keyboard Dock), and Microsoft Office Starter 2010.

Acer Iconia W500-BZ467 10.1-Inch Tablet PC (Silver): Customer Reviews

Acer Iconia W500-BZ467 10.1-Inch Tablet PC (Silver) has been reviewed and rated an average of 4 out of 5 stars from reviewers on Amazon.

Here are some of the positive comments to date (Pros):

• The touch screen is very responsive and HD videos look great on it.
• A full operation system in Windows 7
• Web surfing is no problem.
• Wi-Fi connections works great and the keyboard add on is very easy to use but be warned you cannot use it on your lap unless you have a laptop tray or flat hard surface to place it on then on your lap.
• Runs windows well and you can use normal programs.
• The price is fair.
• SD slot and USB

There are some negative comments (Cons):

• Only has a 32GB SSD, out of the box the user has only 17GB of that to use.
• Both cameras are 1.3MP, the rear should be at 5MP.

Conclusion from customers

Over all, this unit costs less than some Honeycomb tablets and the added keyboard made this unit over the 16GB Asus Transformer. There is room for improvement to fix the camaras. All in all if you need something portable and touch with a full operating system this is a great unit.

Acer Iconia W Series 10.1-Inch Tablet PC (Silver) Specifications

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Acer Iconia W Series 10.1-Inch Tablet PC (Silver) is now available on Amazon.

Date first available: April 24, 2011 and March 16, 2011
Retail Price: $549.99 (Windows 7 Home Premium), $619.00 (Windows 7 Professional)
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