Acer Iconia Tab A510 Olympic Edition ready to ship for $450

If you’ve been hit by the Olympic bug and are on the lookout for an Olympic-themed tablet, look no further than the Acer Iconia Tab A510. After the tablet received its formal introduction last month, the Acer Iconia Tab A510 is now listed on Acer’s US website as available for purchase. What makes it worthy of your non-Monopoly money?

The Acer Iconia Tab A510 is the company’s first quad-core Tegra 3 tablet in the US. To be more precise, you’ll find a 1.3GHz quad-core processor powering the device. Meanwhile, the 10-inch display and 1280 x 800 resolution are complemented by the tab’s 32GB internal storage, 1GB of RAM, a 5MP rear camera with autofocus, 1MP front camera, and a mini HDMI port.

Fortunately, Acer hasn’t neglected fitting the Iconia Tab A510 with a powerful battery. The 9800 mAh power pack found on the Iconia Tab A510 is enough to provide 12 hour of battery life. Aside from this, you’ll also be pleasantly surprised to see an only lightly customized version of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich running on the tab.

The Acer Iconia Tab A510 comes in white and black versions, and the slate can be yours for $450. If you really want to get that iconic Olympic symbol on the back of the tablet, you may have to buy it directly from the company’s website. As for those who don’t mind biding time until a more powerful Iconia Tab comes along, your best bet lies with the Acer Iconia Tab A700 and its 1920 x 1200 display. No words yet on the price and release date for the big brother though.

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Comments

http://profiles.google.com/conjurenation Chris Aguilar

Small battery and lousy screen resolution are a deal breaker here. Especially with an update to the Nexus 7 on the horizon.
kascollet

3250 mAh and 460g… WTF ?
- Simon Belmont
  
  Yeah. I can’t see that thing last more than 3-4 hours max with Wi-Fi on and web browsing.
  
  I do applaud the fact that it has a GPS in it, though. A lot of low-end tablets omit that.
Leslie Johnson

if its not a nexus 7 or kindle fire hd it cannot compete with the iPad mini
Simon Belmont

Ha. 3250 mAh, which is 1000 mAh less than the Nexus 7 (even my B&N Nook Color’s battery is 4000 mAh).

460 grams is over 1 pound. Pretty crazy for such a small battery and screen size.
Magnetic1

Based on Antutu scores mediatek seems like needing to catch up to the Snapdragons 600/800 and Tegra 4s and the octas. With that said this is suppose to be a budget tablet.