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what's up prize 5 fans i'm brian Tong and this is a matchup between two honeycomb tablets that won't break the bank it's a prize 5 watch out between the acer iconia tab and the asuste eat at transformer now our judges for this fight our CEO Andrew Donald Taco Bell senior associate editor Eric shake and bake Franklin and myself ringing in the gun dating column will take all three judges blind scores and average them out the nearest tenth each round the final price wide score will be an average of all rounds using the same decimal system we're putting in six rounds work for this fight round one is design the acer iconia tab has a smooth body with a real nice metal finishing edges but pick it up this thing is the heaviest tablet on the market weighing in at one point six nine pounds and trust me you'll feel it now the asuste transformer has a nice weight to it and a classy design there's more screen and less bezel and that's always a good thing plus I like its texture booty that I could run my fingers on all day a su space the first round with a 3.7 and acer needs to hit the treadmill with a 3.3 next round is controls an user interface both tablets are running honeycomb so the look and feel is very similar the acer iconia tab brings up physical rotation lock switch so you don't have to go into the software settings plus including Dolby mobile to tweak the audio settings is a nice addition now the transformer has no lock switch but it has a volume rocker placed on the side which is perfect for a tablet primarily used in landscape mode it also has a built-in screen shot function so you won't need to download any third-party app and they've changed the navigation icons now I'm not really a fan of the virtual keyboard because including numbers makes it feel more cramped but it doesn't hurt it here a suit takes another round this time with a four and acer gets a 3.7 this after averaging two rounds the transformer leave by four tenths of a point next round is features these two tablets have 16 gigs of storage Wi-Fi and Bluetooth and you won't find 3g or 4g on either them but acer brings the most connections you can find with hdmi and audio out a micro SD card slot on top plus a mini USB and a standard USB port the transformer is lacking when it comes to ports you'll find audio out a microSD card slot the less common mini HDMI and that's it but there's a port on the bottom that gives it its best feature the ability to dock it to a laptop keyboard it's a great option for an additional one hundred and fifty dollars and you'll get two USB ports but we're still comparing these guys as tablets the acer iconia tab takes round three with a four and the transformer gets a 3.3 next round is web browsing and multimedia both tablets are using the same browser support flash and have the same multimedia experience which is a good thing HD video looked great on both of them but what sets them apart is their cameras the iconia tab has a 2 megapixel front facing camera and a 5 megapixel rear camera with flash that takes richer and more detailed pictures but it's a little pickier with multimedia formats now the transformer offers a 1.2 megapixel front facing camera and a 5 megapixel camera with no flash on the back but taking advantage of the keyboard dock feature gives it a real advantage win web browsing we're calling this round a tie at three point seven points apiece so after averaging four rounds with just two left to go we're locked in a dead heat next round is two fold these two tablets are snapping performers when you're navigating through honeycomb and it feels like an identical experience when it comes to speed the acer iconia tab was able to pump out seven point eight hours of juice in our tests and the transformer squeeze seven point three hours of juice which is still respectable now neither of them were able to get close to apples ten our iPad battery life but you'll be more than happy with these solid performers we've got another time this round and the judges called even at four with just one more round left to go the final round that decides it all is value acer iconia tab has specs that go neck and neck with the more expensive Motorola Xoom but it's price point is a whole different story four hundred and fifty dollars it's fifty dollars less than an entry-level ipad 2 and it's an excellent price for a honeycomb tablet but then there's the asuste transformer that cuts the fat and brings us a four-hundred-dollar honeycomb tablet experience with a solid form factor bottom line this is a price point that will make consumers think twice the transformer brings a big bang for the buck and gets a 4.7 and the iconia tab gets a 3.7 go to average out all six rounds and in a throwdown that was dead even until the final round the asuste transformer takes this battle 3.9 to 3.7 and is your prize fight winner both of these tabs are honeycomb experiences that do the platform proud but it's the asuste epad transformers price that puts it over the top i'm brian Tong thanks for watching catch you guys next time on another prize box