Gadgetory

the first quad-core tablet be a sous transformer prime launched in december 2011 with the adoption rate of quad-core on tablets since then has been slow the new acer iconia tab a510 marks only the third tablet to use a quad-core cpu and is actually the first made by someone other than a sous but with the assuage transformer pad tf300 currently priced fifty dollars cheaper than the acer is the a510 even worth considering hi i'm eric franklin and today i'll take a first look at the acer iconia tab a510 the acer is a fairly typical looking 10.1 inch tablet with a 1280 x 800 resolution screen it has connections like micro HDMI micro SD which allows you to expand its built-in 32 gigabytes of storage by another 32 gigabytes a rotation lock and a volume rocker there's a micro USB port on the bottom used as a power input as well as a way to transfer files acer also gives you a female USB dongle instead of a full USB port which i guess is better than not having one at all but you probably wouldn't want to carry one of these around anyway it just kind of silly there's a 1 megapixel camera on the front and a 5 megapixel camera on the back with no LED light don't expect great things from these cameras they take the same typical washed out footage and pictures that at this point with a couple of exceptions I've kind of gotten used to with tablet cameras the tablet feels solid when held and the gritty texture on the back really makes it feel comfortable it's a bit heavier than the tf300 but i actually prefer holding the acer the acer screen is a normal LCD and has pretty washed out colors compared to the tf300 especially when viewed from off angles you can kind of see the color drop out as your perspective changes the screen is responsive but not quite as sensitive to the touch as a tf300 the acer ships with ice cream sandwich and when navigating the OS you get that great 60 frames per second smoothness apps load quickly in Wi-Fi performance is as fast as a fastest android tablet acer ring returns after we last saw it on the a200 the feature is a shortcut to bookmarks and apps it feels a bit faster here but I honestly turned it off after only a few moments of using it I really don't think is that useful and I felt like it kind of gotten away sometimes games like ripped I perform as fast as what I've seen on the transformer prime with high frame rates and that awesome splashy screen effect however I'm still disappointed about a lack of games that take advantage of Tiger threes true power 1080p movies played smoothly and look appropriately whoa hi def well the a 510 you're paying 450 dollars for a 32 gigabyte quad-core tablet and while that would have been impressive even a couple of weeks back now with the tf300 out there you can get pretty much the same features with better screen performance and better camera for fifty dollars less the 8510 isn't a bad tablet by any means and it's actually one of the most comfortable tablets have ever held it's just kind of difficult to recommend when they're better performing and cheaper options out there once again i'm eric franklin this has been the first look at the acer iconia tab a510