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ACER ICONIA A1-810 TABLET: IT'S NO iPAD MINI, BUT PRICE-WISE,DEFINITELY AFFORDABLE

Into a market that is full of tablets, Acer has jumped in with
its Iconia A1-810. The play is on price (low budget), but there are
a few tweaks that sets it apart from the rest.
If you were thinking the Acer Iconia A1-810 is an iPad Mini
replacement for Android fans,you'd be wrong. Sure, on the
surface, the A1-810 aims to replicate the iPad Mini's appeal,
but in reality, it is a budget Android tablet.
Both tablets share the same 7.9-inch screen size, 4:3 aspect ratio,
and subpar resolution (by today's standards), but that's kind of where the similarities
end. The A1-810 is noticeably thicker than the iPad Mini and
aesthetically, while it's not homely, it probably won't be
winning any design awards.
And while Android has seen massive improvements to its app ecosystem, it's still no iOS. So a more apt comparison would be Google's Nexus 7. Both tablets run the latest version of Android (4.2.2), but the A1-810 has a
Micro-HDMI port and its storage can be expanded using a
microSD card.
However, Google's 7-incher sports a more comfortable build
and a sharper screen, and since it's made by the people who built
the operating system it's running on, it will get updates a lot
quicker.
Having said that, the Iconia A1-810 isn't a bad tablet, just
one that fails to stand out in any meaningful way. However, its low
- as 8-inch tablets go - street price ($200 for 16GB of storage;
$170 for 8GB) makes some of its shortcomings easier to swallow.

Design :
For a small tablet, the Iconia A1-810 is chunky, and it feels
hollow despite its weight and girth. Taking a cue from the
Nexus 7's design rather than the iPad Mini's, the top and bottom bezels are thicker than the left
and right ones, adding to its overall robust build. The tablet
would look sleeker with thinner bezels, but it is apparent that thin is not in with this model. So far from being an Android version of the iPad Mini, its clunky design
turns it into a bloated knockoff.
There are positives present of course. The power button on the
top edge and volume rocker on the right edge protrude slightly
and are easy to find without having to go searching for them.
The microSD card slot and microphone are directly beneath
the volume rocker, with a shutdown pinhole and Micro-
HDMI port sitting below them.
The bottom edge of the tablet is home to the Micro-USB port and headphone jack.
In fact, this is where it leapfrogs its rivals. The inclusion of a
microSD slot and Micro-HDMI port
gives the Iconia A1-810 a leg up on the port-challenged iPad Mini and Nexus 7.
With no ambient light sensor, the screen's brightness has to be
adjusted manually. However,thanks to the inclusion of
Android 4.2.2, the brightness setting -- accessed via a quick
swipe down from the top-right corner of the screen -- is only a
few steps away. Due to the screen's relatively dim maximum brightness setting, you will
probably end up running it on full blast the majority of the time,making an automatic brightness
adjustment seem less necessary.
Medium-rare Android The Iconia A1-810 runs an almost pure version of Android
but its low build quality fails to take advantage of some of Jelly Bean 4.2.2's fun features. Acer's Touch WakeApp feature is meant to provide easy access to your
locked device via different gestures made on the screen.
Placing five fingers on top of the display unlocks the device and tapping two thumbs on the
locked screen launches the camera or a user-designated
app. I'm personally a fan of apps that make the most mundane
tasks appear like works of magic,but it was as if I needed to
actually cast a spell to get the feature to function correctly. The
time it took continually tapping
on the device to unlock the screen or activate the camera far surpassed the few swipes of a finger that would traditionally cue the same result.
Not to say it didn't work-- the function was successful when I
didn't need it. Before I eventually gave up on the app (you can
easily disable it in the settings), I unknowingly launched the camera various times while it
was in my bag and sometimes while I was simply carrying it
around. The Touch WakeApp on the Iconia A1-810 falls flat due to its inability to make already easy
tasks even easier.