W3 Iconia: Acer finally formalizes the first Windows 8 tablet to ... - Generation NT

Microsoft announced willing to invest the small tablet market to compete with the format for Galaxy Note mini iPad which currently share a growing volume of users.

Thus Acer which draws the first and offers its Iconia W3, the first tablet 8 inch screen running under Windows 8 (not RT).

almost 500 grams on the scale and a thickness of 11.43 mm, W3 wants to be more massive than the iPad Mini and this is unfortunately not the only negative that appears in the table for comparison.

Thus the overall quality of the screen is below the features of the competition. Weaklings viewing angles, color reproduction just in average, and only a definition of 1280 x 800 pixels, that makes spot when you want to compete with the iPad mini screen has almost become a reference. The Verge also reports that the screen would sometimes displayed artifacts in the grip.

For the rest, the Intel Atom Acer playing card and it is a Z2760 Clover Trail platform which is integrated with the tablet, along with a storage capacity of 32 or 64 GB, expandable through the microSD port.

keyboard dock that also functions and proposing to transform the tablet into a portable PC is available as an option at around $ 80.

The manufacturer announced up to 8 hours of battery life, enough to make a relatively productive shelf margin since the OS that allows basic office functions, Office should be installed for free on it.

Acer Iconia W3 should offer at around $ 379 without specifying how much storage capacity would be affected by this price, however it looks for 32 GB

Finally we need to see how Windows 8 is doing (and updated) on these devices at once compact, but offers low overall performance. For it is indeed the Microsoft OS that should be put forward and make the strong point of this type of tablet.