Acer Iconia Tab A501

It's a worthy tablet if you want tons of ports, 3G/4G data capability, and you don't want to spend too much money.

You really don't need the 3g capability on a tablet if you have a smartphone that you can use as a 3g hotspot.

I bought this to be used in Nigeria, but was frustrated because the 3G/4G features on it is useless.

We did find that pictures taken on the Galaxy Tab 10.1 4G had a higher level of color saturation and a higher perceived contrast ratio than the A501's pictures.

But the screen sucks, so you might want to demo this device in a store before going through with the purchase.

The main issues I've had is the screen will lock in position (without the lock switch) making operation very inconvient.

It is stylish, sexy and fast.

Overall, tablet design has moved on from the chunky mold of the Xoom and Iconia A500 of just a few months ago.

The basic design is virtually identical to the A500 released earlier this year, so we've taken much of the text of that review and reused it here where appropriate.

Updated the operating system to honeycomb 3.2 and now I have more functionality such as being able to share the Internet connection.

I don't mind it, but it is noticeable.-The device ships with Android 3.01 and if you want Acer's official Android 3.2 update right now you'll have to do a little bit of work to force it to install.

As far as android apps, I have found everything I used with my iphone or a decent replacement, that is still another non-issue for me, look hard enough, I guarantee you will find an app.

All the pictures that I took with my camera, I was able to easily transfer to my tablet through the USB port.

I can insert my USB thumb drive and transfer my documents directly to the tablet using my favorite file explorer (ES file explorer).

I have the 16GB tablet, so this will probably come in handy in the near future when I start loading tons of stuff onto the device.-If you want to copy files to the tablet, just connect it to your computer via USB.