- Conclusion Get the lowdown
- Features How it compares
- Performance Real world benchmarks
- Differences Technical showdown
- Reviews Word on the street
- Competition Others to consider
- Discussion Answers and opinions
Acer Iconia Tab W500
- 10.1"
- 32 GB
- WiFi
- Windows 7
Released April, 2011
Rated 100% by by book-reader--book-reader (Dec, 2011)I love the back and front cameras - my much heavier now disposed of laptop did not have a rear camera.
Conclusion Check out the Acer Iconia Tab W500
First reviewed December, 2011
Features Key features of the Acer Iconia Tab W500
10.1”
Windows 7
Rated 100% by by Christian-Strama (May, 2011)The touchscreen is very responsive and accurate and it is surprisingly easy to use the touchscreen keyboard included in Win 7.
screen size
10.1"
10.6"
10.6"
Iconia Tab W500 by J.-Paterson (May, 2011)Speakers are quite impressive for a tablet of this size and the screen is extremely clear.
Iconia Tab W500 by JedUnmounting the screen is very easy, and really is no big deal like some reviews say.
screen resolution
Iconia Tab W500 by ICE (Jul, 2012)First of all i really wanna thank all who took the time to review this tab in great detail.
Iconia Tab W500 by Vladislav (Sep, 2011)The display is good, but the resolution is a little on the low side (you will want 1366x768 for Win8).
memory
| 0 GB | 2 GB   | 8 GB |
camera resolution
| 0 MP | 1.9 MP  | 5 MP |
Iconia Tab W500 by H.-Tuyen (Jul, 2011)+CAMERA: HORRIBLE to be honest, it is slow and laggy when I take 1024x720 images, but it is fine if you reduce the resolution.
Iconia Tab W500 by ElViejo (Apr, 2012)Today 1.3M cameras seem awful since phones now come with 48M cameras, but these cameras.
processor
Iconia Tab W500 by Mad-Cow--moooooooMany will equate it to a netbook without a keyboard, but it's faster than many of the dual core netbooks out there (mainly the cheaper versions - which is almost all of them).
Performance Real world tests of Acer Iconia Tab W500
cpu speed
Iconia Tab W500 by mpark (Mar, 2012)The graphics are awesome, the processor speed is excellent, and I just keep discovering more great things I can do.
Iconia Tab W500 by JedI still really liked the W500, but the C-50 processor needs more muscle to handle cpu intensive applications like Silverlight when playing Netflix.
sunspider 0.9.1 benchmark
Iconia Tab W500 by book-reader--book-reader (Dec, 2011)It is really fast but avoid using Internet Explorer.
Iconia Tab W500 by Kevin-Hsu (Sep, 2011)I do wish there was a good touch browser as fast and responsive as iOS but that is coming with win8.
battery life
6 hour
13 hour
8 hour
Iconia Tab W500 by bgp (Jun, 2012)Pros: Great value, does what is says, more mobile than laptop, longer battery life than laptop, more options for productivity.
Our analysis How does it stack up against its top 10 competitors
pros
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Capacitive -
1.3 MP -
1.3 MP -
2,048 GB (SDXC) -
10.1" -
Play games and use applications that take advantage of device rotation -
Automatically adjust screen brightness for environmental factors -
1,019 ms -
2 GB -
Detects movement for interactive apps -
24 Mbit/s (Bluetooth v3.0 + HS) -
Many games and videos on the Internet require Adobe Flash -
use multiple fingers at once for more complex interactions
cons
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6 hour -
1.3 MP -
How you can use your tablet is controlled by a corporation -
275 x 190 x 16 mm -
Apr, 2011 -
Cannot automatically pinpoint your location on a map -
No sense of direction when standing still -
Poorer input sound quality -
Not safe for use while driving -
need wi-fi or wired connection to be online -
Windows 7 -
1 GHz -
must unlock manually
Reviews Word on the street
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 | Rated by 211 users at amazon.com Rated 100% by by Jianwei-Liang--Jay (Sep, 2011) Rated 80% by by Mad-Cow--mooooooo  Rated 100% by by Betty-Johnson--Rev-Betty (May, 2011) |
Screen
Acer Iconia Tab W500 32 GB | Rated 100% by by JedThe touch keyboard is small but you can't expect a full touch screen keyboard on a 10" screen.
Acer Iconia Tab W500 32 GB | Rated 40% by by Jonathan-CordovaIt elevates the experience of a premium Netbook by adding touch input and great viewing angles.
Acer Iconia Tab W500 32 GB | Rated 60% by by Graymer (Jun, 2011)& it supports at least 5 finger input <- Unfortunately, there is no stylus that is great with this device, it's mostly for touch* Performance.
Type
Acer Iconia Tab W500 32 GB | Rated 100% by by Hien-Nguyen--scatterbrained (Jan, 2012)I love Android tablets BTW but I did need something that I could do more work on with some Windows-proprietary applications.
Acer Iconia Tab W500 32 GB | Rated 80% by by onepair (Jun, 2011)The metro interface windows 8 uses works well on this device and is clean and quicker than 7.
Acer Iconia Tab W500 32 GB | Rated 100% by by Ezra-Jr. (Oct, 2011)And if Windows on a tablet is what you want, this baby is an absolute gem!
Operating system
Acer Iconia Tab W500 32 GB | Rated 100% by by Kazaam (Sep, 2011)The onscreen keyboard in Windows is mind blowing, like you can actually type faster on it than you can with the Ipad keyboard or Android.
Acer Iconia Tab W500 32 GB | Rated 80% by by N.-parson (Dec, 2011)To me it is a pleasure to have a full Os and a tablet Os in one package.
Acer Iconia Tab W500 32 GB | Rated 100% by by Adi-J--technogeek---sportsfanaticAll the great reviewed edu-software were created for older windows OS i.e. XP/2000 and some even for!
Touch
Acer Iconia Tab W500 32 GB | Rated 100% by by S.-Formoso (May, 2011)Touch is a heck of a lot faster than a hand held old world mouse...and I like fast!
Acer Iconia Tab W500 32 GB | Rated 80% by by RahulC (Jun, 2011)Considering that windows by default is not designed for touch interface, the device performed excellent.
Acer Iconia Tab W500 32 GB | Rated 100% by by Ezra-Jr. (Oct, 2011)It's still a beast of an OS, and IMHO Microsoft did a good enough job of making it touch friendly.
Apps
Acer Iconia Tab W500 32 GB | Rated 100% by by Cory-B.-Anderson--Tobra (Jun, 2011)I highly recommend this machine as a laptop replacement and tablet with amazing performance for everything from tablet level gaming to word processing and web browing.
Acer Iconia Tab W500 32 GB | Rated 80% by by N.-parson (Dec, 2011)it is nice because u get facebook notifications, games, and other utilities.
Acer Iconia Tab W500 32 GB | Rated 100% by by H.-Tuyen (Jul, 2011)This tablet is not for gaming, if you really love those mini games, don't get this because you will soon be disappointed because of its limitation.
Competition What else you should consider
 | 1 | Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 Higher resolution rear camera Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 vs Acer Iconia Tab W500 |
 | 2 | Microsoft Surface RT OK sunspider 0.9.1 benchmark Microsoft Surface RT vs Acer Iconia Tab W500 |
 | 3 | Samsung ATIV Tab Longest battery life Samsung ATIV Tab vs Acer Iconia Tab W500 |
 | 4 | Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga Largest amount of storage capacity Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga vs Acer Iconia Tab W500 |
 | 5 | MSI WindPad 110W-014US 7-way tie: Supports Flash MSI WindPad 110W-014US vs Acer Iconia Tab W500 |
 | 6 | Microsoft Surface 2-way tie: Biggest screen Microsoft Surface vs Acer Iconia Tab W500 |
 | 7 | Acer Iconia Tab W500P Has a microphone jack W500P vs W500 32 GB |
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November 8, 2012
Acer W500 with windows 8, runs better than windows 7
I have upgraded my Acer Iconia w500 to Windows 8 Pro, With the built in 32 GB Solid State, it still has 16GB free (after cleaning up the old Win7 files) Needed to have 50 percent of the C:\ I...
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