Best Buy Gets Acer's Iconia Tab A500

Acer just announced that its Iconia Tab A500 is now available for pre-order online exclusively from Best Buy. The Acer Iconia Tab A500 is the company's first 10.1-inch tablet running Android 3.0 (Honeycomb).

The new Acer Iconia Tab A500 tablet weighs only 1.69 pounds and is a mere 0.52-inch thin. It features a 10.1-inch multi-touch screen and comes packed with the NVIDIA Tegra 250 1GHz dual-core processor and integrated GeForce GPU for HD gaming, 1080p video and faster browsing, as well as running multiple apps and flash-based sites, games and applications. In fact, it comes with two games already on it - "Need for Speed: Shift" and "Let's Golf"!

It also includes forward and rear-facing cameras for capturing videos and photos as well as video conferencing. HD 720p video can be viewed on its 1280x800 TFT WXGA display 10.1-inch widescreen in a 16:10 aspect ratio. In addition, the Acer Iconia Tab A500 can be used as a media hub to share 1080p video via the HDMI port with other devices. Sound is good too, thanks to Dolby Mobile technology.

clear.fi is also installed on the Iconia Tab A500, which allows you to connect to other DLNA-compliant devices for sharing digital media. Clear.fi automatically connects all Acer devices on a network (smartphones, notebooks, desktops, HD media players and storage devices) and then gathers and organizes media files by type (video, music, photo, pre-recorded TV).

The Acer Iconia Tab A500 with WiFi is now available for pre-order online at bestbuy.com and may be pre-ordered in stores beginning April 14. The Acer Iconia Tab A500 with WiFi will be available in stores and online beginning April 24. It has an MSRP of $449.99.