ACER ICONIA TAB W500 WINDOWS TABLET WITH DETACHABLE KEYBOARD

If you are looking for a tablet with a detachable keyboard, you have multiple choices these days. One of the machines is, of course, the Asus Eee Pad Transformer. The other is the Acer Iconia Tab W500. Acer has announced that its Iconia Tab W500 which has a similar design and a replaceable keyboard will hit the market next month. While the Transformer runs Android 3.0 operating system, the Iconia Tab W500 runs Windows 7 Home Premium.

Retailer B&H has started taking orders for the Iconia Tab for $549 plus free shipping. Several other stores are also taking pre-orders for the tablet and expect to have it in stock by next week.

The Acer Iconia Tab W500 has a 10.1 inch display with a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels. It is powered by a 1GHz AMD C-50 dual core processor with Radeon HD 6250 graphics. Other specifications include 2GB of DDR3 memory, a 32GB SSD, WiFi 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth, 2 USB 2.0 ports, an HDMI port, Ethernet jack, and front and rear cameras