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Shopping: Black Friday 2011 Deal–Acer Iconia Tab (Refurb) $269 w/Case

Acer_Iconia_Tab_A500    Currently on the (LINK) Best Buy (http://www NULL.bestbuy NULL.com/site/searchpage NULL.jsp?_dyncharset=ISO-8859-1&_dynSessConf=-2385739114435906649&id=pcat17071&type=page&st=iconia+tab&sc=Global&cp=1&nrp=15&sp=&qp=&list=n&iht=y&usc=All+Categories&ks=960) website, they are offering a refurbished Acer Iconia Tab 16 GB Tablet with Case for $269.99. image

 

     As someone who has tried virtually all 10” tablets, and owns an Iconia Tab (That I paid $399 without a case), I can highly recommend this tablet.  I know it lists as a refurbished model, from the Best Buy (http://www NULL.bestbuy NULL.com/site/Electronics-Promotions/Refurbished+Product+FAQs/pcmcat249600050017 NULL.c?id=pcmcat249600050017) site, here is what that means

 

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     The Iconia Tab looks and feels well built, and comes well equipped. The Iconia Tab has the follow specifications

 

Product Height

 

0.5″

Product Width

 

10.2″

Product Weight

 

1.7 lbs..

Product Depth

 

7″

Processor

 

NVIDIA Tegra 2

Processor Speed

 

1.0GHz

Display Type

 

Widescreen WXGA high-definition multitouch (1280 x 800)

Screen Size (Measured Diagonally)

 

10.1″

Storage Capacity

 

16GB

SD Card Slot

 

Yes

Adobe Flash Compatible

 

Yes

Front Facing Webcam Pixels

 

2.0MP

(Rear) Digital Camera Pixels

 

5.0MP

Wi-Fi Built In

 

Yes

Bluetooth-Enabled

 

Yes

USB 2.0 Ports

 

1

HDMI Output

 

Yes

Operating System

 

Android 3.0 Honeycomb (at boot up)

(Will upgrade to v3.2)

     The Tablet comes with Honeycomb 3.0 installed. Acer has released the 3.2 upgrade for the tablet, so you will be running the official LATEST version of Android. You will get prompted for the upgrade when you 1st boot up and get connected to the internet.  In addition, for those of you who like to Root your Android devices, this is one of the simplest tablets to Root.  Rooting instructions are on (LINK) Tech Geek and More (via XDA – Developers (http://forum NULL.xda-developers NULL.com/showthread NULL.php?t=1138228)).

How To: Acer Iconia 500 (with Gingerbread) Root

acerLetters  I just became the owner of an Acer Iconia 500.

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Specs:

  • 1GHz Tegra
  • 1GB RAM
  • 16GB storage (upgradeable to 32GB)
  • 1280×800 LCD screen
  • 2MP and 5MP front and rear-facing cameras (respectively)
  • built-in HDMI port
  • Six-Axis motion sensing gyro meter
  • Android Version 3.1
  • Kernel Version 2.6.36.3

     As an Android user (HTC EVO 4G) one of the 1st things I’m used to is rooting my Android devices. There are many reasons to root, and for me the biggest reason to want to root my new toy involves being able to install Titanium Backup Root (http://www NULL.appbrain NULL.com/app/titanium-backup-%E2%98%85-root/com NULL.keramidas NULL.TitaniumBackup), which (in my opinion) is the best backup software you can use on any Android hardware.

     So I started searching for information online from anyone who had steps for the Iconia root. There were many posts, but all of them has steps for the Iconia with Android 3.0, and they didn’t work with 3.1.  Finally I came across a post from sc2k (http://forum NULL.xda-developers NULL.com/member NULL.php?u=3377374)on the XDA forum with the simplest steps I’ve ever seen to root any device.

      I need to add the following disclaimer. Rooting (Jailbreaking) has its risks. While rooting is easy to accomplish on the Iconia Tablet, it is worth noting that you could potentially break your device and/or void your warranty. Please make sure you read and follow these directions carefully. You root at your own risk.

     The complete XDA Developers post and root download tool can be found at (LINK) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1138228 (http://forum NULL.xda-developers NULL.com/showthread NULL.php?t=1138228)

You will find a couple of versions of the tool, I used iconiaroot 1.3.apk (which as of 7/28/11 is the latest version).

How to root
1. Goto Settings->Applications and enable "Unknown sources"
2. Download the attached APK file
3. Copy the file to your Iconia
4. Install the APK & start the tool
5. Click "root"
6. Enjoy :-)

How to unroot
1. Start the tool & click "unroot"