Acer has taken the wraps off its second 8 - inch tablet: the Iconia W4, a follow - up to
the Iconia W3.
One thing we haven't seen yet is a truly palm - size Windows 8 touch - screen device — until the Acer
Iconia W3, an 8 - inch Windows 8 tablet that pairs with a $ 79 keyboard dock to form a micro version of a desktop all - in - one PC (we tested the $ 429.99 version, the W3 -810-1650, which has a 64 GB solid - state drive — a 32 GB SSD version is $ 379.99).
The Acer
Iconia W3 piqued our interest earlier in the year but the sector has now been completely re-born through products that combine Intel's Baytrail platform with Windows 8.1.
Chief amongst Toshiba's IFA lineup this year is the Toshiba Encore, which will take on the Acer
Iconia W3 and become the Japanese firm's first 8 - inch Windows 8 tablet.
The Iconia W3 is likely aimed at students and on - the - move professionals.
We couldn't even attempt to play «World of Warcraft» on older Atom - based tablets like
the Iconia W3 - 810 or Lenovo ThinkPad tablet, but the bottom line is that you should stick to Windows Store and online games.
Even the long - lasting Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 2 (9:40) and Acer
Iconia W3 - 810 (8:54) could not keep up.
That's a rate of 25.3 MBps, slightly below the tablet category average of 27.7 MB ps, but better than the Acer
Iconia W3 - 810 (21.9 MBps), Dell Latitude 10 (22 MBps) and Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet (20.7 MBps).
With
the Iconia W3, its new 8.1 - inch Windows 8 tablet, Acer is hoping to put a fully - functioning desktop in the palm of your hand and wipe out the need for the iPad mini or Nexus 7 at the same time.
The Iconia W3 should be available from early this month in various places around the UK.
Windows 8.1 supports a variety of screen sizes from standard laptops to the new Acer
Iconia W3 announced at Computex 2013.
It is the successor to the Acer
Iconia W3... Read more...
We will have more on
the Iconia W3 the moment Acer tells us anything.
What's important is the Surface Pro and
Iconia W3 are at long last available for realistic prices.
Look here,
the Iconia W3 packs the same features that were mentioned in the rogue Amazon listing.
After much teasing, Acer has finally gone official with
their Iconia W3 Windows 8 tablet, also the world's first 8 - inch tablet running Microsoft's OS.
Something that's now seen both the Surface Pro and Acer
Iconia W3 get heavy discounts themselves.
The Miix 2 8 is as easy to tote and use as other small tablets like the Acer
Iconia W3, Dell Venue 8 Pro, and is quite a bit more portable than our current hybrid Editors» Choice Asus Transformer Book T100TA.
Microsoft has finally begun to fulfil their promise of delivering smaller tablets, and it begins with the Acer
Iconia W3.
Don't you forget, this is the full x86 version of Windows, so all those programs that you have installed on your desktop / laptop run on
the Iconia W3 as well.
Meanwhile, Acer's
Iconia W3 has been dropped to a starting price of $ 299, both via the Microsoft Store and through sellers such as Amazon or Staples.
While it is true that the Lenovo Miix 2 8 and competitors like the Dell Venue 8 Pro and Acer
Iconia W3 have the portability and capabilities to replace your laptop, the fact that you have to tote a Bluetooth keyboard or do without may concern users who type a lot.
Ladies and gentlemen, meet the Acer
Iconia W3
Unlike the majority of its ilk,
the Iconia W3 features a rather novel docking mechanism whereby the tablet itself slots into the back of the detachable keyboard for transport.
While the screen could be better, the Acer
Iconia W3 - 810 offers a full Windows 8 experience, Microsft Office and long battery life in a portable 8 - inch package.
You can play 1080p videos on
the Iconia W3 - 810, but don't try anything too graphically intense.
The slate's brightness rating more than doubled the 222 - lux
Iconia W3 - 810, and significantly outperformed the 377 - lux Dell Venue 8 Pro and the 361 - lux category average.
While the weak CPU may rule out a purchase for some, don't necessarily dismiss
the Iconia W3 outright.
The Miix 2 completed the task in 20 minutes and 22 seconds, which is almost 10 minutes faster than
the Iconia W3 - 810 (30:17) but a few minutes slower than the 15:56 category average.
The Acer
Iconia W3 - 810 is available in just two configurations, a 32 GB version that's priced at $ 379 ($ 349 at Office Depot) and a 64 GB model that goes for $ 429 ($ 399 at Office Depot).
Just forget about using the Acer
Iconia W3 - 810 in bright sunlight.
Under the hood
the Iconia W3 sports a Intel -LSB-...]
This is faster than
the Iconia W3 - 810 (14 seconds), the ASUS Transformer Book T100 (17 seconds) and the 16 - second tablet average, but just a bit slower than the Venue 8 Pro's 10 - second startup time.
Microsoft offered the Acer
Iconia W3 - 810 to all attendees at its Build 2013 conference this week, following an early June unveiling of the small tablet at the Computex trade show.
If you want to take a closer look and learn more, please check out our video.The
Iconia W3 329 euros for 32 GB, 379 euros for 64 GB and should up for pre order on Amazon in the next few days.
Also,
the Iconia W3 - 810 doesn't charge over microUSB, but instead uses a proprietary power jack.
Enter the $ 379 Acer
Iconia W3 - 810 ($ 429 as tested with 64 GB of storage), the first in a new breed of smaller Windows tablets that are significantly more portable and affordable than their larger siblings.
The Iconia W3 weighed in at a hefty 1.1 pounds and was 0.44 inches thick.
I played with
the Iconia W3 for several hours, looking to determine whether the smaller size and screen improves the basic Windows tablet experience.
The Iconia W3 - 810's display was more than large enough for reading the content in Modern Apps like the news app or surfing the web in the Modern version of IE 10.
However, if you want real Windows on your tablet, the Acer
Iconia W3 - 810 is your most portable, affordable option.
Consistent with other Atom - powered tablets,
the Iconia W3 - 810 takes a while to handle compute - intensive tasks.
And with its included version of Office, plus a dedicated Bluetooth keyboard, content creation is possible on
the Iconia W3, too.
On PCMark 7, a synthetic benchmark that measures overall performance, the Acer
Iconia W3 - 810 scored a modest 1,415, about half the tablet category average of 2,877 but on a par with other Atom - powered Windows 8 tablets such as the ASUS VivoTab Smart (1,399) and the HP Envy X2 (1,428).
Acer was the first to debut an 8 - inch Windows 8 tablet with
the Iconia W3, but since then everyone from Dell to Lenovo to Toshiba has entered the market.
The Acer
Iconia W3 flips Windows computing on its head, rotating the screen into an 8.1 - inch, easy - to - hold, portrait form factor.
At 8.5 x 5.11 x 0.35 inches, the Venue 8 Pro is similar in size to the $ 379 Acer
Iconia W3 - 810 (8.6 x 5.3 x 0.44 inches).
Indeed, the leaked
Iconia W3 appeared on Acer's Finnish website soon after its brief Amazon debut, and it came with Office Home & Student bundled.
The Encore earned a 2,496 on the PCMark 7 performance test, outscoring the Miix 2 (2,384), Venue 8 Pro (2,263), and the older
Iconia W3 - 810 (1,415).
The Venue 8 Pro's screen truly shines, as its brightness rating of 377 lux beats out the 204 - lux Transformer Book T100, 222 - lux
Iconia W3 - 810 and the 358 - lux category average.