Acer has officially announced the Iconia
W3 today at Computex 2013, packaging Windows 8 inside an 8-inch tablet
for the first time.
At 0.45 inches thick and 8.1 inches on
the screen, the tablet specs announced today all agree with the leaked
specs we’d already heard, and make it the smallest Windows 8-packing
slate seen so far.
The Acer Iconia W3 is powered by an Intel Atom
‘Clover Trail’ Z2760 processor at 1.8 GHz, it has an 8-inch 1280 x 800
display and either 32 GB or 64 GB of internal storage plus microSD card
expansion. You also get front and rear facing two-megapixel cameras,
Bluetooth 4.0, microUSB, micro-HDMI and an optional full-sized keyboard
dock that contains a keyboard similar to that of Acer’s 13-inch
notebooks.
The Iconia W3 will be capable of eight hours of battery life,
according to Acer, and the unit will weigh around 540 grams with 11.35
mm of thickness. The tablet runs Windows 8 Pro out of the box, and will
also come with Office 2013 Home & Student bundled at no extra cost.
This device will be offered in two
storage size options, either 32GB or 64GB (internal), with a microSD
card slot included with both that’ll allow 32GB more with your own
microSD card.
When it first appeared on the web it was
priced at around $380 (Rs. 21,500/-) without the keyboard dock, so we
can expect a price approaching $480 (26,500/-) for the set. So far, Acer
hasn’t set a launch date
for the Iconia W3, but this tablet’s appearance can be taken as a sign
that Windows 8 may soon be rolling out to more small-format hybrid
tablets, making a new set of rivals for the iPad, iPad Mini and Android tablets.
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