Amazon’s Android Tablet May Be the Best and Kill the Rest

The Kindle Fire could be the first truly successful Android tablet. It touts a very reasonable $200 price tag, a well-curated app store, easy access to Amazon’s cloud-based services, brand trust and recognition. It’s Amazon’s most ambitious foray into hardware since the original Kindle’s debut.

And the Fire has the potential to engulf all its Android tablet brethren.

To date, Android tablet sales have mostly been lackluster. The Motorola Xoom only shipped 440,000 units in its first three months. Samsung’s 7-inch Galaxy Tab fared better, hitting the one million mark before it had been on the market for two months. But there are countless other Android tablets, and none of them are making a big splash in the iPad-dominated space. Many have taken to slashing their prices just to make a tiny grab at the tablet market.

But the Kindle Fire has the ability to change all that.

The failing point of many existing 7-inch tablets as that they thought of the iPad as their competition. But a 7-inch “tweener,” as Steve Jobs dubbed it, is an inherently different device, and Amazon, with the Kindle Fire, has embraced that difference.

The Kindle Fire is a device created for content consumption, not creation — for reading, listening to music and watching video. As such, at least to start, it’ll rely heavily on Amazon’s own apps and services.

Whether Amazon’s 7-inch tablet fires up Android development will depend on the success of the device.

“It’s a bit of a chicken and egg problem,” Gartner analyst Van Baker says. If the tablet is successful with consumers, then it will spur Android tablet development.

But it really doesn’t look like the Kindle Fire will have any problems being successful.

Forrester analyst Sarah Rotman-Epps expects “rapidfire adoption” of the tablet, which will finally give developers a reason to develop tablet apps. Elaine Coleman of Resolve Market Research shares a similar sentiment. The Kindle Fire will elevate Android app development because Amazon has already done such a standout job of establishing itself in the space with customers, and the Kindle Fire has direct access to its built-in app store.

“This will finally give mobile app developers a much stronger alternative and opportunity to develop their apps beyond the Apple App Store,” Coleman says.

What do developers think? Reviews are mixed.

“The Amazon Kindle Fire looks like an amazing product,” says Eric Setton, co-founder and CTO ofTango. As Tango is a video calling service, his product won’t be compatible until Amazon outs a tablet with a front facing camera.

Michael Novak, an Android developer with the GroupMe team, has a number of reservations.

Novak is disappointed that the Kindle Fire supports Gingerbread, rather than Honeycomb, Android’s tablet-specific build. It’s not a big issue, because Google has a compatibility library, but he still feels it’s a let down. He’s also more excited about developing for a 10-inch screen, like that of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. Unlike in iOS development, he notes that developers need to pay close attention to user experience on these different-sized screens to ensure they take advantage of all each device has to offer.

Novak is also concerned that the tablet ships with Amazon’s app store — he currently sees far fewer downloads of his app from the Amazon app store than from the Android Market (and also far fewer downloads on tablets compared to smartphones), but perhaps that will change when Amazon’s own tablet starts landing in households.

And existing Android tablets better watch out when they do.

“The Kindle Fire will definitely harm the sales of other Android tablets,” says Baker. So far, 7-inch tablet sales have not been doing well, he says, but what we’ve largely had so far is a piece of hardware without any services behind it. Manufacturers are focused on the hardware features and specs, but that’s not what consumers care about. Consumers want the full ecosystem, something Apple, and now Amazon, are able to provide.

Amazon is bringing far more to the table than its competitors, and will likely dominate the 7-inch tablet market and drive competitors’ prices down. It will also force competitors to adopt more cloud-based services, Coleman says.

The Kindle Fire should give the Android platform a major boost, while simultaneously killing off its many players.

Source: Christina Bonnington - Wired.com

Link: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/09/kindle-fire-android-competion/

Most Tegra 2 tablets will get Ice Cream Sandwich

A few sources have confirmed that most Tegra 2 tablets you know will get Ice Cream Sandwich. We are still sniffing around to find out if the ICS is going to end up as Android 4.0 but it will bring phones and tablets much closer and should ship in October or November.

Many Asus, Samsung, Toshiba, Lenovo, Sony and any other Android 3.x compatible tablets on market will have a chance to get the new one. The upgrade will come as manufacturers get it ready and customized for its tablets but most tablets will ship with Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich, probably early next year at the latest.

This is good news for many who were brave to buy the first generation of tablets not based on Apple’s architecture and it will help Google to gather even more momentum for 2012. 2012 looks like a year when Google will be ready for real war against Apple, but at the same time, Android supporters fear that Windows 8 will get a lot of attention when it ships in late 2012.

If you have Motorola Xoom, Samsung 10.1 or any other, Asus Transformer/Transformer 2 or any other Android, Tegra 2 based tablet, expect to get Ice cream sandwich.

Source: Fuad Abazovic - fudzilla.com

Link: http://www.fudzilla.com/home/item/24242-most-tegra-2-tablets-will-get-ice-cream-sandwich

Will Amazon's New Tablet Beat Expectations?

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On Wednesday, Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN ) unveiled its tablet, the Kindle Fire. Although there are several tablets and e-readers on the market, the Kindle Fire is attracting significant attention from consumers and investors alike with its $199 price tag.

Here's a peek at what our investor-intelligence community at The Motley Fool has to say about the Kindle Fire.

Bullish on Amazon.com

Motley Fool Stock Advisor member Mwlove, posting on a Stock Advisor discussion board:
Amazon has found a lucrative niche with these new Kindles, and they offer a variety of price points for people to enter the tablet market. The way that both Amazon and Apple (Nasdaq:AAPL ) are integrating hardware with cloud-based media services is going to put a lot of pressure on both Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX ) and Google (Nasdaq: GOOG ) . Having both hardware and content provides a synergy for Apple and Amazon that others can't match. Apple will keep the high-end market of those who want the cool factor; Amazon will appeal to a completely different market, and can subsidize the hardware to drive sales in other areas. The market is large enough for both Amazon and Apple to be successful. But Amazon's moves make it much more likely that Google buys Netflix.

Community member dlchase24, commenting on an article:
I think Amazon realizes that hardware isn't what will rule the tablet market. It is a media consumption device that helps sell their content. It works the same way for Apple; the iPad is really intended to sell their content, and that's likely why other competitors have failed. While some may argue over screen size or lack of HDMI, they should also consider this is a first generation device. A 10-inch option could be in the works. An HDMI option could be in the works, although there are streamers and such already out there for getting Amazon content in your living room. While everyone is happy to point out what new products don't have (even with Apple's products), I think you have to at least be intrigued with this as a first step for Amazon.

CAPS member Yooperking, writing a Motley Fool CAPS pitch:
Amazon's Kindle Fire will rule the day and its all-time high of $244 will soon be a support price instead of a ceiling.

Community member EGTalbot, commenting on an article:
This is not the iPad killer; it's the [Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS ) ] Nook Color killer and the [Research In Motion (Nasdaq: RIMM ) ] killer (not that RIM isn't also suffering from self-inflicted wounds). The key question is whether it will sell, not whether we can find legitimate things to complain about. Given that Barnes & Noble took a less tech-savvy and much smaller customer base and sold 3 million units the first year with a similar tablet that was more expensive, I could easily see Amazon selling 15 [million to] 20 million units in a year. Given that most of the profit will come from content, it's hard to predict exactly how much that increases earnings, but it's a decent upside.

Bearish on Amazon.com

Community member LWILLS, commenting on an article:
My biggest problem is with the size. Younger generations will simply make do with their phone and older generations will find it too small to be very useful. What it could possibly do is bring in new tablet users who have stayed out of the iPad market [because of] price. Once they "get" the usefulness of a tablet but become frustrated [with] the Fire's limitations, they may be more willing to pony up the dough to buy an iPad. My [65-year-old] aunt, an avowed anti-Apple person, recently purchased a Galaxy Tablet for her birthday. After using it a few days and not being able to do what she wanted on it (limited apps), she returned it and purchased an iPad2. And believe me, she is pretty stubborn. So for her to change her mind really caught my attention.

Community member ScottmFool, commenting on an article:
OK, their customization of Android [had] better be off-the-charts awesome, because based on a comparison with the Nook Color, they're virtually identical except the Fire has a (slightly) smaller screen and no microSD slot. The Fire does beat the Nook on price by $50, but how long do you think it'll take [Barnes & Noble] to lower the price? So, unless that Android customization is awesome, this thing isn't even better than a Nook. My initial impression is that this is media hype. I'll wait for the Nook to drop in price [and] then buy that.

CAPS member EnigmaDude, writing a CAPS pitch:
Wish I had bought some back when it was trading for $50 and everyone was convinced they were overpriced. Now that they have come out with a new tablet, the stock really is overpriced [because of] sky-high expectations.

Source: Motley Fool Staff - Fool.com

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2011/10/02/will-amazons-new-tablet-beat-expectations.aspx

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Will Ice Cream Sandwich take a bite off Apple?

The lavish customisation that Android offers – with cheap hardware and unchecked fragmentation - is the greatest obstacle in building a more cohesive user experience.

A look at why Google needs to get the upcoming platform right.

Henry Ford once said that his customers could have their Ford Model T's in any colour they wanted as long as it was black. Crimping the colour option enabled Ford, the pioneer of mass manufacturing and assembly lines, to crank out then unheard of automobile volumes to cater to the masses.

Apple wears the Henry Ford crown a lot better than most modern day automobile manufacturers do. Customers are free to choose any colour for their iPad or iPhone as long as its black or white. The touch-screen device of their choice sports a screen size of either 9.7 inches or 3.5 inches and one of two processors with similar architecture. The operating system they get to interact with is the iOS, which is designed to run on the company's hardware specs. Basically, it's a highly tailored marriage of hardware and software, a homogeneous product line with few options for consumers - not that many seem to be complaining. Having sold over 120 million iPhones and 30 million iPads, Apple has been laughing all the way to the proverbial bank. Apart from the moolah, the humongous user base has also given Apple the traction needed to build a huge arsenal of applications for consumers to get addicted to.

THE WAY IT WORKS

Apple profits from its hardware and subsequent App Store sales in three ways. First, they earn a massive 30 per cent cut on all products sold through the App Store. This is much to chagrin of sellers like Amazon and the publishing and magazine industry for whom 30 per cent is a sizeable chunk of change. This brings us to the second advantage. Apple, through observing consumer behaviour on the App Store and the iBook store, learns your preferences and spending patterns. This lets them customise and target you with ads or products they think, rather know, you might be interested in. Till date, they've refused to share this knowledge.

The third and most crucial point - as the number of people logging in to the App store increases, more developers are attracted to the idea of hawking their stuff on that platform. Apple makes it easy for developers to create software for the iOS platform - after all, there are only two hardware specs to consider while customising an app. Contrast this with Google's approach to its mobile operating system, Android. The platform is currently the only worthy opponent to Apple's juggernaut. However, Google's approach is in stark contrast to Apple.

GOOGLE STILL ‘SEARCHING'

Google's three year old operating system has met with tremendous amount of success. Google licenses its OS to several hardware manufacturers such as Samsung, HTC, Motorola and several Japanese, Chinese and small, regional manufacturers, for free. The freedom of letting people choose from an array of smartphones - offered by different OEMs and running on different version of the Android platform - has let the Android OS ecosystem dominate 56 per cent of smartphones in the US market.

So, how does Google capitalise on this success? Google's bread and butter comes from the advertisement revenue generated from its search engine. By monitoring key-words and patterns through Google Search, the company gets better at targeted advertising. Google hopes that increased Android usage will translate into more Google searches which would then lead to higher advertising revenues. Android sales have, however, not translated into the kind of success that Apple has enjoyed with its App Store or iTunes.

Rather ironically, the trick that makes Android tick also makes it difficult for the company to tackle competition. The lavish customisation that Android offers – with cheap hardware and unchecked fragmentation - is the greatest obstacle in building a more cohesive user experience.

Developers have a much harder time developing content for Android with its various screen sizes, processors and oft derided user interface skins (a lambasted effort by manufacturers to distinguish their product), than they do with Apple iOS.

For example, what probably has been the most popular gaming app under the sun– Angry Birds – was earlier not optimised for the various devices running Android OS. So, Rovio, the makers of the app, were bound to release a less intensive app to run on lower-end Android smartphones. Google's attempt at the tablet-optimised 'Honeycomb' – running on the likes of Motorola Xoom and Samsung Galaxy Tab 750 - has also been received feebly due to its glitchy interface. Honeycomb has failed to generate enough enthusiasm among developers to design exclusively for the platform.

Having been witness to all these factors, it's easy to see why tech addicts are looking closely at Google's upcoming OS release ‘Ice Cream Sandwich'. The company is looking to bring together the successful elements of Android Gingerbread and Honeycomb into a common OS for tablets and smartphones, a la Apple's IOS.

With a much simpler mechanism to devise applications, Google hopes developers will flock to the platform. Ice Cream Sandwich's reception could potentially make or break Google's attempt at cracking the tablet market (a foray complicated by Amazon's Kindle Fire at whose core lies a modified version of Android).

PRESSURE TIME

Simply put, Google needs to make the tablet foray work while at the same time ensure that the momentum that Android manufacturers, such as Samsung and HTC enjoy, is not dissipated by the upcoming iPhone 5 (iOS5) release. It needs to do this while persuading the very same manufacturers that the Motorola acquisition will not make the rest second best in receiving the latest Android releases.

Building a critical user mass is crucial to building a competitive eco-system and bringing news, media and entertainment organisations to offer a broader range of content and media on the platform. Until this happens, Google and its Android are likely to remain one-trick ponies. Thank God for the fact that this pony kicks like a mule!

adarsh@thehindu.co.in

Source: ADARSH GOPALAKRISHNAN - Thehindubusinessline.com

Link:

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/features/eworld/article2503281.ece?ref=wl_industry-and-economy

Acer Iconia Tab A501 Review

In March 2011, Motorola Xoom was the only tablet running on Google’s latest version of Android, Honeycomb. Not long after that Acer came up with the shiny and super glossy Iconia A500, followed by the launch of ASUS Eee Pad Transformer.
Of course, Samsung was yet to release their second round of Galaxy Tabs and Xoom, at almost Rs 40,000 a pop, was out of everybody’s reach. Even out of the reach of most of early adopters. This paved a perfect opportunity for Acer to popularise the much cheaper Iconia A500, only-WiFi version. It was a few weeks ago, in September, that Acer decided to up the ante by launching the 3G version – Iconia A501.Priced at Rs 32,990, the 3G version is about Rs 6,000 costlier than its WiFi-only counterpart that costs Rs 26,660 on Flipkart. How does Acer’s Honeycomb tablet fare against the rest of the ilk? Is the extra cost for 3G actually worth is, or are you better off with just the WiFi version. Read on to see what we discovered when we took the A501 for a spin.

Hardware Impressions

A first look at the Iconia Tab and we fell in love with that gorgeous touchscreen, with small and shiny black bezel. The tablet is worth every single penny when it comes to its looks. The tablet is 260mm in length, 177mm wide and just 13.3mm thick. The front of the tablet has a LCD capacitive screen with 1280x800 resolution, bordered by about half an inch of shiny black bezel.

If you hold the tablet vertically, then at the top you should find a tiny webcam (undisclosed resolution) that’s very useful for video chats – on Instant Messengers. Video calling via 3G is not supported.

The Iconia Tab is housed in a beautiful aluminium chassis that gives it a classy look without being branded as aiPad clone. The back has the tablet’s ho-hum 5 megapixel camera with a single LED flash in the upper right hand corner and a pair of silver stereo speakers along the bottom edge.

We'll be frank here -- Speakers have been an afterthought on most every tablet we've seen, and they usually range the gamut from "you'll want headphones" to "what are you doing to my ears?" That's not quite the case here. Acer's tiny speakers -- augmented by some Dolby Mobile wizardry -- sound good enough to share. They're still pretty tinny, mind you, and lack any meaningful amount of bass, but the sound field they produce was rich and full enough to accompany movies and games, and sounded good whether the tablet was held in our outstretched hands or lying flat against a hard surface.

The left side of the tablet has the power button, the standard 3.5mm jack and, towards the other edge, a mini HDMI port.

The power button is a bit flushed with the side and is easy not to feel it if you try to press it without looking at it. However, with a bit of practice and getting used to, it was pretty easy to power on the tablet’s screen in a matter of seconds. The translucent button also doubles up as a charging light. It lights up every time the tablet is put on charge.

We're slightly miffed that Acer couldn't cram a full-size HDMI socket in the copious space here, or at least include a mini-HDMI cable in the box. Regardless, the video connection works fairly well, performing full, responsive display mirroring at 720p resolution, albeit suffering from a bit of overscan. (Acer says 1080p video-out will be supported in a Q2 update.)

At the top, there is a volume rocker. While everybody knows what a volume rocker does, this one is an intelligent one that decides which key should increase/decrease the volume depending upon the orientation of the tablet. For example, in the landscape mode, the right side of the rocker increases the volume. However, the same side decreases the volume if the tablet is in portrait mode, because that is the natural way to reducing the volume in that orientation.

Unlike most of its competitors, the Iconia tab has aa hardware orientation lock at the top, that saves you the hassle of digging into the software for the requisite menu option.
Sadly, of these buttons are made of cheap plastic and are stuck into the aluminium frame. While the volume rocker can still be easily used with enough practice, the orientation lock key is very hard to feel in the dark and shall need to be used carefully.

There is a plastic flap beside the orientation lock button that houses the MicroSD card and SIM card slots. The MicroSD cards work out of the box.

On the right side, there is the power jack, a reset button and two USB slots. One is a micro-USB slot that can be used to data transfer and charging the device. The other is a full fledge USB port that can be used to transfer data to and from external USB storage media. Unfortunately, the tablet has no provision of utilising the USB port for a USB keyboard/mouse, or even the USB modems.

The bottom of the tablet has a docking connector for the optional charging dock with infrared remote.

At 777 grams, the tablet is not too heavy. However, since it’s a 10.1” tablet, the centre of gravity is further from the wrist, thus making it feel weighty and long reading very uncomfortable. Nonetheless, while the size of the screen is an important decision to make, every 10-incher should be uncomfortable to use for a long time with just one hand. Yes, that includes the iPad 2 too.

Specifications

Processor / Chipset / Performance

Acer has been quite generous in the performance department by providing a 1GHz Tegra 2 processor, with 1GB of DDR2 RAM. Sure enough, the tablet did not disappoint at all. We had constantly tested the Iconia Tab A501 for a week, and the tablet did not hang or get stuck up anywhere for even once. All the special effects and transitions have been smooth as butter.

The A501 played 720p video like a charm (though not 1080p) and did well in Android 3.0's handful of graphically intensive games, but on rare occasions we noticed some graphical corruption when playing certain videos in RockPlayer.

Touchscreen Display

The TFT LCD Display of 1028x800 resolution has a mirror-like finish. While that does make the tablet looks very stylish, the display also becomes a fingerprint magnet and there is a lot of glare in the screen if its kept under direct light.

Nonetheless, the videos on the display are very crisp. It has a very high viewing angle and gets washed out marginally when viewed from very oblique angles. The clear texts make reading on the Icnonia a pleasure.

Keyboard/Typing

The keyboard is the default one shipped with Honeycomb. The keys are spaced out comfortably, and are pretty large to type. However, as with any other 10-inch tablet, they are a little too big to manage. It is during these times that one is reminded of the thoughtful split keyboard designed by Microsoft for their new Windows 8 tablets. Anyway, if you wish to type with just your thumbs, then you are advised to rotate the tablet in portrait mode. That sure makes life a lot easier. In addition, there is also a XT9 keyboard provided by Acer. Of course, if you are comfortable with neither, you can always download another keyboard from the Android Market.

Battery Life
The battery life is one aspect where no Android device could ever impress the author. And the situation is even worse in the case of Iconia Tab A501. While other Honeycomb tablets like Motorola Xoom and Samsung Galaxy Tab 750 easily last for over 8 hours, the Iconia Tab struggled to survive for over 6.5 hours, thanks to the 3260 mAh battery. It’s a shame that with all the horsepower provided with this stunning the tablet, they couldn’t provide a fatter battery in their effort to keep the tablet’s guts slim.

Audio
As already mentioned above, the Iconia Tab’s audio is hardly praiseworthy. It is actually tinny, at its best. The only silver lining is that the sound is much louder than many other tablets in the market, and definitely better than that of the iPad 2.

Voice Activated Search
I am very excited at the way Google’s developing its speech recognition software. I remember getting blown away by the first Speech recognition demo given by Google at the launch of Nexus One. Sadly, all my excitement was blown to bits when the speech recognition software had gone for a toss during my tests. I realized, like any other speech recognition software, I needed to be an American or a European to be able to make efficient use of them.

I am proud to announce that the voice activated commands provided with Honeycomb is much more efficient and I managed to achieve a success rate of about 90% on it. I admit that I have a neutral accent. But then again, it was me who had tried out the software 2 years ago and was miserably disappointed.

I am hopeful that in another 2-3 iterations of the speech recognition software that ships with Android, it shall be more useful than the keyboard in cases where I shall need to speak just 3-4 words at a time.

Android 3.0 Honeycomb

The Honeycomb homepage actually offers up a great deal of functionality - it isn’t just a collection of your apps. The top left-hand corner offers a Google search area, comprising both text and Voice Search. The text search is a straight Google search returning the results you’d expect. If you’ve not experienced Voice Search before it is worth playing around with.

Move over to the top right-hand corner and it is here that you’ll find the apps menu and the customise “plus” icon we’ve already mentioned. The apps menu simply opens up the full-page menu which scrolls left to right. Again, you can see you have something over the page by an outline of the app icon, which is pretty smart.

The bottom System Bar on Honeycomb swings in and offers some of the (usually) persistent top notification bar you’ll be familiar with in Android on your mobile phone. On the left-hand side it offers three major navigation icons: back, home and recent apps, which pops-up so you can easily switch to something else. These three icons exist in most Honeycomb windows and are always in the same place so you pretty much know what you are doing all the time.

The control icons in the bottom left-hand corner will change - for example when you tap the recent apps icon, the back button turns into a down arrow to close that menu. You’ll also get a menu icon appear in relevant apps, which opens the regular app menu for your Android application. It’s here that things are a little inconsistent as native apps (Chrome browser, Gmail, Google Talk, Music, Books, Android Market, YouTube, Calendar, Contacts, Google Maps, Movie Studio), which have all been written for Honeycomb, feature a menu button in the top right-hand corner when open on the Action Bar. As a result, existing apps and new native apps are controlled slightly differently. It isn’t a huge deal once you know about it, but it would be nice to see a degree of uniformity for something as simple as menus.

The bottom right-hand corner of the System Bar is all about information. It is here you’ll find the time, the connection status, battery life and notifications. Honeycomb is lightyears ahead of iOS when it comes to notifications. Notifications will appear as icons in the bottom right-hand corner, so will inform you of emails, tweets, app updates and so on. These can be tapped to pop them up and deleted individually, or again tapped on to open up the relevant app.

It’s a sensible approach to notifications, meaning you can be getting on with whatever it is you do and deal with those over events as and when you like - be that an IM chat over Skype, checking your new emails or a reminder from your calendar. It is similar to the existing Android notification system, but given the extra space, there is more information which is exactly what you want from a tablet.

The Honeycomb browser is well designed. It packs in a lot of functionality familiar to those who’ve used Google’s Chrome browser, with a little twist for especially for the space conscious tablet user. First and foremost, it will offer up a regular browser window very much like chrome in appearance, with tabs across the top of the page so you can very easily switch between different browser windows. Beneath this is a very standard set of controls (back, forward, refresh) and your address bar, which also doubles as search. You get the option for Voice Search again and finally you have a bookmarks icon.

Like Chrome for your PC, you can opt to have the start page of the browser open on your most visited websites and you have the option to open an Incognito window which will let you research nefarious content without that activity finding its way into your most visited sites or search history.

It is incredibly fast to load pages and because this is Android, it will also offer up Flash content once you’ve downloaded the update from the Android Market. At the time of writing Flash Player 10.2 is classed as a beta build for Android 3.0.1, and we found it to be mostly stable, but not entirely adept at controlling the Flash content it was dealing with.

We love Honeycomb and there are so many things about it that feel right and it is useable at the moment, but it isn’t the polished experience that iPad owners get, and Android users expect. Yes, the iPad is a year older, the OS is more established, but Apple would never put a product on sale that failed as often as the Honeycomb tablet we’ve been using.


Source: Shayon Pal - Hindustantimes.com
Link: http://www.hindustantimes.com/Acer-Iconia-Tab-A501-Review/Article1-752983.aspx