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ACME 7in Tablet arrives in the UK

by Navin Maini on 31 October 2011, 16:07

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ACME has launched its 7in Tablet in the UK, priced at an MSRP of just under £180.

 

 

Powered by a Samsung S5PV210 (Cortex A8) CPU running at 1GHz, ACME's TB01 comes with 512MB DDR2 RAM, and 4GB of flash memory - which is expandable up to 32GB, via the microSD card slot. The 7in capacitive touch screen has a resolution of 800x480, and the unit is said to weigh under 400g - 391g to be precise.

Shipping with Android 2.3, the ACME TB01 apparently squeezes-in up to 12 hours of battery life for music playing duties, up to 4.5 hours for video playback, and up to 6 hours for web browsing.

There's a built-in 0.3MP webcam, and the unit measures in at 12.07cm x 1.35cm x 19.51cm (W x H x D).

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Posted by scaryjim - Mon 31 Oct 2011 16:12
But will it help Wile E. Coyote catch Road Runner?! ;)

Strikes me as being a fairly ordinary tablet at a fairly ordinary price. a 1GHz Cortex A8 should mean it performs reasonably, but it's nothing spectacular…
Posted by Biscuit - Mon 31 Oct 2011 16:24
if they release the code to allow people to easily make custom roms for it (like the vega) it could be a winner!
Posted by MSIC - Mon 31 Oct 2011 19:43
Those specs look literally identical to the £119 Kogan tablet.
My kogan just went on ebay - unfortunately whilst Android 2.3 on a 1Ghz Cortex A8 processor sounds like it might do the job…. it really doesnt. Save your money folks, this honestly is a case of you get what you pay for. Save up for a Tegra 2 model, or an ipad.
Posted by jnutt - Mon 31 Oct 2011 20:30
Can only agree. Got a 7" ACER Iconia A100 in the USA for about $320 dollars. While the battery life is a bit poor its a tegra 2 dual core and performance is great. Runs Android 3.2.
Posted by scaryjim - Tue 01 Nov 2011 10:10
MSIC
… whilst Android 2.3 on a 1Ghz Cortex A8 processor sounds like it might do the job…. it really doesnt. …

What on earth were you trying to do with yours? I used to have an Android 2.2 tablet which was running a 1GHz ARM11 CPU and that did everything I needed it to! I suspect yours had a software issue somewhere along the line: a 1GHz Cortex A8 should be more than plenty for a basic tablet…

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