WEBVTT 00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:15.280 So today we'll be doing an unboxing of the Acer Iconia Tab. Now this one is 00:00:12.400 --> 00:00:19.760 actually from the NCIX inventory. And the reason that I am unboxing this 00:00:16.960 --> 00:00:25.039 particular unit is that the customer who purchased it asked me to unbox it before 00:00:22.800 --> 00:00:27.760 they picked it up. So here I am. All right. So why don't we have a look at 00:00:26.160 --> 00:00:32.559 what we've got in terms of features. So we have a wide viewing angle. Okay, 00:00:29.920 --> 00:00:37.280 Wi-Fi certified, Bluetooth, GPS, a 5 megapixel camera, HDMI, and micro SD. 00:00:35.440 --> 00:00:41.600 So, that gives us a couple of hints in terms of the overall feature set that 00:00:39.440 --> 00:00:46.879 we're going to see with the Iconia Tab. Now, this is a Honeycomb NVIDIA Integra 00:00:44.559 --> 00:00:52.640 2 tablet. So, it's going to have a similar overall spec to what we've seen 00:00:49.760 --> 00:00:56.559 with many of the other tablets that I have recently unboxed. 00:00:55.199 --> 00:01:00.800 Did I drop something? No, I dropped my pen. No big deal. All right. And what 00:00:59.280 --> 00:01:05.280 else do we have on the back here? Okay, here we go. So, it uses Android um 00:01:03.280 --> 00:01:08.880 Honeycomb Android. So, it comes with 3.1, 00:01:06.799 --> 00:01:13.439 I believe. Uh it doesn't matter cuz you can upgrade it later. It has a dual core 00:01:10.720 --> 00:01:18.799 1 GHz Tegra 2 ultra low power GeForce GPU. This is a 32 gig, this particular 00:01:16.000 --> 00:01:23.600 one here. Um although it is available in other capacities. We've also got a 10.1 00:01:21.200 --> 00:01:27.360 inch LCD screen, two megapixel rear camera with two megapixel front, five 00:01:25.600 --> 00:01:32.960 megapixel rear camera with two megapixel front camera. Also, the rear camera has 00:01:29.680 --> 00:01:35.439 autofocus and LED flash. Uh, Wi-Fi N, 00:01:32.960 --> 00:01:40.320 Bluetooth, micro SD, rechargeable lipo battery, and oh, look at that. They put 00:01:37.439 --> 00:01:44.159 a millah rating on it. So 3260 mAh just so you guys know because remember power 00:01:42.159 --> 00:01:49.119 consumption is going to be fairly similar between tablets with the same 00:01:46.720 --> 00:01:56.159 spec, the same screen size, the same general hardware specifications. 00:01:53.119 --> 00:01:57.920 Okay, so the box inside we have black 00:01:56.159 --> 00:02:01.759 box materials. We've also got a little tab here which will allow us to lift up 00:01:59.439 --> 00:02:04.640 the Iconia tab. So I'm going to go ahead and show you guys what we have in terms 00:02:03.280 --> 00:02:08.560 of accessories. So first start information here. 00:02:06.799 --> 00:02:12.720 Something about plugging something into something. Okay. Oo, it comes with a 00:02:10.640 --> 00:02:15.680 cleaning cloth. Look at that. They call it a notebook cleaning cloth, but I'm 00:02:14.239 --> 00:02:22.239 sure you can clean your tablet with it, too. We have a quick start guide as well 00:02:18.879 --> 00:02:23.280 as a passport. So, I guess the passport, 00:02:22.239 --> 00:02:28.560 you know, I'm not going to worry too much about that. Quick start guide. Really, um, as far as Android goes, you 00:02:27.040 --> 00:02:35.120 can find any information you're going to need online in terms of how-tos and, uh, 00:02:32.080 --> 00:02:36.800 setup guides, all that good stuff. Okay. 00:02:35.120 --> 00:02:41.760 We've got an included AC adapter. So, you can see it comes with the North American plug which goes into one of 00:02:40.160 --> 00:02:47.840 these universal guys. I'm starting to see more of these versus 00:02:45.200 --> 00:02:51.440 uh having specific AC adapters per region. So, I mean, personally, I think 00:02:49.760 --> 00:02:55.360 it's smart. It's less waste. It's less tooling. And then you can just use these 00:02:53.280 --> 00:03:00.000 little uh these little clips in order to make them compatible with the walls in 00:02:57.840 --> 00:03:04.800 the various regions. So, here we have a USB cable. So, that's your data cable. 00:03:02.560 --> 00:03:09.120 And then yeah, data and power is covered with those two adapters there. So here 00:03:06.319 --> 00:03:14.319 we go. Here's the unit itself. And let's see if there's anything that we have to 00:03:10.879 --> 00:03:16.319 add here. So Dolby Dolby Dolby mobile. 00:03:14.319 --> 00:03:20.159 Okay. Wide viewing angle. That's good to know. Megapixel micro SD. Okay. So let's 00:03:18.879 --> 00:03:26.400 go ahead and take off the protective plastic. Hopefully the customer won't mind since he asked me to unbox it. 00:03:24.239 --> 00:03:31.920 Hopefully he knows that, you know, that means I will, 00:03:28.480 --> 00:03:34.080 you know, open it. I mean, I guess he 00:03:31.920 --> 00:03:39.760 could complain, I guess, but that would be sort of 00:03:36.080 --> 00:03:42.959 a strange thing to do. 00:03:39.760 --> 00:03:45.519 Overall, the uh the build of this one 00:03:42.959 --> 00:03:50.720 looks quite nice. So, here, let's start with the locations 00:03:48.400 --> 00:03:55.760 of everything. So, here is the front camera. All right. Here is the screen. 00:03:53.760 --> 00:04:02.080 So, it is an Android tablet. So, that means you are going to be using a 00:03:58.480 --> 00:04:03.599 software screen. So, unlike the iPad 2, 00:04:02.080 --> 00:04:06.720 which I like having out here, just for context, which does have one hardware 00:04:05.120 --> 00:04:09.920 button on it, none of the Android tablets have like a hardware home button 00:04:08.799 --> 00:04:13.280 or anything like that. It's all going to be in software here. All right, let's 00:04:11.840 --> 00:04:18.079 move along to the side. So, there's our power button. I've tried pressing that a couple times, but it looks like this 00:04:16.239 --> 00:04:21.440 particular tablet does not come with a charge on it. Oh, no, there it goes. 00:04:19.600 --> 00:04:26.880 It's turning on. There's our headphone jack. There is a What's this one called? 00:04:24.560 --> 00:04:31.040 I think this is micro HDMI. Please correct me if I'm wrong on that one, but 00:04:28.720 --> 00:04:37.199 this is not mini HDMI. This is the other more differenter HDMI. All right. On the 00:04:33.759 --> 00:04:39.280 bottom, we find a dock connector. 00:04:37.199 --> 00:04:44.080 On the side, we find a hard reset switch. This right there, that little 00:04:42.479 --> 00:04:48.720 switch could end up being worth its weight in gold. I actually had one of 00:04:46.240 --> 00:04:52.639 the other Android 3.1 tablets do a hard lock on me. Fortunately, it was the 00:04:50.639 --> 00:04:56.639 Toshiba Thrive, which has a removable battery. So, I was able to take the back 00:04:54.479 --> 00:05:01.120 panel off and remove the battery in order to hard reset it. But this one 00:04:59.040 --> 00:05:04.400 actually has a hard reset. So, even though you can't pull the battery, you 00:05:02.800 --> 00:05:08.240 do have that option there as well. So, that's really good to see. Uh, we've got 00:05:06.320 --> 00:05:13.759 a full-size USB port. That's pretty nice. As well as the, uh, USB port for 00:05:11.520 --> 00:05:20.479 transferring data to the tablet. Next, we have our DC power in. and let's move 00:05:16.720 --> 00:05:22.080 over to the top. Okay, on the top we're 00:05:20.479 --> 00:05:26.800 going to find what is in all likelihood where the micro SD card goes. 00:05:25.120 --> 00:05:31.919 Yep, there we go. So, there's your micro SD slot down there. And finally, that's 00:05:30.479 --> 00:05:36.960 the that's pretty slick, actually. That goes in. That blends in really nicely. 00:05:33.680 --> 00:05:38.560 Finally, we have um I guess that's a 00:05:36.960 --> 00:05:42.160 screen orientation lock would be my guess. I haven't seen this switch on any 00:05:40.160 --> 00:05:47.840 of the other Android tablets. And then finally, we have a volume rocker. So 00:05:45.840 --> 00:05:52.720 process system is not responding. Okay. Force close. So there it is. I don't 00:05:50.800 --> 00:05:56.479 want to get too far into the user setup process because this actually will 00:05:54.320 --> 00:05:59.280 belong to someone. But uh oh yeah, where's the uh yeah camera? Sorry I 00:05:58.080 --> 00:06:05.600 didn't show you guys the camera. So there's the 5 megapixel camera on the back. There's the flash. And finally the 00:06:03.440 --> 00:06:10.639 back speaker. So we do have stereo speakers on the Iconia Tab. And let's 00:06:08.800 --> 00:06:13.759 see. So normally I would hold it like this if I'm using it in landscape mode. 00:06:12.479 --> 00:06:17.759 So let's see if those speakers are covered. they are not. So, even though 00:06:15.840 --> 00:06:22.240 they are rear-mounted speakers, the fact that you do have two of them is going to 00:06:19.440 --> 00:06:27.520 help a lot in terms of the audio quality compared to something like the iPad 2, 00:06:23.919 --> 00:06:31.280 which has a measly one back speaker that 00:06:27.520 --> 00:06:32.960 is, you know, in the top right and uh is 00:06:31.280 --> 00:06:37.280 not that comfortable to listen to. So, here, if you can come down and uh get 00:06:35.520 --> 00:06:40.880 down to about table level here, I just want to show you guys the general form 00:06:38.880 --> 00:06:43.680 factor of the Iconia Tab. So, it's not one of the thinnest tablets on the 00:06:42.479 --> 00:06:52.080 market by any stretch, but you know what? I'm going to grab one other one for you guys so that you can just see 00:06:48.400 --> 00:06:54.240 um as a basis of comparison here. This 00:06:52.080 --> 00:06:57.840 is the Toshiba Thrive. So, this is the thickest of the Android tablets that 00:06:56.000 --> 00:07:02.720 I've had a look at so far. So, you can see it falls right into that middle 00:06:59.440 --> 00:07:04.960 ground. So, uh so there's the iPad, 00:07:02.720 --> 00:07:09.360 there's the iPad 2 as well, just so you guys can compare. So, the Iconia Tab is 00:07:07.440 --> 00:07:11.919 the one we're left with here. And I think that's pretty much everything I 00:07:10.720 --> 00:07:16.240 wanted to say about it. Thank you for checking out my unboxing of the Iconia 00:07:14.400 --> 00:07:21.039 Tad A500. Don't forget to subscribe to Linus Tech Tips for more unboxings, 00:07:17.680 --> 00:07:21.039 reviews, and other computer videos.