Acer Iconia Tab A200

“Most everything about the A200 is average. But when combined with Ice Cream Sandwich, it becomes a more compelling buy since you can't get Android 4.0 on many tablets right now. It's important to keep in mind, however, that more tablets with ICS are on the way, and the A200 won't hold this advantage for long. It won't beat top Android tablets like the Transformer Prime, and it can't hang with the iPad . For the price, though, you get a very capable tablet with Google's latest software.”

“Know two ways about it: The Acer Iconia A200 is one of the better tablets you'll get for the price, around $350 at the time of this writing. We're digging the look. We're digging the feel. We're digging the software customizations. And while we're OK with not having a rear-facing camera, the front shooter -- which we'd arguably use more anyway -- is abysmal for video. It's unusable. Know that going in. But you can find a mostly comparable Android tablet for $50 or so more, and with that you get a front-facing camera that works as well as a rear-facing camera. So that might well be the way to go. If you don't need the cameras? The A200's capable.”

“Let’s be serious here, the Acer ICONIA TAB A200 isn’t trying to be a cutting-edge tablet, but rather, it’s seeking success in attracting those on a budget – and to tell you the truth, it wins in that front. Sure it’s lacking some of the usual commodities we find on other fully equipped Honeycomb tablets, like a rear camera or a wired video-out functionality, but when a lot of emphasis is placed on what it does offer, we have to say that it concretely comes together in providing a reasonable experience without bottoming out your wallet. Needless to say, its $330 initial price point is by far its biggest attraction, but we’d have to commend Acer on doing well with its second stab at the 10.1” form factor – despite not being a premium offering.”

“The Iconia Tab A200 feels like a fix for an old tablet more than it feels like something new. Acer has a quad-core A510 tablet coming soon and a high-resolution design coming after that, which makes the A200 its new budget design. It runs Android 4.0, but mostly feels like one of last year’s tablets – a bit heavier and bulkier than what we’re now seeing from most manufacturers. There’s nothing particularly bad about it (though it has no rear camera), but it doesn’t stand out in any noticeable way either. If you’re looking for a decent Android tablet, Acer is a good choice, though the price still needs to come down a bit. $330 for the 8GB is not terrible, but with Apple selling the iPad 2 for $400, it may still be worth it to pay a little more.”