The Acer Iconia W510 is a 10 inch tablet with an Intel Atom Z2760 Clover Trail processor and Windows 8 software. It's one of the most affordable Windows 8 tablets on the market, with a starting price of $499. But if you want a model with all the bells and whistles the price jumps to $749.
A handful of stores including J&R and Adorama are taking pre-orders for the $749 model, but I haven't seen any retailers selling the $499 model yet.
I did, however, get a chance to spend a few minutes with the tablet this week.
For $499, you get a tablet with 2GB of RAM and 32GB of storage. It has a 10.1 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel display, and feels just as thin, light, and sturdy as any decent Android tablet of the same size.
It features microSD, USB, and HDMI ports as well as docking ports for an optional keyboard. For the most part the tablet seemed pretty responsive in my tests… but I didn't try running any heavy duty apps like Photoshop.
Since the tablet is running Windows 8 and not Windows RT, it can run full desktop-style apps designed for earlier versions of Windows though. It's not limited to apps downloaded from the Windows Store.
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