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Acer Iconia Tab to arrive in May (Windows and Android)

As part of its Iconia line, Acer announced a pair of wi-fi multitouch tablets, the W500 and A500 (W for Windows, A for Android). Both tablets sport 10.1″ 1280×800 screens and the Windows will have optional USB keyboard/docks that allow it to be used in a more traditional laptop mode. We’ve received word from an Acer reseller that both tablets should be arriving in Canada sometime next month.

The Tab A500 running Android 3.0 has a Tegra 2 under the hood, along with 16GB of storage and will be priced around $499. The pricing is very competitive for Android tablets, and when combined with the optional bluetooth keyboard makes up for a lot of the productivity deficiencies in the tablet space.

The Tab W500 is essentially the same form factor with the keyboard dock included, running Windows Home Premium, and powered by AMD’s new Fusion CPU, along with 32GB of SSD storage. The retail price of the W500 is expected to be $599. While the pricing is certainly good, and Windows 7 actually does work well as a touch experience, it’s disappointing to see that there’s no option for an active digitizer. One of the killer features on Windows 7 is OneNote when combined with natural handwriting/note taking.

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