The Featherweight Tab A100

This image should give users an idea how portable the A100 is. Indeed, any tablet that weighs less than 1 pound attracts our interest.

The Iconia Tab A100 uses a 7-inch TFT WSVGA that renders images in 1024×600 resolution, 16:10 aspect ratio and 75-degree wide viewing angle.

The device is sleek and black with a sparse look reminiscent of a basic e-reader. But it’s not quite as square as we expected.

Note the customary Honeycomb widgets adorning the home screen when the A100 is powered on.

Honeycomb lets users access the Google Movies rental application and more than 250,000 Android apps.

Acer also includes its own Day Planner and Social Jogger applications. Jogger streamlines Facebook and Twitter streams in one place.

The tablet comes pre-installed with Adobe Flash Player 10.3. Games, which users can control via a gyroscope, can be ported to big-screen TVs.

Weve been spoiled by the thinness of the iPad 2 and the Galaxy Tab 10.1, which each measure around one-third of an inch. The A100 is 0.52 inches, which feels a little chunky.

To be fair, the extra thickness is a result of the ports Acer provides in the Tab A100. Without the HDMI port, you aren’t connecting your tablet to the big screen.

Consumers may shuttle videos, movies and e-books to the A100 through the tablet’s micro-USB port, or by using the Micro SD card reader.