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When Google unveiled the Nexus 4, Nexus 10 and a refreshed Nexus 7 in October, the moment was arguably the crescendo of a change in the Android ecosystem that had been building ever since Amazon’s Kindle Fire first braved the marketplace in 2011. Along with a widely expanded Amazon lineup that includes multiple Kindle Fire HD models and a price-cut tweak to the original Fire, two of the largest players in the mobile world now have top-to-bottom device businesses built around selling at break-even prices and recouping their money through content. That might sound good on the surface, but it’s a bad omen for competitors that genuinely can’t respond in kind — and it could erode some of the values of diversity and innovation that we’re supposed to hold dear as technology fans.

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Editorial: Amazon and Google are undermining mobile pricing, and that may hurt everyone (updated) originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 03 Nov 2012 13:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If you’re in the market for an Android tablet, Acer has finally announced the Iconia Tab A110 Android tablet which will be going on sale come 30^th October for $229.99. Granted it’s not as cheap as the Google Nexus 7, but perhaps its specs might be able to justify its extra cost. So what sort of specs are we looking at here? For starters you can expect to find a 7” 1024×600 display and it will be powered by NVIDIA’s Tegra-3 quad-core processor. It will pack 1GB of RAM, 8GB of internal storage which can be expanded via microSD, Bluetooth 3.0, HDMI out, microUSB 2.0, and best of all it will come with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean preinstalled! This sounds like a good call considering that there aren’t that many tablets or smartphones these days that come with Jelly Bean preinstalled, which means that users who don’t know or don’t want to root their phones to flash Jelly Bean-based ROMs like CyanogenMod 10, this will save them a lot of time and hassle. So, any takers?

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Acer Iconia Tab A110 will now ship with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, Acer Iconia Tab A110 expected to launch in the UK by the end of September for £179,

Acer missed its summer launch target for the Iconia Tab A110, but it’s making amends for its timing. The 7-inch, quad-core tablet is now reaching Europe in the fall, but it’s also carrying that rumored upgrade to Jelly Bean — including the same mini-tablet interface that we know best from the A110’s arch-rival, the Nexus 7. Hardware hasn’t moved on since then, however, so you’ll still have to cope with a lower 1,024 x 600 resolution and likely the same 8GB of storage, even with a 2-megapixel front camera offering a slight upgrade. That feature loadout may make the sales prospects difficult, at least in the UK: Brits will have to pay £180 ($292) versus the £159 ($258) Nexus 7. Let’s hope that any US plans involve a price slash.

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Back in July, the Acer Iconia Tab A110 was spotted at the FCC. While a release in the US remains unclear at this point, it seems like the tablet will be going on sale in the UK by the end of September and based on its features, it looks like it might be able to give the Google Nexus 7 tablet a run for its money. Revealed at Computex in June, the A110 will sport an NVIDIA Tegra-3 quad-core processor under its hood, 1GB of RAM, 8GB of internal storage and will sport a 7” touchscreen display. It is expected to be priced at £179 which will be £20 more than the Nexus 7, although some might find that the extra £20 could be worth it as the A110 comes with a microSD card slot, allowing users to expand beyond the built-in 8GB of memory.

The tablet will come with Android 4.0 ICS installed but it is also expected to see an update to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean in the future. If you’re fine with running ICS and can wait for an update to Jelly Bean, or don’t mind flashing an Android 4.1 based ROM, then perhaps the Acer Iconia Tab A110 might be worth taking a look at.

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Acer Iconia Tab A110 clears the FCC, Acer wants Microsoft to rethink their decision to launch the Surface tablet,

The good people over at the FCC have had time to play with yet another device, where this time round it would be the Acer Iconia Tab A110 which is in question. Of course, Acer of Taiwan has yet to step forward and make an official announcement surrounding their Iconia Tabs A210 and A110, but to follow where the larger sized 10-inch A210 left off, the Acer Iconia Tab A110 is ready to see action in the US market. Not many details were released in this FCC filing, but we do know that it will have NVIDIA’s Tegra 3 chipset running underneath the hood of this 7-inch device. Hopefully additional details concerning its release date will follow – and without too long of a delay to boot!

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