Acer iconia, fourteen-inch tablet with dual multi-touch screen

Acer ICONIA is the new bet shaped tablet of the company Taiwanese. The size of the device is fourteen inches and its greatest innovation is that it has a double screen with multi-touch capability. Its format is identical to that of an ordinary laptop. When it's closed, or in profile, it's easy to mistake it for one of them. However, a second glance reveals that there is no physical keyboard, but two panels.

The Asian manufacturer has conceived its Acer ICONIA as a communication, multimedia and entertainment tool. To facilitate the reading of documents or web pages, it is possible to move the window from one monitor to another without any obstacles. In addition, there is the alternative of performing different tasks in each one. For example, opening a folder with personal files on the left and visiting an Internet address on the right. The tablet has been presented at the global press conference held by Acer these days in New York.

Acer ICONIA has an Intel Core i5 processor. In theory, thanks to its power users can interact seamlessly with websites and manage photographs, videos and films. Regarding the panels, both share common characteristics, including the size of fourteen inches. They are TFT LCD and offer high - definition resolution of 1,366 x 768 pixels, LED backlight and technology AcerCineCrystal, exclusive Acer. To ensure durability, they come with a Gorilla Glass cover. A type of coating created by the North American company Corning Incorporated that protects against scratches and finger marks.

Acer emphasizes the multi-touch character of ICONIA. This feature provides users with the opportunity to use multiple fingers at the same time to perform certain tasks. On the other hand, it indicates that the device is provided with "a wide range" applications "intuitive and easy to use" and have been designed to take advantage of this technology. One of them is SocialJogger. As its name suggests, it consists of the inevitable social media integration tool . With SocialJogger it is possible to modify and check status updates from Facebook, Flickr and YouTube. Apparently, the company has taken the characteristics of the Acer Ring to equip its new tablet.

Acer Iconia allows ten fingers and palms to be used for handling, as if it were a typical laptop. In fact, it includes a virtual QWERTY keyboard for writing, with its respective numerical section and a touchpad. It also has a shortcut icon to a gesture editor, which is used to assign a specific tool to each gesture, as well as a window manager, among others. Regarding connections and other systems, it is equipped with 3G connectivity, WLAN 802.11 b / g / n, Bluetooth 3.0, an HDMI port, another VGA, two USB 2.0, headphone output and Dolby Home Theater v3. Its dimensions are 347 x 248.5 x 19 / 31.9 millimeters and 2.8 kilograms with a four-cell battery. Acer has not announced marketing dates or prices at the moment, but we will inform you promptly as soon as it does.

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