Acer Iconia W500: TC1000-like TabNetLetBook w Trackpoint

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Acer Iconia W500: TC1000-like TabNetLetBook w Trackpoint

#1 Post by elray » Fri Jun 10, 2011 7:36 pm

Anyone else played with this unit?

http://us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/iconia-tab-w500

I saw one today at Fry's - and found that the keyboard is at least as good as the Ideapad S10-3, with the added bonus of a genuine Trackpoint. For a moment, I thought we might have a Thinkpad contender.

Until I tried to re-dock the display in the portrait position, much like one can on the TC1000/1100. Voila! No connector, no post-holes on the short end!

These morons spent millions to develop a tablet that can't be used vertically. :x
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Re: Acer Iconia W500: TC1000-like TabNetLetBook w Trackpoint

#2 Post by ausmike » Sat Jun 11, 2011 2:58 pm

elray wrote:Anyone else played with this unit?

http://us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/iconia-tab-w500

...........................!................................. These morons spent millions to develop a tablet that can't be used vertically. :x

from what I saw of lenovo's LePad does the SAME !!
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