Acer Iconia Tab A500's retail price cut down to $395 to increase sales

In order to increase sales of its current flagship Android tablet, Acer has decided to cut the price down of the Iconia Tab A500 from $450 USD to $395 USD. With this move, the Acer Iconia Tab A500 which was launched alongside several other Iconia series devices in Bangladesh recently, is now a good deal cheaper than the cheapest Apple iPad and several other Android tablets, except maybe the pseudo-Android tablet from Barnes & Noble that runs a version of Honeycomb (Android 3.0).

On top of the price reduction, Acer has also updated the Acer Iconia A500 software to Android 3.1. But the question remains, is this enough to entice potential customers to start buying more of these 10-inch tablet computers from Acer? Competition in the Android tablet market space is a lot stiffer nowadays. Only time will tell if consumers side with the Acer Iconia Tabs.

Acer officially launches Iconia series devices in Bangladesh

Acer has just officially launched its Iconia series of devices in Bangladesh, and apart from the dual-screen Iconia notebook that's already been on sale for a few months now, the Iconia Tab A500, Iconia Tab W500, Iconia A100, and Iconia Smart A300 are joining the ranks as Acer's latest mobile offerings.

Before the Iconia series launch, Acer had already been selling the Iconia notebook through various retail outlets across Bangladesh. It features two 14-inch touchscreen displays, an Intel Core i5 mobile processor and Windows 7. Perhaps because the market was receptive, Acer will now roll out the rest of the devices in their Iconia series, which are the tablet computers and smartphones that have been mentioned above.

The Acer Iconia Tab A500 and W500 are essentially two flavors of the same thing. The Iconia Tab A500 runs Android 3.0 Honeycomb by default while the Iconia Tab W500 runs Windows 7. These are Acer's two main tablet computer offerings.

Meanwhile, Acer also has a 7-inch Android tablet in the form of the Iconia A100. Then there's the 4.8-inch Acer Iconia Smart A300 that runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread. All of these devices will start to become available in Bangladesh in the coming days and weeks. It isn't known how much each one of them will cost individually, though. You might be able to get local pricing information from a retail outlet that's near you.

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