A cer Aspire One- 8.9" netbook, with an ideal price-performance ratio, one of the strongest competitors in the entire netbook market. Basic model The Aspire One includes an 8GB SSD and Linux starts at $329, and don't forget the Intel Atom processor. In this review we will find out all the pros and cons Acer Aspire One, and we will see how attractive it is for the buyer.

Technical characteristics of Acer Aspire One:

Design and build

The design of the Acer Aspire One is very organic - a smooth body with rounded edges and a glossy surface, this laptop is very pleasant to hold in your hands. The top cover of the netbook, as well as the area around the LCD display, is made of glossy plastic. Sometimes in a brightly lit room, the frame around the screen begins to glare, distracting from the screen.

The quality of the material itself is quite good, the netbook seems quite durable and resistant to damage, with the exception of glossy surfaces, on which even small scratches will probably look quite noticeable. The plastic resists squeezing or bending well, and the lid and surface around the screen are especially durable, which is important for protecting the fragile LCD panel.

If you are a fan of upgrading laptops, the Acer Aspire One is not such a suitable model for this. The covers are quite difficult to remove, and accessing components like RAM or HDD is not easy. But this step may be justified if you plan to install Vista, which is very memory-hungry, or you can install a faster one HDD. Another disappointing fact is the Mini-PCIe slot, which can probably only accommodate a SIM card for 3G communication, but if you can attach anything else there, then you can obviously be called very successful.

Display

The LED backlit display on the Acer Aspire One is very bright, and the colors look natural and vibrant. This is made possible by the use of a glossy screen, which unfortunately increases reflection and leads to glare. Indoors, in not very bright lighting, the screen is well readable and contrasty, but outdoors or in a bright room it becomes difficult to read and uncomfortable to view.

The viewing angle is above average. The horizontal viewing angle is very good, essentially you can look almost perpendicular to the screen and still see true colors. Vertical viewing angle is also good, but the limit of normal quality is +/- 15 degrees up or down from the average position.

Keyboard and touchpad

The keyboard is as large as the dimensions of the netbook allow. Overall, the Aspire One is a 9" netbook in a 10" model. A small disadvantage of this solution can be called large boundaries around the screen is made of plastic, but this made it possible to make the keyboard as comfortable as possible. It is, of course, not full-size, like regular laptops, so you will have to practice before getting used to it.

The keyboard itself feels secure and doesn't flex, and the keys don't wobble. The page up and page down buttons are given special placement. For scrolling long web pages, especially with mini touchpads, the page up and page down keys allow you to move around the page more accurately and comfortably, and most importantly, quickly.

Design touchpad unique compared to other netbooks and laptops, since the buttons are not located under the touchpad but to the right and left of it. The only other netbook with a similar touchpad is the HP Mini-Note 2133. The format is a little unusual, so at first there may be situations where you just press the case under the panel and then try to move it around the touchpad, but this will all go away with time. The surface responds easily to touch, even with low pressure. If you can get used to the format of the touchpad buttons, the touchpad looks pretty good.

Performance

Of course, with Intel processor Atom this netbook will not show record speeds, but for everyday work, especially on the Internet, its power will be enough. Whether it's working with text or editing photos, it will handle any task perfectly.

System performance results when tested in 3DMark06:

Laptops	Ball 3DMark06
Acer Aspire One (1.60GHz Intel Atom, Intel GMA 950)	122 3DMarks
Sony VAIO TZ (1.20GHz Core 2 Duo U7600, Intel GMA 950)	122 3DMarks
HP dv2500t (2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7300, NVIDIA GeForce Go 8400M GS 128MB)	1,055 3DMarks
Sony VAIO FZ (2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7300, Intel X3100)	532 3DMarks
HP dv6000t (2.16 GHz Intel T7400, NVIDA GeForce Go 7400)	827 3DMarks

Sound

The speakers of the Acer Aspire One were nothing to please. high and low tones are not displayed enough, the sound volume is also “lame”, so if you don’t want to suffer while watching a movie or listening to music, then it’s better to connect headphones. Good quality headphones can solve all of the above problems.

Interfaces

The set of interfaces is very diverse, just like for netbooks. There is a card reader and a standard set: three USB port, LAN, VGA and audio jack. The only thing that causes criticism is the replaceable additional Mini-PCIe slot, which can be used for subsequent upgrade to a 3G modem.

Front: Wireless On/Off

Rear: Battery

Left: PSU input, VGA, vents, LAN, one USB, SDHC

Right: headphones/microphone, two USB, multi-card reader, Kensington Lock Slot

Heat and noise

Almost all netbooks built on Intel Atom have low heat output, and the Acer Aspire One is no exception. Under normal operating conditions, such as when browsing the Internet, or with text documents, or in icq, the temperature is within the acceptable range. The temperature on the keyboard surface is slightly higher than the room temperature, and Bottom part The laptop heats up even higher. The photographs below indicate the temperature in different parts netbook in degrees Fahrenheit.

Noise sets the Aspire One apart from all netbooks, and not in a good way. Immediately when you turn on the netbook, the fan starts working, and the operating sound is louder than that of ordinary full-size laptops. When running, One gets hotter and the fan starts to work faster, and the noise from its operation increases, which can even cause dissatisfaction with others, or simply get on your nerves.

Battery

With screen brightness set to 60%, Wi-Fi turned on, and browsing the web, the Acer Aspire One had a battery life of 2 hours and 23 minutes. It is equipped with a standard 3-segment battery; Acer plans to release models with an additional 6-segment battery.

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Conclusion

For those looking for an inexpensive and functional netbook, the Acer Aspire One is an excellent solution. This laptop has an attractive design and good quality materials and build. Of course, the operating time from a 3-segment battery is not the best that is currently on the market, but this issue can be resolved by purchasing an additional 6-segment battery. Another pro factor is its low cost.

pros

- Low price
- Good execution
- Two card readers
- Good touchpad

Minuses

- Heavy to upgrade
- Fan noise

Why is $99 for a tablet such a hot topic? Is it really such a thrill to expect from cheap things what they a priori cannot provide? Acer's $99 tablet, the B1, which has been rumored for months, has been unveiled with a $150 price tag. But, as it turned out, even this cost is too small to be true.

No, the B1-A-71 does cost $150 in the US, but can it be used as a full-fledged tablet? It is logical that when designing it, the developers saved money; now we will figure out what exactly.

Frame

They didn’t skimp on the design, I even liked it. Not a remnant, there is even a colored insert, there is a certain protrusion on the back. The material used is plastic, I liked it too. Both beautiful and not easily soiled – just what you need. But the protective plastic above the display is simply incredibly easily soiled and collects fingerprints instantly, even in winter, even from my dry fingers. It’s hard to imagine what will happen in the summer.

But the whole thing bends and rotates quite easily. Moreover, the assembly is normal, it’s just that the materials are inexpensive and there are few stiffeners in the design. So, when you press the back of the tablet with medium force, streaks appear on the display! Without going into details, I will say that if the body in the Acer B1 was of the same quality as in, then this review would be 60 percent different. But the impressions from the case, just taken out of the box, are below average, and after a couple of weeks, in my opinion, both play and squeaks will appear.

The main control elements are touch-sensitive, these are on-screen buttons. But there are two mechanical ones - the volume key and the display lock key. The material from which they are made is very different from the materials of the case. This is just a stolen part from a cheap Chinese toy. But both perform their functionality, so we remember about $150 and calm down.

Display

TFT LCD (TN matrix), 7″, 1024x600 pixels. The most inexpensive of all that could be chosen to complete the B1 line. The viewing angles are so small that it is almost impossible to hold the tablet in such a way that there is no gradient. The colors are faded, in the sun you can’t see anything except yourself in the reflection. And, if you use the tablet a little, you won’t even see yourself - the fingerprints on the surface of the display won’t allow it.

Below is a photo showing one picture from different sides of the device.

Camera

Oh yes, a $150 tablet has a camera! Front, VGA, inserted a little crookedly. If you want to take a photo of yourself... No, let's come up with a more plausible scenario. You want to talk to someone on Skype. You take your tablet, call someone and bam - the camera only captures a piece of the top of your head. Of course, you can rotate the tablet a little, but then the small viewing angles of the display will affect you and you will no longer see your interlocutor. It's kind of stupid. But don’t be upset, it’s 150 dollars! Let's just treat the presence of a camera in the Acer B1 as a joke from the manufacturer!

Hardware and software

Processor – dual-core MediaTek MTK 8317T with clock frequency 1.2 GHz, graphics accelerator – PowerVR SGX531. Enough? Enough, there are fewer complaints about the hardware, if you look at the cost without sarcasm. Even with single-core graphics, I was able to launch and play Dead Trigger and ShadowGun: DeadZone. Moreover, fps dropped only in the last one, and even then not much. It’s clear that the graphics are cut down as much as possible, but this is more than logical. Random access memory small - 512 MB. This is the weakest point in the iron. Built-in memory – 8 GB, no questions asked, especially looking at the memory card slot.

Battery capacity – 2710 mAh. That's more than an iPhone and less than a Galaxy Note 2. It’s too small for a tablet, but you won’t use it too much (read the last point in the review), so the capacity is enough. If you load the tablet to the maximum, while turning the screen to maximum, the battery will use up in less than 3 hours.

Android version – 4.1.2. I think it's latest version for B1, it is unlikely that the manufacturer will bother with an update for such a budget model. But I think there will be more customs for B1 than for some Yanhun @jt8 from heaven. Still, a brand means more market penetration, which means they will buy more, which means they will spend more money. Android here is bare, without third-party shells. The interface works equally smoothly everywhere - with the number of frames per second about 20. There is no smoothness, there are no special slowdowns either. The rest is Android, Android.

Technical Acer specifications B1-A71

• Dimensions: 197.4 x 128.5 x 11.3 mm.
• Weight: 320 g
• Operating system: Android 4.1.2 JB.
• CPU: dual-core ARM Cortex A9 MediaTek MTK 8317T, 1.2 GHz.
• Graphic arts: PowerVR SGX531.
• Display: TN, 7″, 1024x600.
• Memory: 8 GB flash, expandable.
• RAM: 512 MB.
• Camera: front - VGA.
• Wireless technologies: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0.
• Interface connectors: 3.5 mm headphone jack, MicroUSB.
• Battery: Li-Pol battery 2710 mAh.

The main part of the review!

What do you do when, while buying groceries in a supermarket, you see a package of sausages costing 4 UAH (16 rubles)? You think it's cheap to be true (meat) and that the taste as well as the healthiness of these sausages may be poor. But the most important thing is that you don’t buy them. You know that there are fewer benefits and pleasures from them than bad qualities. Moreover, even if they are given to you, you will not eat them. The same can be said about cars; 4 years ago you could buy a Grate Wall Pegasus jeep and today you would get a rotten trough. Yes, it looks like a car, even an SUV, and for little money, but you would never buy it!

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Touchpad type A touch screen is a device for input and output of information through a touch- and gesture-sensitive display. As you know, screens modern devices not only display an image, but also allow you to interact with the device.
There are several types of touch panels known today. Naturally, each of them has its own advantages and disadvantages. Let us highlight the main four designs: Resistive, Capacitive, Projective-capacitive, With the detection of surface acoustic waves.

Resistive touch panels are among the most simple devices. At its core, such a panel consists of a conductive substrate and a plastic membrane that have a certain resistance. When you press the membrane, it closes with the substrate, and the control electronics determines the resulting resistance between the edges of the substrate and the membrane, calculating the coordinates of the point of pressure.
The advantage of a resistive screen is its low cost and simplicity of design. They have excellent resistance to stains. The main advantage of resistive technology is sensitivity to any touch: you can work with your hand (including gloves), a stylus (pen) and any other hard, blunt object (for example, the upper end of a ballpoint pen or a corner plastic card). However, there are also quite serious disadvantages: resistive screens are sensitive to mechanical damage, such a screen is easy to scratch, so a special protective film is often additionally purchased to protect the screen. In addition, resistive panels do not work very well at low temperatures, and also have low transparency - they transmit no more than 85% of the display's luminous flux.

Capacitive technology touch screen is based on the principle that a large-capacity object (in this case a person) is capable of conducting electricity. The essence of capacitive technology is to apply an electrically conductive layer to the glass, while a weak light is applied to each of the four corners of the screen. alternating current. If you touch the screen with a grounded object large capacity(finger), current will leak. The closer the point of contact (and therefore the leakage) is to the electrodes in the corners of the screen, the greater the strength of the leakage current, which is recorded by the control electronics, which calculates the coordinates of the point of contact.
Capacitive screens are very reliable and durable, their service life is hundreds of millions of clicks, they perfectly resist pollution, but only those that do not conduct electric current. Compared to resistive ones, they are more transparent. However, the disadvantages are still the possibility of damage to the electrically conductive coating and insensitivity to touch with non-conductive objects, even with gloved hands.

Projective-capacitive screens are based on measuring the capacitance of a capacitor formed between the human body and a transparent electrode on the surface of the glass, which in this case is a dielectric. Due to the fact that the electrodes are applied to the inner surface of the screen, such a screen is extremely resistant to mechanical damage, and taking into account the possibility of using thick glass, projective capacitive screens can be used in public places and on the street without any special restrictions. In addition, this type of screen recognizes pressing with a gloved finger.
These screens are quite sensitive and distinguish between finger and conductive pen presses, and some models can recognize multiple presses (multi-touch). Features of a projective capacitive screen are high transparency, durability, and immunity to most contaminants. The disadvantage of such a screen is its not very high accuracy, as well as the complexity of the electronics that process the coordinates of the press.

The essence of the operation of the touch panel with the determination of surface acoustic waves is the presence of ultrasonic vibrations in the thickness of the screen. When you touch the vibrating glass, the waves are absorbed, and the point of contact is recorded by the screen sensors. The advantages of the technology include high reliability and keystroke recognition (unlike capacitive screens). The disadvantages are poor protection from environmental factors, so screens with surface acoustic waves cannot be used outdoors, and in addition, such screens are afraid of any contamination that blocks their operation. Rarely used.

Acer Iconia B1-721 tablet review | Introduction

Acer has never been able to boast of success in commercially developing the Android platform and releasing truly successful tablets based on it. At the beginning of the journey of the smartphone division, there were many problems of adapting the absorbed E-Ten to modern market conditions, then a quick collapse Windows Mobile, rethinking market prospects. Unlike the company's computer division, things were not going well, and even today numerous representatives of the Liquid smartphone line occupy only a residual market share. The company's laptop strategy with smartphones does not work at all, but in the tablet segment it has found excellent and quite successful application. Acer took smartphone-tested suppliers and manufacturers as a basis, manufactured products in a light, youthful style, and came up with a wonderful presentation format under the sub-brand Iconia B1. Contrary to the controversial top products Iconia TAB under Windows control 8, everything worked out great and sales really went up. But where did yesterday's outsider of the Android race achieve such unexpected success?

The reasons are hidden on the very surface, because frequent visitors to stores in search of a tablet are the parents of end users or friends and relatives of parents. A tablet can be taken by a child of any age as an alternative to a fragile and small smartphone, provided that it combines most of the functions of a laptop. And now those same parents, often owners of Acer laptops and monitors, are faced with a choice inexpensive tablet a brand they know or a dubious pig in a poke. And, believe me, it is very difficult to instill in people who have reached social maturity in an era of stability the need for constant experimentation and a long-term selection of the best specific proposals, when there is a ready-made and time-tested answer. Of course, most of these buyers vote in rubles for the proven Acer brand, which offers the Iconia B1 line of tablets at a very reasonable price. Just a little cheaper than Samsung products and half the price Apple iPad. Perfect option the first smart computer for a child, which he won’t mind seeing broken at one unexpected moment.

We couldn’t ignore such an active trend in the tablet segment, and therefore we chose one of the top modifications in the line – the model Acer Iconia B1-721, which can rightfully be considered one of the brightest representatives of the initial segment of tablets Russian market. Attractive appearance, low price, well-known computer brand and a bunch of attractive characteristics. It sounds quite tempting, but it is much more interesting to carefully study this model, which is what we did during the preparation of our review. So let's get started learning about Iconia B1 syndrome.

Acer Iconia B1-721 tablet review | Specifications

Taking into account the budget positioning of the tablet Acer Iconia B1-721, one cannot expect outstanding performance, but a quick study of the manufacturer's specifications gives a very optimistic forecast. Despite the modest hardware, there is a good set of wireless communications and a fairly capacious battery. However, all this data will be discussed in more detail in our review, but for now we bring to your attention a summary table of data.

Specifications of the Acer Iconia B1-721 tablet
Dimensions	199 x 122 x 11 mm
Weight	323 g
Screen	7" TFT 1024 x 600 dots
Chipset	MTK MT6582, CPU Cortex-A7 2x 1300 MHz
RAM	1 GB
GPU	Mali-400MP
Built-in memory	16 GB
Memory cards	microSDHC
WiFi	802.11n
Battery	2955 mAh
Camera	Front VGA
OS	Android 4.2.2

Acer Iconia B1-721 tablet review | Equipment

Acer Iconia B1-721 comes in a small branded package with a very frivolous design and an abundance of meaningless objects. In the box itself, in addition to the tablet, you can find a network Charger, USB cable and many instructions. Nothing superfluous, only the essentials.

Acer Iconia B1-721 tablet review | Appearance

Appearance Acer Iconia B1-721 reminds us of the Nexus 7; at the same time, the design plays on the front surface elements of the Liquid line of smartphones. The neat plastic body, with dimensions of 199 x 122 x 11 mm, with large beveled edges and rounded edges on the back surface, fits very comfortably in the hand. And it’s really nice to hold it, since the weight of 323 g barely weighs on your hand when using it on the go. It’s more comfortable to use with two hands, and you can also feel the very decent build quality, the only pity is that the diagonal bend is almost 3 mm.

As mentioned above, the tablet body Acer Iconia B1-721 It is entirely made of plastic of various textures, although there are only three elements themselves: the back part of a sloping shape with textured engraving, as well as the front frame of the touch glass. At the bottom of the frame there are decorative stripes, some of which have through cutouts for sound output from the speaker on the left and the microphone on the right. On top of the glass there is a camera peephole, or, more precisely, a VGA matrix. There are no control keys or sensors on the front side - all control is virtual via touch glass with ten-point Multi-touch support.

On the sides of the body Acer Iconia B1-721 there is only the most necessary. On the left side there is a slot for microSDHC memory cards, and there is nothing at the bottom. The right end contains not only a volume rocker, but also a slot for a micro-SIM card, and on top there is a power button, a 3.5 mm headphone jack and microUSB. All. There is nothing more to say about the tablet's body.

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