Acer Reveals Windows 8.1-Based Iconia W4

<p>Acer finally unveiled the successor to the company&&num;8217&semi;s woefully pitiful Iconia W3 tablet&comma; the Iconia W4&period; A successor to a bad product has quite a bit to improve&comma; and from the surface&comma; the W4 does not disappoint&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The one constant complaint about the W3 was its 1280 x 800 screen resolution&period; While it was the first Windows 8 tablet to have an 8&period;1-inch display&comma; that very display was quite bad&period; The W4 improves on it by delivering a 1280 x 800 IPS display&comma; which is sure to decrease glare and increase viewing angles&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The W4 is powered by Intel&&num;8217&semi;s Atom processor from its Bay Trail series&period; <a title&equals;"Iconia" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;engadget&period;com&sol;2013&sol;10&sol;17&sol;acer-iconia-w4-hands-on&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer"><em>Engadget<&sol;em><&sol;a> notes that performance seemed very brisk&comma; with the tablet able to open apps and programs with ease&period; Hardware-wise&comma; we are looking at a 0&period;91 pound tablet that measures 0&period;42 inches&period; While the front-facing camera stays put with 2 megapixels&comma; the back camera received an upgrade &&num;8211&semi; from 2 to 5 megapixels&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As for ports on the W4&comma; expect to see micro-USB&comma; micro-HDMI&comma; and microSD slots&period; Micro&excl; If you so choose&comma; you can opt to use a keyboard with the W4&period; Those interested will find it good to know that the W4 goes on sale this month&comma; with the 32GB and 64GB going for &dollar;330 and &dollar;380&comma; respectively&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;Source&colon; <a title&equals;"Acer" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;engadget&period;com&sol;2013&sol;10&sol;17&sol;acer-iconia-w4-hands-on&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer"><em>Engadget<&sol;em><&sol;a>&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;