According to the report from Wall Street Journal that the tablet will have somewhat similar specs to Kindle Fire and Nook Color, but cheaper. Final pricing, however, will depend country-by-country in consideration of taxes. Once sold in the Philippines, it would probably be worth P5,000 to P6,000.
Meanwhile the specs was post on a Serbian forum and according to them, the $99 tablet from Acer will have a dual core processor at 1.2GHz, 512mb RAM, Bluetooth 4.0, 8GB internal memory expandable up to 32GB with a microSD, and operates on Google’s Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean OS.
At 7 inches with a 1024 x 600 resolution screen, the Iconia B1 is a reasonably low-cost tablet computer aimed to be offered in emerging markets.
According to the report, Acer also mulls on launching a cheaper version of its Intel-based Windows 8 tablets early next year.
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