Acer Iconia Tab A110 tablet to hit the U.S. and Canada on October 30 for $229

With the Nexus 7 enjoying tremendous success, Acer is looking to crash the party with a 7-inch tab of their own. The Iconia Tab 110 is already available in the UK, but will finally makes its way to the U.S. and Canada on October 30 for $229.  This one will compete directly with the Nexus 7 and it has its pluses and minus. On the plus side, it has a microSD slot for expanded storage as well as a MicroHDMI slot to connect to your HDTV. On the minus side, it’s display comes in at 1024 x 600, which isn’t as good as the Nexus 7′s 1280 x 800.  The rest of the specs line up with the Nexus 7, which include a quad-core NVIDIA Tegra 3 processor, 1GB of RAM, 8GB of storage, 2MP front-facing camera, Bluetooth 3.0, and Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.

The new 32GB version of the Nexus 7 will cost roughly $249 so it really comes down to what features are most important to you.

Acer Iconia A110 7″, Tegra 3 Android tablet now shipping in the UK

Not to be outdone by Google and Asus, Acer has now officially joined the 7-inch tablet party by releasing the Iconia A110 in the UK. Boasting specs very similar to that of the Nexus 7, it seems like Acer’s offering may hold its own in the hot 7-inch tablet market. There’s no doubt that it’ll be tough to grab a decent size of the market share without offering something better or different. However, there isn’t much not to like about Acer’s offering. In fact, it does offer a couple of things that a certain other 7-inch tables doesn’t.  The specs on the Iconia A110 are as follows:

• quad-core NVIDIA Tegra 3 processor
• 1GB of RAM
• 8GB of storage of internal storage (expandable via SD slot)
• 7″ display
• HDMI output
• Android 4.1 Jelly Bean

Decent specs indeed, and all that for £179. Some folks may particularly like the expandable storage and HDMI out. Ebuyer is claiming to be the first UK retailer to offer this excellent option in the 7-inch tablet market, and at the time of this writing is showing as in stock. If you pick this tablet up, let us know how you like it.