With a 10.1in HD 1366x768 screen, Intel Atom innards, eight hours of battery and a compact, light form factor it could be a winner for anyone who dreams of a MacBook they can pull apart. For under £300. Acer is bigging up the magnetic Snap Hinge and while we've seen something similar from the likes of the Asus Transformer Book T100, it's a big, big step up from Acer's previous mechanisms and fiddly keyboard cases. It can be used as a laptop, tablet or in display or tent modes. Plus the Switch 10 is £50 cheaper than the Asus.
Acer's two other new tablets are both 7in in size and both run Android - Windows 8.1 for work, Android for play apparently.
The grey/silver Iconia Tab 7 will be a tidy £150 when it goes on sale in May plus it offers 3G and even voice calls if you're that way inclined. Two words: Bluetooth headset. There's nothing here to worry the Nexus 7 too much - 720p screen, quad-core processor, 5MP camera, 8.9mm build. But if price is your main consideration, the Tab 7 could be a winner.
Equally, Acer's gone down the Nokia route with the Iconia One 7 - a slightly lower specced, heavier (330g) Android 4.2 tab that runs on Intel Atom and comes in six colours. In the flesh, it's rather nice - the rear panel is textured so doesn't look as cheap as a bright pink, glossy Asus MemoPad HD 7. At a glance, the 720p screen is disappointing but we'll give the full review unit another look when it's ready before the mid-May release.
