Acer Iconia A1 review

Budget Android tablet looks solid but unexceptional

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Acer Iconia A1-810 review

Acer Iconia A1-810 review

Acer Iconia A1-810 review

Acer Iconia A1-810 review

Acer Iconia A1-810 review

Acer Iconia A1-810 review

Acer Iconia A1-810 review

Acer Iconia A1-810 review

Acer Iconia A1-810 review

Acer Iconia A1-810 review

Acer Iconia A1-810 review

Acer Iconia A1-810 review

Acer Iconia A1-810 review

Acer Iconia A1-810 review

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Jamie Carter
Jamie Carter

Jamie is a freelance tech, travel and space journalist based in the UK. He’s been writing regularly for Techradar since it was launched in 2008 and also writes regularly for Forbes, The Telegraph, the South China Morning Post, Sky & Telescope and the Sky At Night magazine as well as other Future titles T3, Digital Camera World, All About Space and Space.com. He also edits two of his own websites, TravGear.com and WhenIsTheNextEclipse.com that reflect his obsession with travel gear and solar eclipse travel. He is the author of A Stargazing Program For Beginners (Springer, 2015),

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