Acer Iconia Tab A100 3G tablet: UK price set for £400, available for pre-order now

Just when you thought it was safe to buy a tablet, another one busts into the market and further confuses your decision. This time it’s Acer, whose 3G-equipped, 7-inch Iconia Tab A100 has just appeared on Amazon with a pretty reasonable pre-order price of £400.

The device, which is set for release on May 14th, boasts Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) and a Tegra 250 Dual core processor, so it’s bang up to standard with it’s Android tablet contemporaries. It also sports two cameras – a 5-Megapixel rear and 2-Megapixel front – as well as 8GB of flash storage and HDMI output.

While £400 may seem a tiny bit steep compared to the larger-screened iPad, it is pretty competitive in the world of Android Honeycomb, especially as it’s got 3G inbuilt. This connectivity may also see the Iconia Tab A100 being offered at a subsidised price through contracts with mobile networks.

Will you be picking up an Iconia Tab? Or is the Apple iPad the only tablet worth splashing out for? Let us know on the Gadget Helpline Twitter feed.