Acer Iconia B1: How Much Tablet Does $130 Buy You?

LAS VEGAS - "This is a product for new users." That's how Acer President Jim Wong described the company's new $130 Acer Iconia B1 tablet, which will be sold in some areas of the world for as low as $99.
"Some places will have a special promotion for $99 but most of the channels will have it for $129 to $149," Wong explained during an interview with ABC News Sunday at CES 2013.
The Android 4.0 tablet, which will launch first in Asia and in South America this month, is obviously going after the lower-end $199, 7-inch tablets, like the Kindle Fire and the Nexus 7. However, the $70 to $100 gap does take a hit on the specs and user experience.
Unlike the Nexus and Kindle Fire, which have higher quality displays, the B1 has a TN 1024 x 600 resolution screen. It also doesn't have higher end dual- or quad-core processors from Nvidia or Qualcomm. Instead, it has a MediaTek processor and just 512MB of RAM.