Acer Iconia-6120 14-Inch Dual-Screen Touchbook Acer Iconia-6120 14-Inch Dual-Screen Touchbook

Product Description

Acer Iconia-6120 Dual-Screen Touchbook comes with these specs: Intel® Core™ i5-480M processor 2.66GHz with Turbo Boost Technology up to 2.93GHz, Windows® 7 Home Premium, Dual Multi-Touch 14.0" HD Widescreen CineCrystal™ LED-backlit Displays, Mobile Intel® HM55 Express Chipset, 4096MB DDR3 1066MHz Memory, Intel® HD Graphics with 128MB dedictated system memory, 640GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive, Built-In HD 1.3MP Webcam, Dolby® Home Theater® v3 Audio Enhancement, 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™, 2 - USB 2.0 Ports, 1-USB 3.0 Port, 1 - HDMI™ Port with HDCP, Multi-Touch Virtual Keyboard, 4-cell Li-ion Battery (3000 mAh), Up to 3 hours of battery life, 6.18 lbs. | 2.8 kg (system unit only), AC Power Adapter, AC Power Cord, Wireless Setup Card, Registration/ Limited Warranty Card, Microsoft® Office Starter 2010, McAfee® Internet Security Suite (60-day insert)

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #644 in Personal Computers
• Color: Aluminum
• Brand: Acer
• Model: Iconia-6120
• Dimensions: 1.24" h x 13.53" w x 9.69" l, 6.18 pounds
• CPU: Intel Core i5 2.66 GHz
• Memory: 4GB SODIMM
• Hard Disk: 640GB
• Processors: 2
• Battery type: Lithium Ion
• Display size: 14

Features

• Windows® 7 Home Premium, Intel® Core? i5-480M Processor 2.66GHz
• 4GB DDR3 Dual-Channel Memory
• 14" HD Widescreen CineCrystal? LED-backlit LCDs
• 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi
• 6.18 lbs

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Product Description

The Acer® Iconia-6120 Dual-Screen Touchbook changes how you interact with your PC with dual-screen views and a full touch experience that comes together to make one awe-inspiring product. Each 14" HD Widescreen LED-backlit LCD provides a seamless way to social network, view HD videos and manage your digital world. Wow your friends with never before seen features like the Acer Ring Control Interface, launching your favorite apps and features with your fingertips or switch to the virtual keyboard mode and type like you would on a regular notebook, avoiding errors with adaptive typing and predictive text input. Packed with Intel® Core™ i5 processing power to help you get it all done!

Key Features

• Dual Multi-Touch Screens: 14" HD Widescreen CineCrystal™ LED-backlit LCDs
• Tempered Gorilla® Glass: with fingerprint-resistant coating
• Intel® Core™ i5-480M Processor 2.66GHz with Turbo Boost Technology up to 2.93GHz
• 4GB DDR3 Dual-Channel Memory
• 640GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
• Intel® HD Graphics
• 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™
• 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN
• Dolby® Advanced Audio® v3 Audio Enhancement
• High Definition Audio Support
• 2 - USB 2.0 Ports & 1 - USB 3.0 Port
• Multi-Touch Virtual Keyboard
• Virtual Numeric Keypad
• Virtual Touchpad
• 1.3 Megapixel HD Webcam (1280 x 1024 resolution)
• 4-Cell Lithium-Ion (3000 mAh)
• 6.18 lbs. | 2.8 kg. (system unit only)
• Windows® 7 Home Premium
• Microsoft® Office Starter 2010: Complete your PC. Purchase a product key to activate a full Microsoft® Office 2010 suite.

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True Touch Excellence

Unique dual-screen design allows you to watch a movie on one screen, while checking Facebook on the other!

The Acer® Iconia-6120 Dual-Screen Touchbook is a truly unique Notebook experience! The all-point touch display supports precise and accurate multi-point detection making it a breeze to play with intensive touch applications. Iconia's unique dual-screen view and touch environment give you complete control of how you interact with your PC. View an entire page through both screens for seamless reading and navigation, or customize what is shown on each screen and even resize windows! The ultra-thin, extremely durable, and scratch-resistant face of each 14" touchscreen LED backlit LCD is Gorilla® Glass from Corning, a renowned manufacturer of glass that's tough. The wipe and clean coating lets you keep your touchbook shining.

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Absolute Touch Control

Virtual full-sized keyboard and touchpad.

Simply place both palms on the bottom screen and the virtual full-sized keyboard and virtual numeric keypad instantly appear, giving you the same experience of a traditional physical keyboard with your own customized look. The Numeric Touchpad with handwriting recognition lets you write naturally while converting handwriting to text. Predictive text allows for quick typing while avoiding mistakes. Acer puts you in the driver's seat with the Acer Ring Control Interface. Simply place all five fingers on the screen in a grab gesture to launch the unique touch portal and scroll effortlessly through your favorite applications and features with your fingertips. Unique applications like MyJournal let you easily customize a page with the web feeds you want so you automatically get updates.

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Smart Performance and Anywhere Connectivity

Acer Ring- place all five fingers on the screen in a grab gesture to launch the unique touch portal. Scroll effortlessly through your favorite applications and features.

Intel® Core™ i5 Processor with Intel® Turbo Boost Technology delivers smart performance that adapts to your needs. Whether you’re listening to music, watching a movie, or engaging in heart-stopping games, Dolby® Advanced Audio® v3 thrills you with vibrant sound over any pair of speakers or headphones. New USB 3.0 port works up to 10x faster than the standard USB 2.0! Download a 25GB HD movie in just 70 seconds, even charge your USB devices even when your laptop is on sleep, hibernate or off! Connect to the Internet reliably with 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ and Gigabit Ethernet LAN conveniently delivering rapid connectivity from your home, at work or on-the-go.

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Serious Content Management

SocialJogger connects you to Flickr, Facebook, and YouTube instantly and simultaneously.

Social Jogger lets you simultaneously connect to Flickr, Facebook, and YouTube through one simple interface on one screen, leaving the other screen free to view a site in more detail, watch a movie or view photos in the other. Windows Manager lets you customize where your applications appear, allowing you to manage the window, choose the screen and resize the window. The built-in Gesture Editor is a simple and intuitive way to set customized gestures to launch specific applications, open websites, view your desktop or even lock your computer.

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Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium

The Best Entertainment Experience On Your PC

Windows 7 Home Premium makes it easy to create a home network and share all of your favorite photos, videos, and music. You can even watch, pause, and rewind TV or record it to watch whenever and wherever you want. For the best entertainment experience, choose a PC with Windows 7.

Peek behind open windows to get a quick look at your desktop (see larger image).

Windows 7: Your PC Simplified

Simplifies everyday tasks, works the way you want, and makes new things possible.

• Improved desktop navigation features like Snap, Peek, and Shake, make it easier to manage all of your open windows.
• Creating a home network has never been easier. You can even share files and printers with all the PCs with Windows 7 on the network.
• Find virtually anything on your PC--from documents to songs to email--just by typing a word or two with Windows Search.
• Designed to make your PC sleep and resume quicker.
• Watch, pause, rewind and record TV with Windows Media Center to watch whenever and where ever you want*.

Create, Connect and Share with Windows Live

Windows 7 and Windows Live bring it all together for free. Get the free set of programs that make it simple to create and share amazing photos and movies, organize mail, and stay connected with your closest friends.

• Get 25 GB of free online storage with Windows Live SkyDrive.
• Sync files on your PCs automatically with Windows Live Mesh.
• Share photos during video chats with Windows Live**
• Easily edit photos and combine the best parts of multiple photos into one perfect photo with Photo Fuse.

Windows Live is available for free at download.live.com.

Complete your PC Experience with Microsoft Office 2010

• Microsoft Office Starter 2010 includes reduced functionality versions of Microsoft Word and Excel with advertising. (Note that PowerPoint or Outlook are not included.)
• Purchase Office 2010 today and get the most out of your new PC.

* Additional hardware may be required. Not available in all countries. (See windows.microsoft.com/products/windows-7/system-requirements/ for more information.)
** Requires a compatible microphone, speakers or headset, webcam, and broadband connection.

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Customer Reviews

Most helpful customer reviews

33 of 35 people found the following review helpful.
Not for Everyone
By Dale H. Reeck
While the dual screen configuration is more useful than I would have originally thought, the Iconia 6120 is not for everyone. Its especially not for people who do a lot of writing. While the virtual keyboard works well, it is not the same as a physical keyboard.

And I have to contradict one of the reviewers here, the machine is very fast and I have noticed few bugs. The machine booted up the first time just fine, with no issues and the keyboard appears after a few seconds. I also have not noticed any unusual warmth.

But that doesn't mean all's perfect. There's the unexcusably missing bluetooth and multimedia card/ExpressCard slots. Also, while they give you easy access to the inards, via an easy to remove bottom access panel, that reveals an empty PCI Express card slot, there are no antenna leads. The European version of this system includes broadband, but without antenna leads, the slot becomes useless for USA upgraders who might want to use a CDMA broadband card or even a bluetooth card. There are ways to add your own antenna via third party solutions, but these usually don't work well. And, as others have mentioned, the poor battery life is compounded by the fact that the battery is inconvenient to replace. The bottom access panel must be removed to expose the battery release latches. Not difficult, but the extra step of removing the bottom access panel is unwelcome, especially in a cramped space like an airplane.

I am very pleased with the performance of this laptop. I am used to working on dual screen systems at home and at work and it is only natural that this capability be extended to my laptop. But the system is missing some basic features, like bluetooth and multimedia cards, that are common on even a low end laptop. Its puzzling why Acer removed these features, though it appears there was sufficient room in the case for them.

EDIT: I modified the above text to indicate that the battery is indeed removable, though not very conveniently.

28 of 36 people found the following review helpful.
On its way back to Amazon!
By R. Redyk
I have wanted this since I saw the first ad in Wired Magazine. By accident I noticed Amazon had them in stock and at 1200 dollars it was a total impulse purchase.

Packing: A

Docs: B

Ease of setup: B plus

Like the other review the bottom screen is pretty tough to observe under most lighting conditions. I did like the software, virtual keyboard and apps, very well executed.

However, the fan...is-the-worst-fan-ever! Loud and I can actually change the pitch by pressing harder on the virtual keyboard. A deal breaker. Sure, this could be defective if I ignore all the other complaints about Acer fans but the straw that broke my back was Acer technical support. So three hours into ownership I called Acer, of course you have to recite a 22 digit S/N into a computerized system and hope that it can understand your inflections of your voice, it didn't for me until after 5 failed attempts.

I felt like a lottery winner when I was finally admitted entry into Acer technical support, unfortunately it was in India. After the standard banter that is borderline insane ( who writes this stuff for these people) he asks me to remove the back cover, I inform him page 5 of the guide says if back cover is removed your warranty is removed...his reply is saying he is sorry and to remove the back cover so we can " WE REMOVE THE KEYBOARD" I ask him if 1) he heard what I said 2) does he know what this product is...he apologizes for my difficulty and asks me to hold before hanging up on me.

At this point even if they sent me a perfect device I could not run the risk I would have to call Acer with a problem.

FYI you can be patched directly into sales in the US if you want to buy an extended warranty. ;)

20 of 27 people found the following review helpful.
Exciting design fails miserably.
By J. Wilson
I really wanted to love the Iconia and I was very intrigued by the design. I have had many touchscreen devices over the years (Windows, iOS and Android) and this is by far the most disappointing of them all. The biggest problem is the extremely poor TN displays that were used. The bottom screen is almost unusable even in a dark room with no reflections because the vertical viewing angles are abysmal. Even if I could have lived with the weight (6 lbs), 2 hour battery, lack of SD slot and fan noise there is no way I could accept the washed out bottom screen. To be clear, both screens seem equally poor but it is easy enough to position the top screen at a usable angle but nearly impossible to position yourself so the bottom screen isn't washed out. There were also some scratches on the paint that I noticed as I was peeling off the protective plastic.

If you want an excellent touchable Windows PC I'd highly recommend the ASUS EP121 slate if you can find one. The EP121's screen is miles better and the device is far more practical.

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