The Acer Iconia W4 is another 8-inch Windows 8 tablet that offers a solid all-round performance, but the combination of full Windows on a small tablet still isn't one we'd recommend to everyone.

No tablet can take over all the duties of a notebook computer, but the relatively small-screened Acer Iconia W4 is certainly not ideal as a laptop replacement. You'd be better off thinking of this slate as a supplement, in which case its good battery life and relatively slick performance stand it in good stead.

The 8-inch Acer Iconia W4 has a few advantages that help it stand out from a crowd of similar devices, including great battery life and enough ports to support basic productivity. It's also much better -- and less expensive -- than last year's W3 model, so it earns bonus points for that.

The Acer Iconia W4-820-2466 is a bright, compact 8-inch Windows 8 slate tablet. With a full copy of Microsoft Office Home and Student and almost 10 hours of battery life, it's a viable alternative to carrying an ultraportable laptop to class or meetings.

Good battery life should keep the Iconia W4 going through the working day, so long as you're not taxing it with over-strenuous workloads. With an external Bluetooth keyboard and mouse it could probably cope with more serious work than web browsing, email and light document editing/creation. ...

Wie der Vorgänger W3 bietet das Windows-Tab Acer Iconia W4-820 ein 8-Zoll-Display, erzielt aber dank geringerem Gewicht (420 Gramm) eine bessere Mobilitätsnote im Test. Acer hat gegenüber dem derzeit rund 100 Euro günstigeren W3 den Speicherplatz auf nun 32 GByte halbiert und die Kamera auf 4,9 Megapixel aufgestockt. ...