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The Iconia A1 is supplied with a fairly vanilla version of Android which only has a few customization here and there. It boasts Jelly Bean 4.2.2 which is the most up-to-date version.
One of the most interesting customization is called ‘Touch WakeApp' which can be accessed through the settings panel. This lets you instantly unlock the tablet and launch specified applications, either by swiping five fingers down the screen or by using a finger on either side.
Acer also include an app called ‘Acer Cloud' which provides some free online storage space for you provided you sign up to an Acer account. This can then be accessed through all of your other devices.
Our sample of the A1 is a 16 GB version and had just over 11 GB of free space available when we received it. So we imagine the 8 GB version would have around 3 GB to 4 GB of free space. By the time we had customised it and put some content on there, we only had around 9.5 GB of space remaining. If this isn't enough, an additional 16 GB can be added through the microSD card slot, although this will cost extra.
The Iconia A1 is supplied with both Chrome and Android's stock browser installed. We found the standard Browser offered a better user experience as pinch to zoom and scrolling were executed much more smoothly than Chrome. Perhaps this is down to the limited performance of the processor.
The on-screen keyboard is a standard Android affair which is fairly easy to use. There are other keyboards available through the Google Play store should you want something more sophisticated, though.
