Cameramen gather around the Iconia at the launch event in New York, filming it for the more than one hundred journalists gathered.
source: PC Authority
Our first glimpse - but only of the stock photography. We had to make do with live video until we got some hands-on time later in the event.
At first glance, the lower of the Iconia's two 14in dual-screens is blank - ready for one of its two main touch gestures.
Press five fingers onto the lower screen, and a swivel-dial menu appears.
You can scroll up and down the applications using a single finger, before selecting one.
The second main touch gesture supported by Acer's gesture engine is an on-screen keyboard. To make it appear, you press palms and fingers onto the lower screen.
You can make the touch-dial menu appear even if there's an application live on the lower screen, as seen here.
Once you select an app, it appears on the top screen...
But you can also drag areas of the top screen down to the lower screen.
Here, we have Twitter, Facebook and Flickr on the lower screen. Selecting a video link pops the video onto the upper screen for viewing. This kind of dual screen use makes the Iconia appealing for web developers, designers, and, of course, couch potatoes.
A website shown on the upper screen has a portion selected to display on the lower screen.
Here, two completely different apps are running on top and bottom screens. You can use touch in either or both screens, simultaneously.
Cameramen gather around the Iconia at the launch event in New York, filming it for the more than one hundred journalists gathered.