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Aug

Acer Iconia A100 7-Inch Honeycomb Tablet Now Available In North America

Posted by Cameron Summerson in Iconia A100, News

The Acer Iconia A500 10.1 inch Honeycomb tablet has been quite a success thanks to its competitive specs and low price tag. Now its little brother, the 7 inch Iconia A100 is available in North America for those who want all the power of Honeycomb in a more pocket-sized shell.

The Iconia A100 features all the guts of its bigger rivals, including a 1GHz Tegra 2 processor, 1GB RAM, 5MP rear shooter and 2MP in the front, all powered by Android 3.2, which has been optimized to run on 7 inch, 1024x600 displays.

The tablet is available at most US retailers today and will hit Canadian storefronts next week, with $330 getting you the 8GB version and $400 adds an extra 8GB, for a total of 16.

Jul

Acer Iconia Tab A100 Arriving 'Early August' For $300. Finally.

Posted by John Thompson in Honeycomb 3.0/3.1/3.2, Iconia A100, News

Well it's about bloody time! The last we heard, Acer's Iconia Tab A100 - the little sibling of the larger, 10-inch A500 - was being delayed due to Honeycomb restrictions on 7-inch displays. Fortunately, though, it seems that all of those issues are now firmly in the past for Acer, as Engadget is reporting that the company is readying its tablet for an early August launch, with a suggested retail price of $300.

In case you need a little refresher on the specs of the A100, a 1GHz Tegra 2 processor will be running the show. There will also be 512MB RAM available alongside 8GB of internal storage.

Jul

Acer Iconia Tab A501 With 4G Pre-Order Shows Up On Amazon For $500

Posted by Abhiroop Basu in Deals, Iconia Tab A500, News

Over the past few weeks and months the price of the Acer Iconia A500 has been steadily dropping. It is now clear that it was to make way for the 4G version of the tablet from AT&T.

Announced in late March by AT&T for a Q2 release, it looks like they have finally got their act together and are now featuring the device on Amazon.com on pre-order for $499.99.

The unreleased 4G HSPA+ tablet will be running Android Honeycomb and will feature a 1Ghz NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual core processor with integrated graphics, 10.1" WXGA display (1280x800), 1GB RAM, 16GB internal memory, 802.11b/g/n wireless, and a 5MP rear facing camera and 2MP front-facing camera.

Jul

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[Updated: It's A Go] Deal Alert: Acer Iconia Tab A500 For $350 From Target Starting July 17th

Posted by Cameron Summerson in Deals, Iconia Tab A500, News

This is probably the best deal I've seen thus far on any Honeycomb tablet: starting this Sunday, July 17th, you'll be able to pick up the Acer Iconia Tab A500 from Target for $400 and get a $50 Target gift card to go along with it, effectively making the price $350. The Iconia A500 sports the standard specs that we've become accustomed to seeing out of Honeycomb tablets:

10.1 Inch 1280x800 display
1Ghz dual-core Tegra 2 processor
1GB RAM
16GB storage, MicroSD card slot
5MP rear and 2MP front cameras
USB and microHDMI ports
Android 3.1

Update: The deal is live - check it out in the Target weekly ad online!

Jul

[Deal Alert] [Updated: It's Back!] Acer Iconia Tab A500 For $385 ($65 Off) From eBay Daily Deals

Posted by Cameron Summerson in Deals, Iconia Tab A500, News

Update: This tablet is gracing the front page of eBay Daily Deals once again, but this time it's a bit more expensive ($5), which is still quite a good deal. Hit the updated source link below to buy.

When it comes to the Android tablet market, pricing is one of the main areas that defines the competition. Acer clearly knew this when pricing its Iconia Tab A500 tablet at $450, but for today, you can score this 10.1 inch Tegra 2 device for the low price of $380 with free shipping from eBay's Daily Deals site.

If you're not familiar with the Iconia A500, here's a quick look at the specs:

10.1 inch 1280x800 LCD display
1GHz dual-core Tegra 2 processor
1GB RAM
16GB built-in storage
5MP rear camera, 2MP front
Honeycomb

If you have been waiting for the best price to pick up a new tablet, you better jump on this deal - a sub $400 Honeycomb tablet is hard to find.

Jul

Acer Iconia Tab A500 Android 3.1 Update Rolling Out Now

Posted by Cameron Summerson in Honeycomb 3.0/3.1/3.2, Iconia Tab A500, News

We just got word that the Android 3.1 update is rolling out in the US for the Acer Iconia Tab A500. The update brings all kinds of Honeycomb goodies, like resizable widgets, performance enhancements, improved multitasking, USB host support, and more.

Other details are limited at the moment, so make sure to hit us up on the tip line or drop a note in the comments if you find other new features!

Thanks, Sergei!

May

[Update: Transformer May 31st] ASUS Eee Pad Transformer And Acer Iconia A500 Both To Receive Android 3.1 In Early June

Posted by Cameron Summerson in Eee Pad Transformer, Honeycomb 3.0/3.1/3.2, Iconia Tab A500, News

While Google released the Honeycomb update that brings resizable widgets, USB host support, and overall performance improvements to VZW XOOM owners during I/O, and Motorola dropped it on Wi-Fi only XOOMs late last week, all other Honeycomb tablet owners have been asking the same question: when do I get it?

For owners of the Acer Iconia A500 and the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer that question has been answered by This Is My Next, and you'll be glad to know that you could see your update in as little as two weeks, as the update is scheduled for early June for both tablets.

May

[Unconfirmed] Acer Delaying Iconia A100 Tablet Due To Honeycomb Restrictions On 7-Inch Screens?

Posted by Cameron Summerson in Flyer, Galaxy Tab, Iconia A100, Iconia Smart, News, Rumors

The Acer Iconia A100 - a 7-inch Honeycomb tablet [unlike the 10" A500... makes sense, right? - Aaron]- was originally slated to hit the market in late May/early June, but has been delayed until August/September due to restrictions with Honeycomb on a 7-inch, 1024*600 display. Honeycomb was designed to take advantage of 10 inch, 1280*800 displays, and according to Digitimes, Google is too busy "resolving other issues" to tend to this little debacle, so Acer had no choice but to delay the device.

The first question that comes to my mind, however, has nothing to do with Acer - but instead, HTC and the Flyer (for those who may not know, the HTC Flyer also sports a 7 inch, 1024*600 display).

May

[Rumor] Acer To Unveil Intel-Based Honeycomb Tablet At Computex Next Week?

Posted by Cameron Summerson in Acer, News, Rumors

Remember last month when Intel CEO Paul Otellini said that they were actively working on porting Honeycomb to x86 processors with hopes of providing us with Intel powered Honeycomb tablets within the year? Well, it turns out that Acer may unveil the first tablet of the bunch at Computex this year: a 10.1 inch, Oak Trail sporting beast, according to Digitimes.

It's rumored that we could see this yet-unnamed tablet on the streets as early as July, but we'll just have to wait and see how that pans out.

That's really all that's know at this point, but I have a feeling that we should get a lot more info when Computex starts one week from today.

Apr

Adobe Releases Major Update To Flash 10.2, Including Enhancements For Honeycomb

Posted by Jaroslav Stekl in Acer, Applications, ASUS, Eee Pad Transformer, Honeycomb 3.0/3.1/3.2, Iconia Tab A500, LG, Motorola, News, Optimus Pad / G-Slate, XOOM

The latest update to Flash 10.2 for Android (version number 10.2.157.51) hit the Market earlier today and introduced several enhancements, most notably hardware acceleration for 720p videos (mentioned here earlier), albeit only on Honeycomb tablets.

Browser integration in Honeycomb has also been improved, and "important bug fixes and security enhancements," including a fix to the "critical" vulnerability discovered a few weeks ago, have been made across the board - not just in Honeycomb.

The only problem - both of the Honeycomb enhancements above require a yet-to-be-released system update, which could potentially bear version number 3.1, at least according to the app's initial changelog.