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Acer Iconia A500 now shipping with free cases [Deal]

By Cory Gunther
on 14 Oct, 2011

The Acer Iconia A500 tab now appears to be selling for the same awesome low price of just $399 for the 16GB model, but we are now seeing various locations all offer up the tablet with a free official Acer protective case worth $30. While this isn't a deal like the Target $299 offering, a deal is a deal and worth a quick note right. If you've been debating a new Android Honeycomb tablet and had your eye on the low priced Acer, now would be a good time to snatch one up.

AT&T ACER Iconia Tab A501 4G Review [Video]

By Chris Burns
on 20 Sep, 2011

If it was good the first time, it's certainly good the second time, thus says Acer with their Iconia Tab A501, a device which is, in almost every way imaginable, exactly the same as the original Iconia Tab A500 we reviewed back on April 20, 2011. Therefor what we've got here is a bit of an upgrade to the original review, a bit of re-upping the details, and a few benchmarks to keep your mouth wetted for the big dinner.

Logitech Wireless Gamepad F710 Review with Riptide GP on Toshiba THRIVE [Video]

By Chris Burns
on 13 Sep, 2011

If there's one thing that's advancing at radically enticing speed in the Android world, it's gaming. Think about the games you were playing on Android a year ago, then watch this video. You'll find that not only is the game Riptide GP, a game we've looked at several times before still an awesome game, we've got it updated to the newest version available and, what do you know, it's got the ability to work with 3rd party controllers. We got a nice package from NVIDIA containing the Logitech Wireless Gamepad F710 for some USB-connected action and we were on our way! Not before getting those controls calibrated to our precise wave-riding calibrations right first though, you know we love our calibrations.

AT&T 4G Acer Iconia Tab A501 gets priced & dated

By Chris Davies
on 12 Sep, 2011

AT&T's 4G-enabled version of the 10.1-inch Acer Iconia Tab, the A501, will go on sale September 18 the carrier has confirmed, though don't expect crazy fast data speeds. In fact, the 4G only refers to HSPA+, not the LTE on the roadmap for later this year. Priced at $330 with a new, two-year data agreement, or $480 without, the 16GB Iconia Tab A501 is, 4G connectivity aside, identical to the A500 we reviewed previously On the back there's a 5-megapixel camera, while a 2-megapixel camera is up front for video calls. As well as the HSPA+ there's WiFi b/g/n and Bluetooth, along with USB 2.0, HDMI and a microSDHC memory card slot. NVIDIA's Tegra 2 processor keeps things running. Acer says it will also be offering a 32GB version of the A501, though so far AT&T is yet to confirm it will be ranging the slate. OS is Android Honeycomb, and there's access to the Tegra Zone of games and other downloads. [device id="266"]

Gateway A60 10.1″ 16GB Honeycomb Tab available for $399

By Cory Gunther
on 6 Sep, 2011

Here is a little deal and news for everyone. Over at futureshop.ca you can get the Gateway A60 Android Honeycomb tablet for just $399. Wait Gateway makes tablets? Yup we recently saw the A60 clear the FCC back in June and now it is available for purchase.

Android Community Weekly: August 27, 2011

By Sam Koutroulakis
on 27 Aug, 2011

This week in tech news, we see some long awaited teasers to some amazing devices, the iconic CEO Steve Jobs resigns, and a bundle of Android OS software updates.

NVIDIA giving away 5 Acer Iconia A500 Tabs Free at the new Tegra Zone

By Cory Gunther
on 25 Aug, 2011

Earlier today we reported about the brand new TegraZone.com from NVIDIA aiming to show users all about NVIDIA Tegra 2 Android powered devices. It's also a great place to see all the latest and greatest games geared specifically for Tegra 2 devices such as the Acer Iconia Tab A500 Honeycomb tablet. Even better is they are giving away five for FREE.

Acer Iconia Tab A510/A500 gets Android 3.2 update

By Shane McGlaun
on 23 Aug, 2011

Back in April, we got our mitts on the Acer Iconia Tab A500 tablet for review. This tablet was cool because it was the first tablet to hit the market that ran Android 3.0 Honeycomb. If you purchased one of the tablets or the A501, you will be glad to hear that a new Android update is reportedly available for the tablet right now. The update should be available OTA and will take the tablet from 3.0 to 3.2.

Acer Iconia Tab A100 vs Iconia Tab A500 [Brothers in Arms!]

By Chris Burns
on 17 Aug, 2011

When you take the time to consider purchasing an Android tablet today, you may well come across a set of Acer devices both called Iconia Tab, each of them then having a more specific name with either A100 or A500. We've got reviews of both of these devices as well as a full spec rundown so that YOU can make the right decision if the decision is indeed staying inside the Acer family for a tablet this Summer/Autumn. Will you go with the big-time 10-inch tablet, or the uniquely sized 7-inch tablet, both of them featuring Android Honeycomb?

Acer Iconia A500 3.2 Honeycomb OTA Update expected around August 25th

By Cory Gunther
on 14 Aug, 2011

While many tablets have already seen the update to Android 3.2 Honeycomb like the Motorola Xoom and the ASUS Transformer we haven't heard anything regarding the Acer A500 Tablet. It was updated to Android 3.1 back in July but appears to be a little late to the 3.2 party. Users wont need to wait much longer because we may see the update in August.