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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 08, 2011
Microsoft this morning announced it has reached licensing agreements with Acer and Viewsonic over the companies' Android devices. Terms of either agreement were not announced, but Viewsonic will pay r...
Review
by Phil Nickinson
Sep 05, 2011
What would you give up to pack more features into an Android tablet? Would you be willing to sacrifice thinness? Accept a little more weight, or a design that's not quite as svelte as another tablet?...
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by Richard Devine
Aug 27, 2011
The 3.2 update for the Iconia A500 promised for 25th August never showed, but Acer haven't left us out in the cold instead going public on why the date slipped. Posting on the Acer Malaysia...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 23, 2011
If you're rocking an Acer Iconia A500 (and haven't hacked the living daylights out of it!) chances are you'll have a small system update available today. The update seems pretty minor, and many ...
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by Richard Devine
Aug 17, 2011
Remember the Acer phone with the massive 4.8-inch screen? There's a good possibility not, but we first went hands on with the device at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, and things have been ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 12, 2011
If you've got to have Honeycomb and you've got to have it in a 7-inch tablet, the Acer Iconia A100 might be right up your alley. It's the first 7-inch tablet to launch with Android 3.2, has a TFT ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 06, 2011
Have an Acer Iconia Tab A500? Have an Acer Iconia Tab A500 that's not running Android 3.1? The wait should be short, as updates are rolling out now. We just got ours, and system update 4.010.08 i...
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by Kevin O'Quinn
Jun 30, 2011
A little while back at Google I/O Google introduced the world to Chromebooks. Svelte machines that run Google's own OS, Chrome OS. Chrome OS is unlike any other OS that's hit the shelves. ...
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by Chris Parsons
Jun 27, 2011
If you're the proud owner of an Acer Iconia Tab A500 then you're no doubt waiting for Android 3.1 to be rolled out -- which should be coming in July. However, if you're a risk taker you can grab the ...
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by Chris Parsons
Jun 23, 2011
Acer Iconia Tab A500 owners are now getting an idea of when to expect Android 3.1. According to Acers German Facebook page the update will roll out in Germany on July 5. Sadly, no other regions dates ...
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by Chris Parsons
Jun 17, 2011
When it comes to software and hardware, I've always been under the firm belief that if it can be built -- it can also be torn down and that's exactly what has happened to the Acer Iconia A500 tablet.O...
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by Chris Parsons
May 26, 2011
Although it's not the Android 3.1 update that is set to arrive in June, Acer Iconia Tab A500 owners are now reporting that a system update weighing in around 38MB is now starting to appear. As reporte...
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by Chris Parsons
May 23, 2011
Although it's been a long time coming, the Acer Iconia Tab A500 is now hitting some store shelves -- and one of those stores, as announced today is OfficeMax. Wasting no more time, OfficeMax has made...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 01, 2011
We just got this in from a tipster working at Target who received a non-retail, working display model of the Acer Iconia Tab. A quick inspection of the box label tells us that the proposed sale ...
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by Chris Parsons
Apr 27, 2011
Back during Mobile World Congress we went hands-on with the Acer Iconia Smart and in the time since then, the FCC has also gone hands-on with the device. While we're pretty sure the Acer Iconia Smart ...
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by Chris Parsons
Apr 18, 2011
Although Best Buy in the U.S. has tossed up their pre-order page long ago, Canadians are now able to get in on the Acer Iconia Tablet action as well. Future Shop Canada has posted up their pre-order&n...
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by Jared DiPane
Apr 08, 2011
If you passed on the Motorola Xoom in hopes of another Honeycomb based Android tablet coming to the market and have been eying the Acer Iconia, you will be pleased to know Best Buy is now accepting pr...
Article
by Chris Parsons
Mar 23, 2011
Although we've seen the Acer Iconia Tab at Mobile World Congress as well as at CES all signs for this 10.1 inch tablet with a 1280x768 display, running a NVIDIA Tegra 250 Dual-core CPU pointed ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 14, 2011
Our pals over at PreCentral have found themselves in possession of what apparently is a release schedule from "a major U.S. retailer," and it's got a number of Android tablets listed, ...
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by Chris Parsons
Mar 07, 2011
The last we heard of the Acer Liquid Metal was when it hit the FCC bearing some AT&T bands. Now, the device has turned up on Rogers in Canada as the Acer Liquid MT and we're going to go ahead and...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Feb 14, 2011
Windows Phone - One year later New features heading to Windows Phone 7: Multi-tasking, IE9, Skydrive and moreMultitasking support for WP7 detailed & updated with more informationKinect on Wi...
Article
by Dieter Bohn
Feb 14, 2011
Sometimes you just want a phone that's crazy, crazy tall. Enter the Acer Iconia Smart, which sports a 4.8" 1024 x 480 screen at a 21:9 aspect ratio. Toss in an 8mp camera on the back with ...
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by Dieter Bohn
Feb 14, 2011
We briefly saw the Acer Iconia Tab at NVIDIA's booth at CES, but they limited our experience to Dungeon Hunter. Here at MWC, the Tab is having a slightly more official coming-out, letting us vi...
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by Andrew Melnizek
Jan 06, 2011
It's starting to seem like every phone coming out of CES is running Android. But hey, we're not complaining here. Acer has announced the beTouch E140. The E140's screen size is a lot smaller than...
Review
by Dieter Bohn
Jan 06, 2011
We hit up NVIDIA's table last night to see what sort of Tegra 2 awesomeness they had in store and lo-and-behold they were showing off the gaming chops of the Acer ICONIA Tab A500. If you didn't...
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by Sean Brunett
Jan 05, 2011
The Consumer Electronics Show is in full swing now, so get prepared for loads of delicious announcements. Acer took the time to announce a tablet headed to the Verizon LTE network, labeled the ICONIA ...
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by Chris Kerrigan
Dec 23, 2010
Hey, look at that, more Tablet goodness! It looks like a video has just leaked showcasing Acer's rumored 10 inch Tegra-based Tablet. The video shows off some of the UI, and what appears to be a...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 23, 2010
In case a 4.8-inch smartphone isn't big enough for you, Acer is also bringing a seven inch and a 10 inch tablet to market come next April. While it seems like everyone is getting into the Androi...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 23, 2010
Acer has announced that they will be bringing their own spin on an Android phone, in a very big way come April 2011. The yet unnamed 4.8-inch (yes, 4.8 inch) Android phone will feature a 1024x48...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 19, 2010
The Froyo update for the Acer Liquid E is now available for customers of both Rogers and Fido. It's not an OTA update, so you'll have to download it and install manually. That's OK, b...
