14 Jul 11 Acer Iconia Tab A500 Updated to Android Honeycomb3.1

Ever since its debut back in 2008 Google’s Android has grown to be one of the most popular mobile platforms in the world. However, up until some manufacturers adopted the platform for use with tablets it has primarily powered smartphones. Google looks to change all of this with the introduction of Android ‘Honeycomb’ 3.0 which already powers critically acclaimed devices like the Motorola XOOM and ASUS Eee Pad. Luckily, it’s just been announced today that the Android ‘Honeycomb’ 3.1 update is coming to Acer Iconia Tab A500. Of course, it is equipped with a lot of excellent features. In case you do not know about its details, we will introduce it to you in the following article.

Acer is yet another hardware manufacturer looking to secure their respective share of the buzz worthy market. Currently on the market they have the Iconia Tab A500 which is an Android Honeycomb powered tablet featuring a 10-inch display with 1280 x 800 resolution, 1GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor, NVIDIA GeForce GPU, 1GB of RAM, 5 megapixel rear facing camera, front facing camera for video conference calls, 16GB of internal storage, microSD slot for additional storage, HDMI-out port with 1080p video support, 802.11 b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1, mini USB port and regular USB port.

Judging from the specs the Acer Iconia Tab A500 isn’t very much different from tablets like the Motorola XOOM or ASUS Eee Pad Transformer. However, it was just noted today that the Acer Iconia Tab A500 has been updated to Android Honeycomb version 3.1. This update brings, among other things, resizable widgets, security updates and the always important bug fixes.

Well, for me, there is no more word about the other details of the Acer Iconia Tab A500. If you are interested in it, please pay attention to our website.