Reflections and comments from an Old Timer in the Technology World.
I have just received an update for the Iconia A500 System Updater. I am guessing this is a pre-cursor to the ICS ( Ice Cream Sandwich ) update we are expecting. You will find this small update by going to ‘Google Play’ it should come up as an update it did for me along with a whole batch of other […] Read more »
Just thought I would share with you a link to what’s inside the Acer Iconia A500. Bill Detwiler Head Technology editor of TechRepublic has done a marvellous job of opening up the A500 16GB Iconia Tablet and providing 68 images of his exploration. I was interested in where the GPS antenna was located. Image 25 shows the Antenna, a long […] Read more »
Wacom Bamboo Pen & Touch Tablet CTH-470 Review Wacom is renowned for quality graphics tablets has introduced a range of low priced tablets that use both a combined pressure sensitive Pen and Multi Touch pad using the same surface. This review is for the Wacom (3rd generation) Bamboo Pen & Touch CTH-470/K, from Harris Technology. If you have never used […] Read more »
Some time ago Apple found it’s self in trouble over a new iPad not being able to connect to the Australian 4G network provided by Telstra. If you find it a bit confusing Australia has a number of networks but 2 of them the NextG ® and 4G are Telstra products, using frequencies (channels) only provided by Telstra. 4G in […] Read more »
Today I used my Iconia A500 GPS for first time in 4 weeks! I received a fix within 4 minutes. However the Altitude at my location is 262m once the fix occurred it was showing a height ASL of only 20m and this progressively increased for the next 17 minutes to reach 262m. I had fixes from 9 satellites. Not […] Read more »