Reflections and comments from an Old Timer in the Technology World.
The days tick by as we all wait for ICS (Ice Cream Sandwich) for the Acer Iconia A500. It’s been reported on many other blogs that Acer NZ has announced that it will be available in April. The Acer Iconia A200 received it’s update on 6th March via OTA (Over The Air) so I guess Acer will wait whilst the […] Read more »
Update Acer_A500_7.014.15_ COM_GEN1 has just arrived [7 Mbytes] this evening this takes the Acer component in Australia to 7.014.15 up from 7.014.03 one point up from the 7.014.14 reported in my previous post for UK Tablets. I have no idea what this has fixed or any new features. I will post if I find out any more info on this […] Read more »
GPS does not always start. Since updating my Acer Iconia A500 to Honeycombe 3.2, I am still having trouble with the GPS. The symptoms are, start a program such as Google Maps and the indication is that it’s connecting to the GPS and waiting for a fix. When in fact the GPS is not connecting and does not appear […] Read more »
Android Honeycomb Version 3.2 Auto Update Available. Yesterday a new auto update arrived for my A500 and was installed. I looked for information on the Acer website to see what it contained but alas as usual no information. Kernal Version 2.6.36.3+ Build Number Acer_A500_7.006.03_COM_GEN1 If you Google the line above you will find a few comments on what seems […] Read more »
Since my last post 2 updates have arrived from Acer. I have no details of the fixes however things seem to work better now. Lock now takes around 4-6 minutes if I have not used the GPS for a few days. I think the original as purchased version was corrupting the Almanac and that’s why it was taking 20-30 mins […] Read more »