Reflections and comments from an Old Timer in the Technology World.
My last report on GPS time to acquire a fix was 10 days ago. The Iconia Tablet has been indoors with GPS turned off all the time since a fix 10 days ago. Time line from GPS turn On :- Standing within 3 meters of where the GPS was turned Off. 20 seconds = 4 Satellites displayed, the various Satellites […] Read more »
Today I used the GPS Status & Toolbox application from Eclipsim to reset the cache so that I could start from square one with new Almanac data. It was raining heavy so I could not go outside to get a fix so I left it in the window. It took around 40 mins to get a lock. After 30 mins […] Read more »
First a correction from yesterdays post. I mentioned the SD 2nd slot. In fact I have since found out that on the A500 it may just be a slot with no connector as it is where the Sim card goes in the W500. It would help if Acer or the manual mentioned this. Today I installed ‘SipDroid’ from the […] Read more »
My Acer Iconia A500 Android Tablet is one week old today. A500 reminds me of many happy ‘Amiga 500’ days. Well it’s a much smaller but just as innovative as the ‘Amiga’. Like most new things one should read the Manual. I am pretty good at just pressing all the buttons to see what happens! Well the manual is very basic, so […] Read more »