14 DAY TRIAL // Acer is one of the companies whose Android tablet has been on sale long enough that it has already entered the OS update stage, though some countries seem to be having a more difficult time than others when it comes down to it.
One asset that is behind the popularity of tablets is the fact that, to some extent, they are similar to smartphones.
They have near-instant-on capabilities and their own apps, meaning that there exist similarities at the level of content.
Needless to say, the nature of the Android operating system, and its ability to update automatically over the Internet, is another common point.
Speaking of updating tablets, Acer's Iconia Tab A500, being one of the older slates on sale, has begun to transition from Android 3.0 to Android 3.1.
For those who want to have their memories refreshed, the Iconia Tab A500 is based on the NVIDIA Tegra 2 ARM SoC and boasts 16 GB of built-in storage, plus a microSD card, 1 GB of RAM and Full HD video support.
Unfortunately, it might just be that the company won't be able to carry out the update, at least not on time, in certain areas.
One of said regions is now revealed to be India, where a report says that telecom operators don't have the proper support for rolling out the update on time.
As such, OTA updates will probably need to be carried via a software update tool instead, odd considering how HTC has never had any issues of this type there.
Regardless, it will take a while, perhaps until July or even August, for a solution to be found.
The rest of the countries where the slate is sold should get around to delivering the update to every user within a month or so from now or, more specifically, starting yesterday (July 5, 2011), since it was then that the process was officially started.