ICONIA TAB A 500 update to Android 3.1, font improvement and peripherals also appeared

While Android tablets exceeding 50,000 yen are on sale, Acer's Android tablet that gathered high popularity from the overwhelming low price of 30,000 yen range and performance comparable to that of other companies' high-end models "ICONIA TAB A 500Has been updated to Android 3.1.

According to Acer's press release, the company will provide an update to Android 3.1 through "OTA (On The Air) Distribution" which can update from ICONIA TAB A 500 to "ICONIA TAB A 500" tomorrow on August 2 It is said to be.

By using the Android standard "DroidSansFallback" font in the past,It was announced on the day of the release that there was a problem that part of Japanese kanji display was displayed with characters other than kanji for regular use, Formally responding to the Japanese font "Motoya font" by the Android 3.1 update. Additionally, it is possible to support additional peripheral devices additionally, and the main update contents are as follows.

1. Optimization to improve performance
2. Correspondence of USB mouse
3. MTP (Media Transfer Protocol) / PTP (Picture Transfer Protocol) support
4.Web quick control addition
5. Expanded number of application history display
6. Preinstallation of movie editing application "Movie Studio"
7. Motoya font correspondence (Motoya L Marbelli 3 equal width)
8. Exchange Active Sync support
9. WMV / WMA / Xvid codec support
10.HDMI 1080p external output compatible
11. Flash 10.3 preinstallation

Further details are posted on the support page below.

Japan Acer Support


AC adapter to be released August 5. It is a type that can be used overseas, and the market anticipated price is around 3000 yen.


On the same day a docking station was released. The inclination can be adjusted in two steps of 70 degrees or 20 degrees, and a remote control dedicated to Nemo Player is also included. In addition to enjoying music, movies and pictures comfortably, it also supports tablet charging and audio port for headphone connection.