Acer Iconia a500 Tablet OTA Honeycomb 3.2 Update

The other week I expressed my frustration with Acer's handling of the Honeycomb 3.2 Update.  Prior to that, I really expressed my frustration with Acer's handling of OTA Updates period and the lack of the ability to manually install the OTA Update from an official source (via a download section on Acer's site, etc.) without having to jump through hoops getting the update files from 'unofficial' sources.  Meanwhile, the Acer Iconia a100 was released recently with Honeycomb 3.2 preloaded.

According to a post on Acer's Malaysian Facebook page a couple of weeks ago, the update was pushed back to August 25th for Iconia a500 owners.  Now whether this means everyone will get it or just those on the other side of the planet will get the update remains to be seen.  I guess we will find out tomorrow (on 8-25-11).  Just to note, the delay wasn't just an Acer problem.  But it was Google enforcing policy changes for Acer to abide by.

The major updates within Honeycomb 3.2 are pointed at devices sporting 7inch displays (including better support and better resolutions for these smaller screens).  So many of us a500 owner's will not experience much (if any) if a change with the update; since the a500 tablets have 10inch screens.  However, my fuss with updating in a quick and timely manner points more towards future updates and support.

With the release of Honeycomb 3.2 we are essentially one step closer to seeing Android's 'Ice Cream Sandwhich' release which is claimed to be a 'unifying' version of Android which will aim to close the gap between Android versions for smartphones/earlier tablets and Honeycomb on the more recent tablets.  And if this is what will actually happen, than some of the fragmentation of apps in the Android Market will get better as well.