Acer was already kind enough to give us a heads up that it would
not be launching the Iconia Tab A100 in May, as planned. But the company wasn't exactly champing at the bit to explain why its 7-inch,
Tegra 2-powered tablet is taking such a tedious trip to market. According to a
DigiTimes report, at least, the hangup comes down to compatibility issues with Honeycomb, an OS that so far hasn't been seen on
many 7-inch slates. Specifically, the site's unnamed sources say Acer has encountered problems with certain applications and that Google, meanwhile, is "busy resolving other issues." All in all, precisely the kind of complication that
Ice Cream Sandwich promises to circumvent. Oh, and speaking of delays,
DigiTimes adds that the
Iconia Smart might go on sale in July due to
earthquake-related supply shortages. We asked Acer for clarification, but the company declined to comment, so it looks like we'll just have to wait and see what goodies late summer brings.
