UPDATE: This hack is no longer necessary. Ever since the upgrade to 3.1 and now to 3.2, USB mice and Bluetooth mice are fully supported out-of -the-box. The folks over at XDA-Developers have created an installable .APK file that allows for a USB mouse to work on the Acer Iconia A500. Woo Hoo! Cursor and selector! For the moment, who cares if the bootloader is still locked. Must be rooted to install and use. And as always install and use at your own risk. For the file check here: forum.xda-developers.com
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How can i upgrade to 3.2 virjon??
Thanxxxx im gonno get 1 mouse too
I know that some custom Roms support some 3G Modems, but I have not tried to use a 3G Modem with any of them. Check out the forums at XDA developers – someone may have an answer for you.
Hi Kathleen, could you please advise if Acer A500 supports 3G USB Modem to access internet?
actually there are a few video editing apps…
Well done Kath, nice post. Actually Fatriff, for me this mouse will be most useful. I am gonna be running tablets in several delivery vehicles. The software on the tablets will mean having to scroll through a long list of delivery addresses. Using the wheel on the mouse will make this easier and more precise. NOt sure if the driver support is there yet but I am also hoping that it will allow me to use special mouse buttons to scoll down page at a time (akin to the PageDown).
And can everyone please like so everyone can c this and maybe help me :-
Can someone please help me?!?!?! I have an Acer Iconia Tab A501 firmware 3.0.1 n want to update to 3.2. But when I go to settings>about tablet>system update> check now it says “No Update your device is up to date” if anyone can please help and reply I will b thankful
This device is fully capable of replacing laptops. Normal windows OS can be installed on the device.
2.0
is this acer 3.0 usb or 2.0?
Do an image search for “mechm wallpaper”. It should show up near the top of a Google search.
where can I get that wallpaper?
I bought a refurbished model from CheetahDeals. Should have it in my hands later today. First I’ll probably make an unboxing video. As it is refurbished, I want to review the the seller and the quality of the item.
To each his/her own, I guess.
I like having more options than fewer.
I never would consider the Tab a replacement for a laptop. But it is a versatile and fun entertainment/browser device though. And once in a while it’s nice to be able to use a mouse and keyboard with it.
As I said before, I like having options . . .
What i’m trying to say is that why are you wanting your £400 tablet to become a computer with less power then even a netbook?
So lets put this into perspective.. You’ve paid £400 for a tablet that you want to plug a keyboard and mouse into, yet after all that you end up with a laptop like device which doesn’t do video editing or thousands of other things a computer can do. Bravo!
i am getting money around 1 nov. ( from my job) and then i will have enough ( 499,99 euro’s with out docking station) but it must get a little cheaper cuz it is kinda old now
and yeah win 8 runs good on it 
Did you ever buy the w500? Even though I said I would never buy it, I have changed my mind. From what I have seen on Youtube it runs Ubuntu and Windows 8 Preview pretty well and it seems that you can swap out the ssd for a larger hard drive. I am coming around to thinking it is probably a good buy. Maybe I’ll pick up one during the Black Friday sales coming in November.