Acer Iconia Tab A100 Mini Review

I recently purchased a refurbished Acer Iconia Tab A100.  It came with Android 3.X and I immediately upgraded it (which took about 5 or 6 rounds of software updates) to Ice Cream Sandwich.  I have been using it almost every day for about a month now for light reading, listening to music, and playing games.

The Good
* Nice screen
* Feels solid, not cheap
* No software glitches so far
* Fast enough (it's not the fastest tablet I have tried, but slowdowns are rare)
* External Micro SD slot (for up to an extra 32GB)
* Ice Cream Sandwich

The Bad
* Doesn't charge over USB
* File Transfer

I haven't found a really easy way to do file transfers yet.  It does not support USB mass storage mode as previous version of Android did. It is also not as simple as it could be because I am using Linux (Ubuntu 10.04) and my first attempt at installing the necessary stuff for MTP did not work.

I don't have anything really bad to say.  The battery life has been okay for me, but it might not be good enough for heavy users.

Bottom Line - for only $130 plus shipping you get a lot of bang for your buck!  I bought mine from 1saleaday.com.  The only bad thing about buying it from them was that it was about a month between the time I ordered it and the time it arrived on my doorstep.