Acer Iconia Tab A501 for AT&T hits the FCC |
You might remember that in March, AT&T announced plans to offer Acer’s Iconia Tab A501, which is a 3G version of Acer’s A500 Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablet. Well, now the A501 passed through the FCC, with support for AT&T’s GSM 850 and 1900 bands, as well as WCDMA II and V bands. FCC test reports also show support for HSUPA and HSDPA protocols, but there is no mention of HSPA+.
AT&T will release the A501 in the second quarter of 2011, so we should see the device very soon even though we have no info on pricing.








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