Acer’s Iconia A100 tablet may be delayed. Bonnie Cha/CNET Compatibility problems between Android 3.0 and Acer’s 7-inch Iconia A100 tablet will reportedly delay the launch of the new tablet, according to a story in DigiTimes. Originally set to start selling the new tablet by May or June, Acer is now rescheduling the launch to an …

Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 will come with Android Honeycomb 3.1. Samsung Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet will come out of the box with the latest version of Android Honeycomb 3.1. A Wi-Fi-only edition of Galaxy Tab 10.1 is due to hit the consumer market on June 8. The 16GB version is expected to cost $499, while the 32GB version …

A significant number of people are comfortable shopping and paying for items through their mobile devices, according to a new report from mobile media firm JiWire. JiWire’s latest Mobile Audience Insights Report (PDF) found that 79 percent of 5,000 people surveyed are OK paying online via their cell phones or tablets. Though most of those polled are still making relatively …

Some 61 percent of mobile workers sleep with their smartphones, with many of them waking up during the night to check them, according to a report released yesterday by mobile services provider iPass. Based on a survey of more than 3,700 mobile employees from more than 1,000 companies, the iPass Global Mobile Workforce Report (PDF) found that downtime may be …

Dot enables the iPhone to take 360-degree panoramic videos. Kogeto iPhone and iPod Touch owners will soon be able to take 360-degree videos without having to move or even rotate their phones, courtesy of a new device called Dot. Made by New York-based company Kogeto, Dot is an accessory that attaches to the iPhone to snap an immersive 360-degree panoramic …

Apple customers downloaded more than 5 million games each day in March from the company’s App Store, say market researchers Distimo and Newzoo, and that’s just among the 63 million users tracked for a recent survey. Combining their individual data for a single report, Distimo and Newzoo found that games are the single biggest category of apps on Apple’s App …

Millennial Media Android increased its lead over Apple’s iOS in April as the top mobile platform tracked by ad network Millennial Media. Releasing its April MobileMix report today, Millennial Media found that Android accounted for 53 percent of all ad impressions on its network last month, a gain of 10 percent from March. That marked the fifth consecutive month in …

You may soon be able to pay for dinner at your favorite restaurant directly through your cell phone courtesy of a new NFC system slated to become available later this year. Announced today by electronic payment company VeriFone and software developer Micros Systems, the new system would tap into the growing technology of near field communication (NFC) to let customers …

The cost of broadband globally has dropped around 50 percent in the past two years, according to data out this week by the International Telecommunications Union, but such access is still beyond the income of many around the world. As individuals may still be getting hit with high bills for broadband Internet, the ITU said that the overall drop was …

Android tablets could outsell Apple’s iPad in less than three years, says Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang, according to Reuters. Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang Nvidia Speaking at the Reuters Technology Summit in New York on Monday, the outspoken CEO noted that it took Android smartphones less than three years to outpace the iPhone. “The Android phone took only two and a …