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Acer Liquid to get Android 2.0 upgrade shortly

According to several sources (Acer France being one of them), the recently released Acer Liquid Android smartphone will receive an Android 2.0 update in the not too distant future. Tracy & Matt also heard does whispers today:

We’ve just had confirmation, from a very reliable source, that the Acer Liquid that we reviewed recently will be eligible [...]

10 Minutes long HTC Nexus One video walkthrough

Here comes the best HTC Nexus One hands-on video availalbe on the net:

The UI may not be as sexy as HTC’s Sense but it’s damn fast and Android 2.1 looks a heck of a lot better than WM6.5 (the camera app looks a little bit too much like the iPhone’s though..).

This second video shows the [...]

Acer Liquid reviewed

PhoneArena just posted their review of Acer’s Liquid Android device. As it was expected the most disappointing part of the device is the software. Acer didn’t really do anything to the native Android UI other than ad a multimedia player (nemoPlayer) and some rotating thumbnails on the side of the screen.

Similarly to Acer´s latest Windows [...]

Acer Liquid multimedia nemoPlayer walkthrough video

Some more Acer Liquid news for the day. Here’s a video walkthrough of the Liquid nemoPlayer which handles videos, music and pictures viewing. Looks kinda nice but definitely on the slow side.

Source: YouTube

The Acer Liquid hits the FCC, gets ready for US release

Only a few days after being launched in the UK the Acer Liquid has been cleared to land in the US. According to the FCC filing the device is equiped with the 850Mhz & 1900Mhz radio bands which means that it could be released on AT&T. Nothing has been announced yet but expect to see [...]

Acer Liquid unboxing and hands-on video

Looks like I was right in predicting that we are going to see some first hand user feedback on the Acer Liquid now that the deivce is available in the UK. Paul at Modoca just uploaded an unboxing and quick hands-on video today:

Sadly Acer didn’t really customize the Android UI (other than adding the weird [...]

Acer Liquid now available in the UK

Acer’s first Android device, the Acer Liquid has now stated shippingin the UK; The first Android smartphone powered by a Qualcomm SnapDragon SOC (clocked @768Mhz) is available at Expansys for £339.99 and at Clove for £328. We should start seeing the first user reviews soon I guess. It’s kinda strange that the device is availalbe [...]

Acer to launch more android phones next year

Acer’s first Android smartphone, the Acer Liquid, is fresh out of the gate and according to Aymar de Lencquesaing (Acer) this is the start of a long line of upcoming Android device set to launch in 2010:

Acer Inc started to sell its first mobile phone model running on Google’s Android software this week, and will [...]

Acer Liquid in-depth preview

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Arne from the:unwired just posted an in-depth preview of the Acer Liquid Android smartphone. As we recently found out the Liquid has a SnapDragon chipset clocked at 768Mhz (instead of the default 1ghz) probably to have longer battery [...]

The Acer Liquid’s SnapDragon chipset will only be clocked at 768Mhz

 

Contrary to what we thought, accoding to the presentation slide above,Acer’s first Android smartphone will only be clocked at 768Mhz instead of the default 1Ghz clock speed of the SnapDragon chipset. Strangely Acer neTouch is clocked @ 1Ghz same for the Toshiba TG01 and HTC HD2. I wonder why the Liquid is clocked lower..

Source: [...]

Acer Liquid hands-on video, shipping in early December

GPS&Co uploaded their hands-on video of Acer’s first Android smartphone (powered by the SnapDragon SOC), the Liquid. Sadly, besides the the multimedia carousel on the left and the Browser favorites on the right their won’t be any major customization done to the Android UI by Acer. The white version will start shipping in early December [...]

Short Acer Liquid hands-on video

Here’s a short hands-on video of the Acer Liquid samrtphone. As you can see the device is really snappy, thanks to the Qualcomm SnapDragon chipset. But a fast chipset doesn’t make a samrtphone any good if the software (and other hardware parts) are lacking, even if everybody’s new hip mobile OS, Android, is on board [...]

Acer Liquid hands-on video

Here’s a short hands-on video (in french) of Acer’s first Android phone the Liquid. You’ll able to see some of the UI tweaks that Acer did Android (not much thought and what is seen doesn’t look that good) but remember that the hardware and software aren’t finalized yet. The other piece of info is that [...]

Frist pictures of the Acer Liquid Android smartphone

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Here are the first hands-on pictures of Acer’s newly announced Liquid which runs Android 1.6. As I expected the device is just a Acer neoThouch / F1 with a capacitive screen and Android instead of Windows Mobile 6.5. Though [...]

Acer Liquid Android phone announced, SnapDragon and WVGA on board!

Wow, this came out of nowhere! Acer just announced the first SnapDragon powered Android smartphone with a WVGA capacitive touchscreen! The phone also runs Donut (Android 1.6). Here’s the full PR:

2009-10-14 -
The Future has arrived with Acer Liquid
Acer introduces its new smartphone “Liquid” series: the world’s first Qualcomm Snapdragon™ processor based and world’s first Android™ [...]