Acer Liquid

The first cell phone of the Acer Liquid series of phones, the Acer Liquid A1, was only released with a white cover by Acer back in December. Even then it was clear that Acer would eventually produce different colored versions of the A1 phone. It still took some time but the time has finally arrived. The first Acer Liquid A1 black cell phones have been spotted in stores (in countries where the phone is already sold).

The only difference between the white and black Acer Liquid phone is the color. All the technical details are identical.

Acer has published USB drivers for their Acer Liquid smartphone series. These USB drivers come in handy if a customer is experiencing synchronization problems between the smartphone and a computer system. The Liquid USB driver can be downloaded at Acer’s European ftp server. It has a large size of 66 Megabytes which can be partially attributed to the fact that 32-bit and 64-bit drivers for the Acer Liquid are included in the zip file.

Both drivers contain the Acer Liquid Tool Setup tool which can be used to install the appropriate driver on the computer system running a Windows operating system.

To enable Cloud Sync or sync-over-Wi-Fi*, Acer Sync software components must be installed on your Acer Windows Phone.

The installed USB driver is a requirement for the Acer Sync software to function properly. The Acer Sync software can also be downloaded from Acer’s ftp server.

We have created a list of questions that had yet to be answered by Acer about their debut Acer Liquid A1 smartphone. The questions addressed several “unknown” factors about the cell phone that potential customers wanted to know before making a purchase. Our contact at Acer sat down with us and answered all of the questions that we had. Below are the most pressing matters and their official answers by an Acer representative:

The Acer Liquid has launched in the UK and some other European countries. Is there a list of release dates available? When will it for instance hit the US and Canada?

I am unable to give a precise date for release in the US & Canada but it is likely to be within the first 3 months of 2010.

Will there be carriers that offer the phone?

Not at present, likely to be in 2010 though.

The phone ships with Android 1.6, will it be possible to upgrade to Android 2

his is not planned at present.

Is the screen multi-touch capable?

This will depend on the Android system, with Android 1.6 it isn’t possible.

Is there a tethering option?

There is no tethering option

Does the phone support FM radio?

The phone does not support FM radio.

Is Flash for web browsing integrated?

Flash for web browsing is not integrated.

There you have it from an official source. There are currently no plans up provide Android Liquid A1 owners with an upgrade to Android 2.0. This does not mean that this is not going to happen though but if it is going to happen it will be not in the coming months, that is for sure.

The Acer Liquid A1 smartphone went on sale just a few days ago in several European countries. Shortly thereafter first so called unboxing videos appeared on the popular video portal Youtube. Unboxing videos are videos by customers who bought the Acer Liquid A1 and decided to film the unboxing process.

Unboxing videos are usually a great source of first hand information about a device and the Acer Liquid videos are no exemption from that rule. One of the videos for instance mentions that the Acer Liquid A1 supports tethering which is backed up by a screenshot of the manual pages that describe the tethering setup.

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We have confirmed December 7 as the launch date of the Acer Liquid smartphone in the United Kingdom yesterday and would like to bring some other launch details to your attention:

• The Acer Liquid A1 will only be available in white in December, red and black colors will follow in the first quarter of 2010.
• The Snapdragon processor will be underclocked to 768Mhz
• The 5MP digital camera has fast autofocus, geotagging but no Flash
• The phone will ship with Android 1.6 but it will be possible to upgrade to 2.0 in 2010.
• Status notifications for Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Picasa and Flickr
• Spinlets custom Android app for streaming media
• Options to automatically upload videos to Youtube and images to Flickr
• Options to sync Outlook email, calendar and contacts
• Acer Sync, a syncing alternative, to pair the Liquid with any Windows PC over the same Wi-Fi network
• Optimized power management
• First Android phone to run WVGA screen
• Acer App store coming but not available at launch

The Acer Liquid A1 white will also be available shortly in other European countries including Spain, France and Germany. The suggested retail price for the Acer Liquid A1 is €349.

The wait is over. UK retailer Clove will be among the first retailers worldwide to offer the new Acer Liquid A1 smartphone to phone enthusiasts in the UK. The cell phone is already available for pre-order at the Clove website but will not be delivered to customers until December 7. The version of the Acer Liquid A1 that is offered to consumers is the white version of the phone. The retail price of the Acer Liquid A1 White is £286 (£328.90 inc VAT) which is about €360 or $538.

The box will contain the Acer Liquid A1, a battery pack, 2GB micro SD card, mini USB charger, mini USB headset, mini USB data cable, software CD and quick starter guide. Clove offers world wide shipping according to our information which means that consumers from other parts of the world who are interested in the Acer phone can order it from Clove as well.

Features of Acer Liquid A1

• Qualcomm 8250 768MHz processor
• Android 1.6 (Donut) Operating System
• Slim design just over 12.5mm thick
• 3.5″ WVGA Touchscreen Display
• Quad-band GSM/GPRS 850/900/1800/1900
• Tri-band HSDPA 850/1900/2100 MHz
• 512MB ROM / 256MB RAM
• 5 Megapixel Camera
• Bluetooth 2 with EDR

Update: Amazon.co.uk is also offering the phone for pre-order. They do however only ship to locations in the United Kingdom

The highly anticipated Acer Liquid A1 has just had it’s release date and price announced. As predicted, Acer managed to release this breakthrough product quicker and cheaper than anyone could have envisioned. In fact, I’m going to go and pre-order the Acer Liquid A1 right after I finish writing this post. Ok so let’s get down to the specifics.

Acer Liquid A1

Acer Liquid Specs

The Acer Liquid A1 Specs have already been discussed but here they are in bullet point format (with some comments) so that you can read them easily.

* 1GHz Snapdragon Processor – Fastest smartphone processor available
* WVGA Screen (800 x 480 resolution) – Most phone use half the resolution
* 3.5 inch Capacitive Touch Screen – Touch screen along with four flat, touch-sensitive buttons: home, back, menu and search
* 5MP Camera with auto focus and Geo-tagging – 5MP is all you really need and geo-tagging is a cool bonus
* HSPA Connectivity – 7.2Mbps Speeds High Speed Packet Access Internet Browsing
* Wifi Synching – Use your wifi connection to sync files between your computer and your Acer Liquid phone
* Android 1.6 Donut – The latest Android build that will finally have a good phone to shine on
* GPS: Internal GPS antenna
* Connectivity: Bluetooth® 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate and A2DP for wireless stereo headsets. Wi-Fi®: IEEE 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi ®: IEEE 802.11 b / g, 3.5 mm audio jack 3.5 mm audio jack
* Memory: ROM: 512 MB / RAM: 256 MB ROM
* Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz Quad-band GSM / GPRS / EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
* Battery: Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery. Capacity: 1350 mAh, Talk time: Up to 300 minutes Talk time: Up to 300 minutes, Standby time: Up to 400 hours. (The above are subject to network and phone usage)
* Dimensions (LxWxT): 115 x 62.5 x 12.5 mm 115 x 62.5 x 12.5 mm
* New UI including access to entertainment/bookmarks – Quick access to things you use most often
* Spinlets – Free music/video streaming that can be shared with friends/family through web/email
* Expansion Slot: microSD ™ memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)
* Social Network Integration… Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Picasa, Flickr, and other Social Media/Networks
* Weight: 135 grams with battery 135 grams with battery
* Comes in Red, White or Black

Acer Liquid Release Date

The Acer Liquid A1 release date will be on November 28 and can already be preordered in some countries such as Spain. This release date is very soon and just before some major other phones come out including the HTC HD2 (which also packs the Snapdragon processor) and other new smartphones that will run the Android operating software. Big surprise is that Acer is able to release this kind of phone way before Dell can – even tough we did hear Dell speaking alot more about it.

Acer Liquid Price

We did say that Acer was able to keep their prices down for even their high end technological products, and they didn’t disappoint us this time around either. The Acer Liquid A1 price is only 380 euros or around 570 dollars. This is all without Acer Liquid carrier subsidies coming into play (assuming there will be some). This is quite astonishing given all the goodies that is packed under this phone. Need I repeat: 5MP camera, 1 Ghz processor, HD screen, Android OS…really a fantastic deal.

This is the latest Acer Liquid news and developments that we have so far, be sure to stay tuned as we hear more about this amazing Acer phone including an in-depth review and places where you can buy the Acer A1 Liquid.

Acer Liquid A1 Info

The Acer Liquid A1 is a new smart phone developed by Acer that will use Android 1.6 Donut operating system and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chipset. This highly anticipated and flashy smartphone will include a camera (with ISO levels) that will be able to tag photos and pictures with location information from the built-in GPS receiver, so that you can now officially prove that those holiday pictures of yours weren’t made using photoshop.

Another greate Acer Liquid features is that songs and videos can be played on the handheld Liquid Phone. Acer’s Liquid phone is also designed for Internet surfing and browsing, and allows high speed Web access through HSPA (High Speed Packet Access) mobile networks.

Acer Liquid Features

The Acer Liquid preview also shows that it will have a 800 x 480 WVGA capacitive touchscreen that is highly impressive for a phone of that size. The Acer android phone will also possess the Spinlets application for access to streaming audio and video and an adress book integration and synching  with the leading social networking websites of today including Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, and other social media networks.

The Acer Liquid Snapdragon from Qualcomm processor is a1 GHZ powerhouse that should pave the wave for lots of games and apps on teh Acer Liquid. We know that the Android marketplace is full of applications, but developers can finally make high end games that will play comfortably with Liquid’s Android phone.

The Acer phone also looks great with ellipse curves, a choice of black, red and white colors, and a sexy slim body shape. Take a look below at the Acer Liquid pictures:

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Acer Liquid Release Date and Acer Liquid Price

If you’re wondering about the Acer Liquid release date, well I’m sorry to inform you that this hasn’t been disclosed yet by the Taiwanese company. Estimates put the release date of Acer Liquid around the holiday season of this year. It really looks like an absolutely amazing phone and I can’t wait to get my hands on it.

Acer also announced today the Acer Aspire One Android Notebook which will be one of the first netbooks running the Android operating system. The Acer Android Netbook is said to boot in 18 seconds and shutdown in only 3 seconds – both truely amazing numbers.

Acer Liquid Review and Comparison to iPhone and G1 Google Phone

One feature of Acer Liquid that some users might not be happy with is that its fully a touchscreen and has no keyboard or actual buttons. If you compare the Acer Liquid with the iPhone or the G1 or G2 phones, the Acer Liquid still comes way ahead. The technology inside the phone is way beyond anything that either Apple or HTC have been able to develop. It’s quite fitting that a company like Acer would be the first to release this kind of monstrous powered phone with 800×480 resolution and using the Snapdragon which are both very exciting hardware to have on a smartphone. Acer is currently the leading laptop manufacturer in the world and the second leading computer manufacturer in the world, so it’s not that big of a surprise for them to achieve this breakthrough performance.

While the Acer Liquid price is something most people are worried about, especially with all the hardware that we have talked about here, it nevertheless shouldn’t be too much as Acer time and again finds ways to release its innovative products to the market place at very reasonable prices. I would just focus on trying to preorder or buy a Acer Liquid before the supply runs out. Acer Liquid price is estimated at 600$ before carrier subsidies come in.

No information has been released on the conditions of the phone and whether there will any carriers: a Acer Liquid monthly plan is one thing that smartphones fans will hope won’t exist. Acer is making a major new dive into the smartphone market and it will be interesting to see whether they will want to release to market without some major carrier deals.

That wraps up this Acer Liquid review, or well Acer A1 Liquid preview I should say but hopefully the picture of Acer Liquid, Acer Liquid features, and the inclusing of the Snapdragon and Google Android 1.6 donut technology along with the other Acer Liquid info will have you as excited for this great phone as I am.