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  • Acer Liquid handled, evaluated, ‘not too shabby’

    Acer Liquid handled, evaluated, ‘not too shabby’

    Posted on November 5, 2009 | No Comments

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    Looks like quite a few folks have got their hands on the Acer Liquid as of late, and lucky for us they've been rather loose-lipped with their thoughts on the subject. As suspected, the handset is running a 1GHz Snapdragon that's been under-clocked to 768MHz. And it looks like Acer didn't go crazy with the User Experience either, pretty much staying true to its Google Android 1.6 roots, albeit with a number of additions, including: social networking integration (Facebook and Flickr contacts and photo sharing), nemoPlayer for multimedia files, DataViz for Microsoft Exchange support, and the Spinlets music streaming service. In addition, Acer has redesigned some of the widgets, including the clock and the task manager, which now includes a preview of open apps. All-in-all, it seems to be a pretty solid Android handset with a few useful additions -- but as always, the verdict is out until we get our hands on one. In the meantime, hit up the read links below for a generous helping of screenshots, hands-on pics, and impressions.

    [Via JK On The Run]

    Read - PREVIEW: Acer Liquid Android 1.6 WVGA Touchscreen Smartphone
    Read - Acer A1, Screenshot and Interface

    Acer Liquid handled, evaluated, 'not too shabby' originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:38:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Acer Liquid’s Snapdragon processor to be clocked at just 768MHz?

    Acer Liquid’s Snapdragon processor to be clocked at just 768MHz?

    Posted on November 2, 2009 | No Comments

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    Ugh. Just weeks after we figured that Acer's first Android-based handset would indeed ship with a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, a new slide over at an international Liquid presentation is suggesting otherwise. As you can clearly see above, it looks as if the Qualcomm-sourced CPU will be underclocked to just 768MHz, which makes little to no sense on the surface. Granted, most average consumers couldn't care less about the CPU in their next smartphone, but it seems reasonable to think that the Liquid will lag behind its 1GHz contemporaries when used side-by-side. Who knows though -- maybe this is just the thing necessary to squeeze a full week of battery life out of this thing. Or not.

    [Via MobileTechWorld, thanks Gully and Jose]

    Acer Liquid's Snapdragon processor to be clocked at just 768MHz? originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:13:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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