Acer Liquid A1 Android smartphone ships this month
SlashGear Nov 17 09Acer have confirmed that their first Android smartphone, the Acer Liquid A1, will arrive in late November, at least in the UK.  According to retailer Clove, the Qualcomm Snapdragon based smartphone – which will run Android 1.6 Donut rather than the newer Android 2.0 OS – is priced at £286 pre-tax ($481).
That gets you a 3.5-inch WVGA capacitive touchscreen, HSDPA, WiFi b/g and Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, together with GPS and a 5-megapixel camera. Â Acer have added a few of their own flourishes to the UI – as we learned from a pre-release preview – but nothing to quite the same extent as HTC have managed. Full story...
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