Which means, plain and simple, you can feel free to buy it unlocked and run around with it on your AT&T contract. Just wanted to get that out of the way. Okay, so, it looks like Rogers has done what they needed to make sure that they’ve got the (potentially) only Android 2.1 device available in Canada. We added potentially in there because one, the MILESTONE is running 2.0 (which is basically 2.1), and the MILESTONE is probably going to get upgraded sooner than later. If you want to compare apples to oranges, at least that means Rogers has a 2.x device to take on Telus’ 2.x device. So, that’s good. We’re not all that fond of the Acer Liquid e, simply because it’s an underclocked device. Acer put the Snapdragon processor in there, but decided that they should trim it back a bit, for whatever reason. We don’t condone these kinds of actions. As it stands though, the 768 Mhz should get you by just fine. There’s not an exact word on release as of yet, but Rogers is aiming for a Spring date, and will unveil the pricing and other details when the time nears.
The Bluetooth SIG leaked little more than an image of Acer’s Android, the E110, today but it was enough to get people talking. Android 2.0 is expected, 3G is a certainty, and pretty much everything else is up in the air (see above link for frequency support). People are speculating as to whether that big round thing at the bottom is a D-pad or optical trackpad. I happen to side with an Android Central commenter, who mused that the circle could be where the gumballs come out.
The image (after the break) is titled K1_front, but that could be meaningless. Right?
According to the unboxer, elements that may look a bit cheap in pictures – like the hardware buttons and battery cover – really don’t feel that way in person. He says you can be a lot more rugged with it the he had originally thought, calling it a very solid device.
This is a possibility at best and is totally unconfirmed. But I like this sort of news and gave a disclaimer, so there. The forums over at modaco.com feature a thread where a MoDaCo writer named Paul is discussing the progress he’s made in rooting Acer’s Liquid A1, which started shipping in the UK on December 8th.
As you can see, the sole poster – an admin of the forums – goes from deciding to embark to successfully rooting the device in a matter of hours:
Time will tell how simple and complete the hack is but if it allows people to bump that Snapdragon up to 1 GHz from the stock 768, I don’t expect many savvy owners to go without – regardless of its effects on battery life.
For £349.00 – currently $580 – you can pre-order Acer’s under-clocked (to 768 MHz) Snapdragon device, the Liquid A1. Set to ship December 7th, white will be the only color available initially. The phone will come with Android 1.6 (later upgradeable to 2.0), a 3.5″ WVGA touch screen, 5 MP cam w/ autofocus and geo-tagging, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and GPS. Check out some other specs copied from Amazon after the image. Web browser: Google Chrome? (cont.)
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Which means, plain and simple, you can feel free to buy it unlocked and run around with it on your AT&T contract. Just wanted to get that out of the way. Okay, so, it looks like Rogers has done what they needed to make sure that they’ve got the (potentially) only Android 2.1 device available in Canada. We added potentially in there because one, the MILESTONE is running 2.0 (which is basically 2.1), and the MILESTONE is probably going to get upgraded sooner than later. If you want to compare apples to oranges, at least that means Rogers has a 2.x device to take on Telus’ 2.x device. So, that’s good. We’re not all that fond of the Acer Liquid e, simply because it’s an underclocked device. Acer put the Snapdragon processor in there, but decided that they should trim it back a bit, for whatever reason. We don’t condone these kinds of actions. As it stands though, the 768 Mhz should get you by just fine. There’s not an exact word on release as of yet, but Rogers is aiming for a Spring date, and will unveil the pricing and other details when the time nears.
