According to a French blog, the first Android effort from Acer, the Liquid A1, will be getting the Android 2.0 (Eclair) update by March this year for free. The Liquid was launched with Android 1.6 and with minimum customization from Acer.  With the upgrade to Android 2.0, the Liquid may get newer service like sync with multiple accounts, multitouch, etc.  However, it is still unclear now what are the new things the Liquid will get. [...]

According to a report from Computer world, the world’s second largest PC maker, Acer, is planning to release around 6 Android phones by early next year. Acer is having a large development team for Android products at the moment, and it will give another boost to Android in year 2010. “Acer plans to unveil Android mobile phones for three price levels, top-end, mid and low-end, as well as models aimed at business users and consumers, [...]

After successfully launching its first Android phone, Liquid, Acer is targeting to have more Android phones to the market next year. Acer is currently having around 10 models of Windows Mobile phones in the market and only 1 for Android phone.  However, Acer sees the potential of Android phone and has committed to have a balance of Windows Mobile based phones and Android based phone next year.  And they are targetting to have a round [...]

The Liquid, Acer’s first attempt of an Android device, has started to get reviews from the reviewers. What we know so far are: It will be clocked down at 768Mhz. It a 800×480 capacitive touch screen. It runs Android 1.6 (Donut). It has minimum modification to the look and feel of the Android OS. It adds some social networking capability like Facebook and Flickr integration. It adds media capabilities. It uses Roadsync for Exchange sync. [...]

Mobiletechworld is showing a presentation slide of Acer‘s first attempt for Android, the Liquid, which is powered by a Snapdragon CPU and clocked only at 768Mhz. It is strength for Acer to do so unless they want to distinguish it from the recently launched neoTouch or they are having issues with the battery life.  Well, Acer, we are going to be very disappointed if you decided to do so.  We want a 1Ghz Android phone.  [...]

Surprise!  Acer is the first one to bring a sanpdragon based Android phone to the market, ahead of HTC. Acer UK had just released a press release of Liquid.  Powered by Android, the Liquid is also coming with 800×480 WVGA screen.  While it might not have as much of customization as what HTC and Motorola did to their products, the Liquid does have some interesting features accordinf to the press: Improved power management. A new [...]

If you are wondering how the performance and the UI of the new Acer neoTouch (S200) would be, check out this video. The 1GHz Snapdragon CPU makes the device extremely snappy. However, there is not much cutomization from Acer. If you like a Windows Phone that is more “original” Windows Mobile feel, you might consider to get the neoTouch. Othewise, it will be a good idea to wait for HTC’s HD2, which is a Snapdragon [...]

Good news for Singapore people.  Singtel customers will be among the first in the world to get the new Acer neoTouch and beTouch Windows Phones, packed with Windows Mobile 6.5. Acer and Singtel had a joint announcement on 7 Oct that the 2 phones will be available for pre-order on 10 Oct.  I have checked the web and it is available for pre-order now on singtelshop.  The phones will be available island wide on 17 [...]