Google Maps Navigation demoed on the Acer Liquid

December 6, 2009

We already know that Google has included one of its killer apps, Google Maps Navigation, within Android 1.6 (Donut). Although, this is still no use for anyone in Europe as it only officially works in the US only.
There are hacks to get this to work, however, this is what the guys over at Batista70Phone [...]

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Acer Liquid delayed to early December

November 26, 2009

The Acer Liquid was meant to be out by the end of this month. However, it looks like the release date has slipped by 1-2 weeks. Clove originally expected shipments at the end of November, however their product page for the Acer Liquid now says: “Stock due first week of December. Only WHITE available in [...]

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Gameloft reiterates ‘next-gen’ Android phone support

November 24, 2009

There has been quite a bit of press over the last week regarding Gameloft supposedly reducing its investment in Android. Gameloft’s finance director, Alexandre de Rochefort, said: “We have significantly cut our investment in Android platform, just like … many others,” at an investor conference last week. He went on to say that the company [...]

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Google Maps Navigation hits Android 1.6

November 23, 2009

Google Maps Navigation is, without question, one of the killer features of Android 2.0 (Eclair). Google is aware of this and, as it could be some time before manufacturers move over to the Eclair update, it has decided to update Android 1.6 (Donut) to include Google Maps Navigation.
The Acer Liquid is due to launch [...]

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Acer Liquid confirmed to ship this month in UK

November 17, 2009

There has been a distinct lack of news regarding Acer’s first Android smartphone over the last few weeks, however Clove has now confirmed that the Acer Liquid will indeed launch later this month in the UK.
No specific date has been given, but Clove expects shipments to “start in late November.” The company is taking pre-orders [...]

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Android 2.0 source code released; greater chance of seeing it on Acer Liquid?

November 14, 2009

Acer haven’t said whether the Acer Liquid handset will see the latest & greatest Android 2.0 (Éclair) update at some point after release. The phone was announced to hit with Android 1.6 (Donut) only.
As the Acer Liquid handset is not a ‘Google Experience’ device, it will not see OTA updates. Acer has tweaked the Android [...]

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Acer Liquid gets first preview

November 4, 2009

The Acer Liquid Android smartphone has got its first proper preview. The guys over at the::unwired have quite an extensive preview of the device that includes a good look at both the hardware and software. Overall they were impressed with the handset, feeling that it is on the right track to join the big players [...]

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Acer Liquid gets French launch details [Video]

October 30, 2009

French Android fan site, FrAndroid managed to get some hands-on time with the Acer Liquid last night and came back with some interesting tidbits. Apparently the Acer Liquid will first launch in white only for €349 in December. They also managed to confirm that the Red and Black models will follow suit in January 2010. [...]

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Official: Turn-by-turn navigation hitting Google Maps with Android 2.0 [Video]

October 28, 2009

Google has officially announced the Beta of Google Maps Navigation that will hit handsets running Android 2.0. The Acer Liquid will launch with Android 1.6 (Donut), but hopefully it won’t be too long after release before Android 2.0 (Eclair) makes an appearance.
All of the core features that you’d find in any half-decent GPS device is [...]

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Android 2.0 gets SDK support + official launch video

October 27, 2009

Google has officially announced SDK (software development kit) support for its latest & greatest version 2.0 of Android (dubbed Eclair). This enables current developers to create new application programming interfaces for features such as device synchronisation and Bluetooth.
Interestingly, Google confirmed that a number of new Android handsets will be released over the next months running [...]

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New Acer Liquid smartphone videos surface

October 21, 2009

Acer looks to have taken their roadshow across mainland Europe, after first revealing the phone in London last week. We’ve come across a couple of videos of the Acer Liquid from both German and Italian blogs that give us a bit more insight into the phones hardware and software.
The video from Telefonino.net gives us a [...]

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Expansys Spain lists Acer Liquid for pre-order

October 21, 2009

The Spanish part of online retailer, Expansys, has listed the Acer Liquid and also revealed pricing for the Android handset. According to the site, the handset will launch for a very reasonable €379.99 on November 28th.
The information could be a mistake, especially given its beefy specs. However, that launch date is the same that we’ve [...]

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Acer Liquid gets hands-on videos

October 18, 2009

Whilst a number of publications gave us pic-shots galore of the Acer Liquid smartphone earlier this week, we were still lacking videos of the handset itself. However, both Stuff and GPSandCO (in French) both managed to give their hands-on video impressions. Check out their videos after the break.

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Acer Liquid hands-on roundup

October 18, 2009

Acer held a press conference in London during this past week, where they showed off the Acer Liquid smartphone for the first time. A number of publications managed to get hands-on with the phone and posted their impressions and photos of the Android handset.
Cnet found out that the Liquid will support an enhanced version [...]

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Welcome to the Acer Liquid Blog!

October 18, 2009

Today we are launching a blog dedicated to the Acer Liquid Android smartphone. We endeavour to bring you the latest news, reviews and tips on this powerful smartphone and we eagerly await its release. Also, check out our forum, where you can discuss the Acer Liquid with like-minded enthusiasts and (eventually) owners of the phone.
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