Android Phones
Acer Liquid A1 passes through FCC, comes out with AT&T 3G for the trouble
December 11, 2009 | by Evan Selleck
Acer, Android, Android Devices, Android OS, Android Phones, AT&T, Carriers, Rumors, Uncategorized
We know of a few readers out there who will be pretty excited to hear about this, so we’re glad that they might be getting a shot to officially play with Acer’s first shot into the Android smartphone market. We’re just excited to get another phone with the OS, especially one with a 1 GHz Snapdragon processor.
Yeah, even if it is under-clocked to 768 MHz. That still makes it the fastest processor available for an Android-based device, and we’d jump at the chance to get our hands on one. With local 3G. So, if those 850 and 1900 bands now attached to the Acer Liquid A1, we might see that happen sooner than we could have ever hoped. Of course, just because it’s passed the FCC with the appropriate 3G bands, doesn’t mean this is an official announcement from Acer, AT&T, or the FCC. This is just speculation, with a speck of confirmation to sweeten the deal.
A quick refresher: Acer Liquid has a 3.5″ WVGA capacitive touchscreen, WiFi, GPS, and is running Android 1.6, or Donut. It’s also got some software/UI additions, made by Acer. Finally, a 5MP camera with autofocus.
This isn’t the only Android device whispered about heading to AT&T, but if it comes down to one of them, we’ll put our hopes and dreams with the Liquid. As was aforementioned, there isn’t any word on when this device could see US shores, or if it ever really will, but this is a good sign. If anything, a good start to something that could lead to a good sign (come on, AT&T). And like a lot of other Android-based phones set to release “soon”, we’ll just have to live our lives by an old saying: “Patience is a virtue.” How’s that working out for you?
[via SlashGear]
If this means what i think it does you can count on me being in line.
As I said before, there is no way AT&T will stay iPhone exclusively. They desperately need these Android phones, just so they have alternatives to the iPhone in their network. I am curious about the pricing tho. Other phone developers have a tendency to see their phone equal to iPhone in terms of pricing. However, given the same price range or even a little cheaper then iPhone, a lot of people would just go to iPhone, so hopefully it will be cheaper then iPhone
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You're right about AT&T needing to start looking at other devices than the iPhone. Their focus on the device has, more or less, ruined their focus on the network, as well as other reliable, and good devices. The sheer fact that they have completely dismissed Android altogether is a troubling sign.
If it makes it out for ATT then I'll stop my current plan of bailing on ATT for another carrier and upgrade..
Then I just have to figure out how to root the device and talk some devs into working on the ROM!!