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Liquid Gold

It’s easy on the eyes, super powerful and is one of the first devices in Canada to run Android 2.1. The slick new Acer Liquid E is here, and it’s exclusive to Rogers (Coming Soon!)

by Andrew Moore-Crispin | photos by Peter Schafrick

It’s no longer enough that a mobile device can multi-task; it has to respond really fast as well. The Acer Liquid E is not only the first Acer handset sold in North America, but it’s also the first available from Rogers to run Android 2.1. Suffice it to say you won’t be waiting for the Liquid E to catch up as you snap pictures on its 5 MP camera, send and receive email, SMS and MMS messages and watch videos in HD 720p quality on the massive 3.5-inch, 480x800-pixel screen. So, what’s so good about Android 2.1? For starters, there’s the Live Wallpaper that moves with you, five home screens that let you take full advantage of the thousands of apps offered up in the Android Market, widgets that grant instant access to Facebook, weather, news and more, plus the Acer-only app for spinning music and videos, Spinlets – all accessible quickly thanks to Acer’s sailing hardware speed.

Pocket-sized HD
Pictures, apps and widescreen mobile games have never looked better than on the 3.5-inch, 480x800-pixel screen

Killer cam
The Liquid E's 5-megapixel camera is responsive, loads quickly and its autofocus feature is no slouch.

Light up
Three LEDs across the top of the handset alert you in an instant of missed
calls, new email or SMS messages, or if your battery is running low.


Spin it
Spinlets are unique to the Acer Liquid E. Browse music by genre and share
new music finds across your social networks. Be the friend that finds the
next hot thing before everyone else discovers it.


Social animal
Share geo-tagged photos on Flickr and Picasa, stay in touch with friends –
both real and virtual – on Facebook and Twitter; shoot and immediately upload video to YouTube.

Inside android 2.1
ACER LIQUID E AT A GLANCE
STYLE
Touchscreen smartphone running Android 2.1
MESSAGING
Threaded SMS, IM, email, social networks
DISPLAY
3.5-inch (480x800 pixels)
CAMERA
5.0-megapixel camera, 20 fps video
STORAGE
microSD up to 16GB
CONNECT
3G HSDPA, EDGE, GSM, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g, A-GPS, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP
SIZE
15 x 62.5 x 12.5 mm; 135 grams

Better browsing
The Android browser gets an upgrade as well, supporting HTML5, double-tap zooming, video tagging support and geolocation API support..

Speak up
Improved voice control means you can tell Android to do just about anything and it’ll respond. Navigate to a destination using Google Maps, send SMS
messages and send or open email through voice commands.

Upgraded apps
The Email app now allows multiple accounts in one inbox; the Weather app now uses GPS data to give up-to-the-minute weather, wherever you are; and Google Earth offers a bird’s-eye view of the world.

Live wallpaper
Say hello to interactive wallpaper that brings to life your home screens. Changing between the five home screen pages (up from three in previous versions of Android), your live wallpaper changes, too, giving a new perspective on the scene.

Acer Liquid E
Check out behind-the-scenes with photographer Peter Schafrick as he lubes up the Acer Liquid E (with Palmolive dish soap!) for URmag’s feature story on the slick new Android device.

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Accessories
YoGen Mobile Charger
US$50 | yogenstore.com
Pull it like a lawnmower starter to charge your mobile. The YoGen charges at about the same rate as a plug-in wall charger, so be prepared
to pull for a while. In an emergency, though, it might be a good way to keep the blood flowing and stave off hypothermia.
Scosche solCHAT
$110 | store.apple.com/ca
Harness the power of the sun’s rays while talking handsfree. The Scosche solCHAT features one-button voice dialing, downloads contacts and announces caller ID details for
incoming calls.
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