| In a Smartphone market that seems to be evolving | | | | for letting your productivity slide, with Acer Sync. This |
| daily, Acer's latest offering, the Acer Liquid A1 boasts a | | | | is a syncing alternative that allows the Liquid A1 to |
| level of user friendly features that will surely give | | | | sync with any windows PC over the same WiFi |
| certain competitors a run for their money. | | | | network. Although not available at the time of launch, |
| On the surface, Acer certainly seem to have ticked all | | | | Acer's App Store will certainly give user's a chance to |
| the boxes. The Android donut operating system is | | | | customize their units with an undoubtedly vast array of |
| installed as standard (version 1.6). The Qualcomm | | | | apps. Only question is, will it match the might of Apple's |
| Snapdragon 8250 768MHz processor is ideally | | | | offerings in it's beloved App Store? Probably not, but |
| partnered to this. A microSD slot provides the option to | | | | this reviewer has a feeling Acer will certainly give it a |
| upgrade the Liquid A1’s 256MB of internal RAM to | | | | good go. |
| 32GB. HSDPA connectivity allows fast downloading of | | | | Acer have certainly crafted an impressive looking |
| content through 3G networks at speeds of up to 7.2 | | | | phone in the Liquid A1. By no means a small unit, the |
| Mbps, as well as Wifi connectivity. | | | | manufacturer has certainly captured the marriage of |
| As expected, a variety of media formats are | | | | simplicity and functionality which seems to define |
| supported, including mp3 and mp4 playback. The | | | | today’s smartphone market. Available in a |
| 3.5” TFT touch screen (480 X 800 pixels) is | | | | sophisticated selection of black, white and red, all |
| certainly responsive, and allows for seamless menu | | | | tastes are sure to be catered for. |
| navigation and allows for comfortable use of it’s | | | | Like it or not, these days every new Smartphone to hit |
| applications. The screen’s capability to display up to | | | | the market is going to be compared to Apple's iPhone. |
| 256,000 colours provides a crystal clear, vivid user | | | | So what's the verdict? Well, it certainly parallels Apple's |
| experience. For the snap happy amongst you, the | | | | iconic iPhone in it's appearance, though one can't help |
| Liquid A1 boasts a respectable 5MP digital camera | | | | but think it somehow lacks the same originality in it's |
| with high speed autofocus. This also provides video | | | | ease of use, whilst remaining a powerful one-stop |
| capture at VGA quality (20 frames per second). | | | | solution for almost any imaginable application, be it for |
| Social Networking fans are certainly well catered for, | | | | business or personal use alike. |
| with automatic status notifications from Facebook, | | | | The Acer Liquid A1 certainly offers a sound alternative |
| Twitter, YouTube, Picasa and Flickr. Options to directly | | | | in a category dominated by Apple’s iPhone, and is |
| upload photos and videos to YouTube and Flickr are | | | | sure to turn heads, both for it’s looks and it’s |
| certainly a nice touch. There are certainly no excuses | | | | abundance of technology. |