Acer Liquid A1 Android Phone Announced

Acer have today officially announced their first Android powered handset, the Acer Liquid A1.

The handset marks the first Android device to include the Qualcomm Snapdragon 1GHz chipset, and will launch with the Android 1.6 Donut update included.

The Acer Liquid A1 features an 800 x 480 WVGA capacitive touchscreen display, along with a 5 mega-pixel camera and will be available in a choice of three colors – white, red, and black.

The Acer Liquid also bolsters a set of unique features developed by Acer and its partners:

• Improved power management to help achieve longer battery autonomy for intense users;
• A new user interface with easy access to entertainment and web bookmarks;
• An optimized camera with geo-tagging, ISO, self-timer options and accelerated auto-focus performance;
• Exclusive Spinlets™ application providing free streaming of worldwide music and video, that can be shared with friends and family through web-posting or e-mail;
• Smart integration of Facebook™, Twitter™, Youtube™, Picasa™ and Flickr™ in the address book, with realtime notification of status or content updates.

More details on the handset are expected later today, but as of yet there has been no information released on pricing or a possible release date, although Acer's first Android phone has long been rumored to have a November launch.

Yesterday Acer's first dual-boot Android Acer netbook became available for pre-order at Amazon.com priced from $349.99.