Mobile Test: Acer Liquid S100 on Android 1.6

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From the look of its solid tech specs, which include a 3.5'' WVGA touchscreen, 5 Megapixel camera and GPS, as well as an accelerometer and a well-placed 3.5 mm headphone jack, the Liquid S100 (or A1) might just have what it takes to answer the critics who were quick to mock Acer's rather late conversion from computers to Google smartphones.

You'll have to make do with version 1.6 of Android, aka Donut, but Acer has added its own set of apps, some of which are more useful than others.  With a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor running at 768 MHz, it also promises to be speedy.  But what are its strengths and weaknesses? 

Can the Liquid, a smartphone with a very accessible price tag, stand up to its more high-end competition?  Let's take a look.

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