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engadget.com - 11/2/2009

Acer Liquid's Snapdragon processor to be clocked at just 768MHz?

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Ugh. Just weeks after we figured that Acer's first Android-based handset would indeed ship with a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, a new slide over at an international Liquid presentation is suggesting otherwise. As you can clearly see above, it looks as if the Qualcomm-sourced CPU will be ...

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theunwired.net - 11/4/2009

PREVIEW: Acer Liquid Android 1.6 WVGA Touchscreen Smartphone

— theunwired.net — Early October, Acer finally announced its long-awaited first Android smartphone, the Acer Liquid . And beside being... Acer's first Android smartphone, it's also the first Android device which runs on Qualcomm's Snapdragon platform as well as featuring ... (more) PREVIEW: Acer Liquid Android 1.6 WVGA Touchscreen Smartphone

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mobiletechworld.com - 11/2/2009

The Acer Liquid's SnapDragon chipset will only be clocked at 768Mhz « MobileTechWorld

— mobiletechworld.com — Acer Liquid 768mhz Contrary to what we thought, accoding to the presentation slide above, Ace r’s first... Android smartphone will only be clocked at 768Mhz instead of the default 1Ghz clock speed of the SnapDragon chipset. Strangely Acer neTouch is ... (more) The Acer Liquid's SnapDragon chipset will only be ...

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slashgear.com - 11/4/2009

Acer Liquid A1 gets previewed: speedy Android but little customization

— slashgear.com — The Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 may have been making the Android headlines this week, but it’s not... the first smartphone running Google’s open-source OS to pack a Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset. That honor goes to the Acer Liquid A1 – though the company have apparently underclocked ... (more) Acer Liquid A1 gets previewed: speedy Android but little ...

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Engadget Mobile:  Acer Liquid handled, evaluated, 'not too shabby'

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Acer Liquid's Snapdragon processor to be clocked at just 768MHz? http://bit.ly/4gcb4 29 days ago

Acer Liquidって1GHzのSnapDragonとの前評判だったが、768MHzへダウンクロック。かつDonut 1.6版らしい http://tinyurl.com/yz5z5wl 11/3/2009

Acer Liquid's Snapdragon processor to be clocked at just 768MHz? http://bit.ly/aV8Ed #Android 11/2/2009

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The Acer A1's Snapdragon Processor; Underclocked?
I4U News — ... (via Engadget ) the Liquid's processor will be underclocked to just 768 MHz. There are several reasons for Acer to gimp their own processor. Chief among them is battery life. The A1 boasts up to a week of standby battery life, putting it far ahead of most power-sucking Android handsets. It's also possible the Liquid team underclocked the processor as a way to avoid overheating issues. When the A1 leaks, the first few geeks to unlock it are sure to overclock their processors. If we start seeing hacked A1s melting down all across the net, we'll know Acer was in the right. ...

Acer Liquid’s SnapDragon clocked at 768Mhz
Android Phone Fans — ... Interesting find here. Apparently rather than the 1Ghz anticipated clock speed for the Liquid’s SnapDragon processor, that bad boys’ movin’ at 768Mhz. Then general response so far seems to be “What?” on this one. As Engadget put it: Who knows, maybe it’s for battery life. There’s also a video at MobileTechWorld.

Acer Liquid handled, evaluated, 'not too shabby'
Engadget Mobile — ... as of late, and lucky for us they've been rather loose-lipped with their thoughts on the subject. As suspected, the handset is running a 1GHz Snapdragon that's been under-clocked to 768MHz. And it looks like Acer didn't go crazy with the User Experience either, pretty much staying true to its Google Android 1.6 roots, albeit with a number of additions, including: social networking integration (Facebook and Flickr contacts and photo sharing), nemoPlayer for multimedia files, DataViz for Microsoft Exchange support, and the Spinlets music streaming service. In addition, Acer has ...