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There you go, you wanted Acer to make Android phones and the Acer Liquid A1 is here. And what a smartphone it is! The Liquid A1 has been just announced and it’s going to be the first Android handset to offer you a Qualcomm 1GHz Snapdragon processor. You know, the same processor found in two fine phones, the TG01 from Toshiba and the HD2 from HTC.

The Liquid will offer you a WVGA touchscreen display, a 5-megapixel camera, HSPA connectivity, social networking integration and Android 1.6 Donut in the background. One special feature is the Spinlets application, an app that will offer let you stream music and video whenever you want, as long as you have a dependable broadband or 3G connection available.

Although it has been officially unveiled, pricing and release dates are still unknown.

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Those of you who are missing out on CEATAC Japan should enjoy this shot of Sharp’s new NetWalker PC-Z1. The photo isn’t much to give it scale, but let’s just say it is the missing link between smartphone and netbook.

It has a five inch touchscreen and full QWERTY keyboard. It also has an optical pointer, 4 gigabytes of memory, microSD memory, 10 hour battery life, and a USB port. It is scheduled for release in late October for a price of $500, but it will probably be a Japanese only release.

It’s probably too late for RIM to launch these white smartphones right here. Instead of the Bold and the Curve 8520 you could very well choose a Bold 2 or a Storm 2. However the white versions will be also available at some point in the very near future. The white Bold 9000 will be available from AT&T starting October 18 while the white Curve 8520 should already be available in T-Mobile stores.

There are no prices available for the white Bold but the white Curve will cost $129.99 after a $170 instant discount and with a new contract. Anyone excited about this angelic BlackBerry smartphones?

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Author: Jeff

10 Oct

What you see above is the result of a partnership between Samsung and Giorgio Armani to develop a luxury-esque handset. Said handset is the Samsung M7500.

This handset runs Windows Mobile 6.5 and features a 3.5-inch AMOLED touch screen, slide out QWERTY keyboard, a 5mp camera and DivX/Xvid support.

There iwas no word on pricing or availability but considering it has the Giorgio Armani branding it probably won’t come cheap.

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Sony has presented a couple of laptops today, and one of them is the fashionable VAIO CW.

The 14-inch laptop boasts a 16:9 aspect ratio and can be considered a mid-range unit. It will run Windows 7 as the operative system, and in the inside you can find a 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo processor, 4GB of memory RAM, and a GeForce GT 230M for the graphics. In terms of storage capacity, there is a 320GB hard-drive. The Sony VAIO CW will become available later this month, for $850, but there should be other versions of the laptop with different processors, which will make the price go up or down.