The Acer Liquid: A Comprehensive Review

Hey guys, it's David from Unlocker.net, and welcome back to our channel. Today, we're reviewing the Acer Liquid, an Android smartphone that runs on Android 1.6. To get started with this review, we'll show you a quick unboxing of the device. As you can see, the box contains your phone, along with some accessories like manuals, a CD-ROM, and a warranty information card.

On the front of the phone, we have a 3.5-inch capacitive touchscreen with a resolution of 480x800 pixels. The screen is quite responsive, and it's great to use for browsing the web or checking your email. There's also a proximity sensor on top of the screen that shuts off the display when you bring your face close to it, which is a nice feature to prevent accidental touches. At the bottom of the phone, we have four standard Android buttons: home, search, back, and menu. These buttons are touch-sensitive, so you can use them by simply tapping on them.

Moving on to the top of the phone, we have a 3.5mm headphone jack that allows you to plug in your standard headphones. On the side of the phone, there's a volume rocker that lets you control the volume, and a camera button that allows you to take pictures quickly and easily. The back of the phone has a 5-megapixel camera with no flash, which may be a limitation for low-light photography. However, this is still a great camera for taking photos in bright conditions.

The sides of the phone are where we find the power on/off switch, which also serves as a lock and unlock button. This is a convenient feature that lets you quickly toggle your phone's status without having to navigate through menus. The mini USB port at the bottom of the phone allows you to connect it to your computer or other devices.

Inside the phone, we have a 768 MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 8250 processor that provides smooth performance and quick app launching. There's also 256 megabytes of RAM, which should be enough for most users. As an Android device, the Acer Liquid runs on Android 1.6, and it offers the same experience as any other Android phone.

So what sets different Android handsets apart? The answer lies in the hardware. While Acer didn't add a custom user interface to the Liquid, they did include some interesting features that set it apart from other phones. For example, the Acer Settings app provides quick access to popular settings like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GPS.

One of the new apps on the Acer Liquid is a shortcut to the phone's built-in media player. This allows you to easily share your music, videos, and photos with other devices connected to the same network. Another app is RoadSync Calendar, which displays your latest events from your Exchange calendar. There's also RoadSync Mail, which allows you to sync your email with your phone.

We also have Spinets, an app that recommends songs based on your listening history. And finally, there's Your Fus, an avatar-based social networking app that lets you chat and interact with other users. These apps offer a unique experience that sets the Acer Liquid apart from other Android phones.

In addition to these apps, Acer has also included some widgets that provide additional functionality. For example, the Web Player widget shows you thumbnails of your bookmarks, while the Media Player widget displays your latest photos and videos. The Road Sync Calendar widget is another useful feature that keeps you up-to-date with your events and appointments.

That's pretty much it for our Acer Liquid quick review. If you're wondering why we didn't go over things like messaging and the market app, it's because they run Android 1.6, and the experience is likely to be similar across most Android phones. For more information on these features, please check out our Android 1.6 overview video linked in the description below.

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"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey guys it's David from the unlocker.net spell like that in the address bar and search for our phone review on the Acer Liquid okay since this phone does run on Android uh and it runs on Android 1.6 uh you can click on the link there the donut in order to get a quick overview of how Android works the basics of it the text messaging apps the market everything like that uh and how Android 1.6 more specifically Works uh and then come back to this whenever you're ready to see the rest of the review also on this page you'll find images uh and specifications for the Acer Liquid as well okay first we'll do a quick unboxing just show you really quick what comes in the Box okay so you have your phone obviously pull this up you're going to see your uh manuals and your CD ROM and your warranty information box also slides out like so and in here we have our charger adapter uh comes with a Micro SD card wired headset and USB cable okay so first the hardware of the device itself uh on the front here we have a 3.5 in capacitive touchscreen with 480x 800 pixel resolution there's also a proximity sensor up here that shuts the screen off when it gets near your face so you don't accidentally tap the touchcreen with your cheek uh we have four standard Android buttons down here at the bottom uh home search back and menu uh these buttons on the acter liquid are touch sensitive so they're not physical buttons they just kind of respond to the touch of your finger uh at the top we have a 3.5 mm headphone jack so your standard uh headphones will fit in here on the side we have a volume rocker to control the volume and also a camera button which I always like to see on phones um because I feel it's the most natural and probably the quickest way to ever take a picture since you hold a camera like that anyway um on the bottom here we have a mini USB port so any mini USB like Blackberry ET would fit in there Chargers uh on this side here we have a onoff switch which also locks and unlocks the device on the back we have a 5.0 megapixel camera there is no flash um which I personally think camera phones should all have flashes at least some type of flash because otherwise low light pictures don't really work too well um so you're probably going to be taking a lot of you know inside brightly lit areas or outside in broad daylight pictures with this type of a camera um and then pop off the back we have our 1350 milliamp battery uh if you remove the battery which actually has like a little class here to lock it in which is unique um you have your SIM card slot and you have your micro SD uh memory card slot which is capable of of using up to 32 gig memory cards okay on the inside of the device we have a 768 MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 8250 processor and we also have 256 gab of ram okay since this is an Android device uh the apps the menu items the overall user experience is going to be pretty much the same uh as any other Android device so if you're curious about Android you're just not familiar uh we have a link right underneath this video on our website to check out our Android 1.6 overview Android 1.6 is the version of Android that this phone is running so go ahead and take a look at that uh to catch up on how Android works the messaging app the market Etc okay what separates different Android handsets since they share the same OS market for downloading apps Etc uh is the hardware so what Acer has in Hardware that shines on the Android is a decent 3.5 in screen uh which is the same size as the iPhone screen for those that don't know uh the processor uh the 768 MHz processor makes this thing super smooth uh you can flick through pages really easily through your home screens Fair response apps open pretty quickly scrolling now some manufacturers also add in their own software in the form of widgets custom user interfaces or apps um Acer didn't add a custom user interface to the liquid but they did add a few apps and some widgets one of the new apps they added um is a shortcut uh to the phone's popular settings like turning on and off Wi-Fi Bluetooth GPS changing the brightness Etc it's called Acer settings another app that they add in here which isn't really an app uh is Acer sync basically it's just a shortcut to the regular settings uh sync account uh in the Google operating system one of the other things uh Acer includes a copy of Documents To Go viewer um you can click on that and it allows you to view uh word PowerPoint PDF uh and Excel uh spreadsheets um in order to be able to edit those spreadsheets though you need to uh pay for the full version um so keep that in mind one useful little app that Acer adds it's called media server um basically what this does is it allows ow the phone to share its music videos pictures Etc with any other computers that are nearby on the same network you just got to put in the settings here show the content and then your other PCS uh will be able to access stuff two other apps on here uh are roadsync calendar and roadsync mail they're basically just uh apps that allow you to use exchange to sync your mail and your calendar another app is spinets which is basically a uh kind of like a Pandora type thing where it shows you music and you can listen to different songs choose by genre Etc the last app that they add on here it's called your Fus um it's basically an app that allows you to create um an avatar and then use that Avatar to chat with other people um and kind of use it as a social networking thing there are also a few widgets that Acer added on here so if we click add click on widgets you'll see one of the ones that they add in here here uh is the road sync calendar um which is basically just a uh widget for the app by the same name that displays your latest events from your exchange calendar they also have spinets and your Fus widgets which are just used to display information from those apps um some of the more interesting ones are the web player widget they call which basically just shows you uh a thumbnail of your bookmark and a scrollable little widget here on the side um and then a similar one called media player widget uh which does the same thing for your pictures you have the top music and videos okay that's pretty much it for our Acer Liquid quick review um if you're wondering why we didn't go over things like messaging and the market Etc um it's because it runs Android and the experience with those kind of apps is going to be the same throughout any Android phone for the most part so if you're curious about those type of features just scroll down beneath this video on our website and there's an Android 1.6 overview that you can click on and that video will show you all those type of things\n"