Acer Liquid e

“We may have been spoiled by some great-looking Android handsets from the likes of HTC and Samsung, but the Liquid E isn't in the same class when it comes to design. Its styling is distinctive, thanks to its rounded edges, but the glossy white finish used on the rear and sides of the phone looks and feels plasticky. The Liquid E also feels uncomfortably wide in your hand. We like the fact that Acer has stripped away not just the trackball but also a number of the other unnecessary buttons that you usually find on Android handsets. The company's replaced them with a row of slick and responsive touch-sensitive buttons that sit beneath the screen. We did miss the physical call buttons that you get on other handsets, though, as the lack of these controls means you have to launch the dialler app every time you want to make a call.”

“The Acer Liquid E was recently released by Rogers and it’s their newest Android-powered device. This runs OS 2.1 and I believe this will be included in the few devices that will get an upgrade to the new OS 2.2 when it’s released.”

“In many ways, the Liquid E design fits Acer's PC philosophy to a tee. It's all about providing the most possible performance on the inside relative to a low price. As always, there are certain tradeoffs to be made for this to happen. Here, you get a quick, modern Android phone that excels at voice calls -- a rarity in an era where the Droid X and Evo 4G treat phoning as almost incidental -- but, like an entry-level Aspire notebook, the construction isn't reassuring. You may well miss HD video recording or the more advanced optics once you're one or two years into your contract”