While the Acer Liquid handset is already available in Europe, the U.S. is anxiously waiting to see if the Android (s goog) device will arrive here. If our friendly FCC is to be believed, odds are pretty good, says Unwired View. The Qualcomm (s qcom) Snapdragon powered handset underwent the standard testing for any wireless device to be sold here. Although there’s no guarantee of sales, devices can’t even be offered without passing the test, so at least one major hurdle is down.
Of course, the more interesting bits are in the frequencies that were tested, since these generally tip off which carrier could support such a phone. In this case, it’s AT&T (s t) thanks to the 850 MHz and 1900 MHz tests for 3G connectivity. Theoretically, you could use an Acer Liquid on T-Mobile’s U.S. network for voice, but you’d only see dismal EDGE speeds for data. And with a 21 Mbps mobile broadband network coming from T-Mo, you wouldn’t want a “slow” phone, now would you?
Early looks at the Liquid show the 1 GHz processor under-clocked to 768 MHz and minimal additions to the stock Android 1.6 experience. Arne Hess offers an excellent overview of the Liquid and its included software, so if you’re on AT&T, you might want to do some early research now.
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