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| Author | Gordon Kelly |
| Published | 28th Sep 2009 |
Comments for Power Packed Acer A1 Android Phone Hits Pre-Order
ByTheWay said on 28th September 2009
Gordon said on 28th September 2009
@ByTheWay - hence our confusion at the Expansys listing of v2.0 as Donut. The specs list is a copy and paste to be exact to the Expansys page.
Penguin said on 28th September 2009
hmmm... I notice that there are more and more phones on this here website?? why don't you start reviewing iPhone Apps? :D
Gordon said on 28th September 2009
@Penguin - it's largely because many phones are not fully fledged computers in their own space and by far the fastest growing tech category. We have already done some app reviews in the past: http://www.trustedreviews.com/software/review/2009/01/07/iPhone-Applications---10-Great-Freebies/p1
Whether this expands in future, we'll have to see...
Ben said on 28th September 2009
Capacitive or resistive?
Chris said on 28th September 2009
If only it were running HTC Sense...
xbrumster said on 28th September 2009
400 hours standby... thats whopping 16 days.
sure about this Acer?
Gordon said on 28th September 2009
@Ben - mentioned in the article.
Ryan said on 28th September 2009
I wouldn't call any Qualcomm chip "lightning" fast.
I miss my Xscale :'-(
critical said on 28th September 2009
The megahertz myth is even less applicable when you get to SoCs like these.
Anyway, on a different topic the article says "being Android it should be capacitive", which is not a safe conclusion to draw... the HTC Tatoo is both Android and resistive.
I'd be very surprised if it wasn't capacitive given the screen size, though.
Ben said on 28th September 2009
Oh, ok, - should be capacitive, so, in other words, we don't know.
Gordon said on 28th September 2009
@Ben - no, as in only one Android handset ever has featured a resistive touchscreen and that was an HTC budget model. It'll be capacitive...
WyWyWyWy said on 28th September 2009
No dates?
cjb110 said on 28th September 2009
Not sure if it will be that fast, not enough memory again, same mistake as the hero.
Oliver Levett said on 28th September 2009
As I'm sure I've said before, Donut, Eclair etc are development branches, and although some of the code gets merged in to the release branch, 1.6 is not Donut. 1.6 is 1.6. Donut is Donut.
Also, it's fairly rash to consider that Android = capacitive. As far as my reading of the Android requirements goes, there's no requirement for capacitive anywhere.
The Qualcomm MSM8250 is a Snapdragon based system, and is in fact the same as the HTC Leo, bar the lower clock speed. It's a hell of a chip, and at 768MHz instead of the 1GHz max recommended speed it may well have longer battery life than you expect.
Hallainzil said on 28th September 2009
Hmmm.... Given the frankly repulsive Palm Pre pricing in Ireland, this is starting to look like an interesting prospect.
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Android 2.0 is not codenamed Donut, it is Eclair. Donut is 1.6