Remember way back in May we heard about the Acer’s new Android-powered phone, Stream? Now we have the official confirmation that the Stream is coming out on August 9th, and for the time being, it will only be offered by the UK carrier Expansys.
The Stream features a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, 3.7-inch AMOLED screen, 512MB of RAM, and 2GB of onboard storage. The phone has Active Matrix Light Emitting Diode touchscreen and can playback high-definition 720p video on a high-definition TV via an HDMI output. There are the usual wi-fi, Bluetooth and 5MP camera facilities, too. The phone also has a clear multimedia focus. This is supported by the presence of three large physical keys (Play/Pause, Fast Forward and Rewind) located along the bottom of the device if you look at it in portrait view.
You can even make use of a free music streaming service, called Spinlets. The phone will run Android 2.1 from the off, with Acer’s own custom UI overlaying it. The Android Stream first reared its head at the recent Google I/O, but was then labelled the urine-evoking Liquid Stream.
Sad, but the phone being exclusive for one carrier is that it won’t come with any good offers on the price and the expected price tag is around $600, which makes it quite the hefty choice but it definitely looks like it will be worth every cent.
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