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Finally, it's official so all the rumours are now cleared up. Fido now has their first Android handset, the Acer Liquid E. This smartphone is now available for $30 on a 3-year contract and for $375 contract-free. Beneath the 3.5-inch touchscreen display you'll get an underclocked 768MHz Snapdragon CPU, a 5MP camera, WiFi / GPS / Bluetooth, a 3.5mm headphone jack, a microSD card slot, and Android 2.1. Check it out on Fido.

I hope they add the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini Pro to their line-up in the future.

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Best Buy may have just leaked the prices for the upcoming Fido Acer Liquid E smartphone. This Android-based handset is apparently going to be available for $29.99 on a 3-year contract and $349.99 on a 2-year contract, which would be quite expensive. If these prices are true, maybe the contract-free pricing is somewhere between $400 and $500. It's going to be available tomorrow so everything will be official soon.

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We already know that Fido in Canada will be launching the Android-based Acer Liquid E just like Rogers and there's some more information that has leaked out today. Fido employees have reportedly started their training for this smartphone and they're launch date is set for September 29th unless something goes wrong. The rumoured price tags are said to be $50 on a 3-year contract and $350 contract-free.

Update: Another Mobile Syrup post has just leaked the training document (below) for the Liquid E smartphone. The best news about it is that it will be upgradeable to Android 2.2 "Froyo" sometime in the future - it'll be running version 2.1 when it launches.

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Following Rogers, Fido could be looking to release the Android-based Acer Liquid E smartphone. Howard Forums has just mentioned that Fido employees could start training for this smartphone sometime next week and the launch will be in a couple of weeks. Rumoured price points are said to be $50 on a 3-year contract and $350 contract-free. The Liquid E features a 3.5-inch display, an underclocked 768MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU, a 5MP camera, WiFi / GPS / Bluetooth support, a 3.5mm headphone jack, a microSD card slot, and version 2.1 of the OS. Look out for leaks regarding this one soon.

Update: A newer Mobile Syrup post has confirmed that Fido will be launching the Acer Liquid E Android-powered smartphone. It should be available in a few weeks.

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Rogers has thought that today would be a good day to slash the prices on five of their handsets, four of which are running Android. The Acer Liquid E is now available for $29.99 (down from $49.99), the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 is now $99.99 (down from $149.99), the Motorola Quench is $29.99 (down from $49.99), and the Samsung Galaxy Spica is now $9.99 (down from $79.99 and not pictured). The other handset that has gone through a price cut is Rogers' Bada-based handset, the Samsung Wave. It launched a couple of weeks ago for $99.99 and now it's $79.99. Check them all out on Rogers' website if you're interested.

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Two handsets are now available on Rogers, the BlackBerry Pearl 3G (9100) and the Acer Liquid E. The Pearl 3G is now available on their website here for $49.99 on a 3-year contract, $324.99 on a 2-year contract, $374.99 on a 1-year contract, and $424.99 contract-free. This handset is the latest offering from RIM and features the SureType QWERTY keyboard, a 3.2MP camera, WiFi 802.11n / GPS support, and a microSD card slot.

The other handset is the Acer Liquid E. This Android-based handset is available here for the exact same prices as the Pearl 3G. This features a 3.5-inch touchscreen display, an underclocked (768MHz) Snapdragon CPU, a 5MP camera, GPS / Bluetooth / WiFi support, a 3.5mm headphone jack, a microSD card slot (2GB card in the box), and Android 2.1.

Rogers Releases the BlackBerry Pearl 3G (9100): Mobile Syrup
Rogers Releases the Acer Liquid E: Mobile Syrup

Acer has just unveiled the Ferrari Special Edition of their Liquid E handset at Computex. The spec sheet is the exact same but this one has its own matching Bluetooth headset. Of course, it wouldn't be complete without the unique Ferrari F1 red paint job. In case you forgot, the handset itself has a 3.5-inch WVGA touchscreen display, a 5MP AF camera, a microSD card slot, a 768MHz underclocked Snapdragon CPU, Android 2.1, and an 8GB card in the box. This hasn't been priced or dated yet.

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Two new leaks have trickled out. One is regarding the BlackBerry Pearl 3G (9100) and the other one is about the Android-based Acer Liquid E. As you can see, both of these handsets should be hitting Rogers for $49.99 on a 3-year contract, $324.99 on a 2-year contract, $374.99 on a 1-year contract and $424.99 contract-free. Boy Genius actually got another inventory screenshot that shows that the Pearl 3G will actually be available for $29.99 on a 3-year contract, so we'll just have to wait and see which becomes reality. Both of these handsets should be available over the next couple of days.

Rogers Launches the BlackBerry Pearl 3G (9100): Boy Genius
Rogers Launches the Acer Liquid E: Mobile Syrup

Another one of Mobile Syrup's tipsters have just snagged a picture of the Acer Liquid E in Canada's Rogers inventory. Last week we heard that Rogers will be launching the handset for $49.99 on a 3-year contract and today's screenshot shows that it'll be available for $79.99. Let's hope that Rogers decides to go with the cheaper $49.99 price tag, but it'll definitely be below $100. The contract-free $375 price tag seems to be set in stone though.

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At this point we already know that Canada's Rogers will be getting the Acer Liquid E which will be running Android 2.1. Yesterday, an inventory screenshot told us that Rogers will be launching it for $374.99 contract-free. Now we know that it's expected to launch in June for $49.99 on a 3-year contract which isn't bad for this pretty amazing handset. Hopefully we can overclock that CPU to 1GHz though - since it is a Snapdragon.

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So Canada's Rogers is going to launch the Android-based Acer Liquid E handset soon. According to this inventory leak, this handset will be retailing for $374.99 contract-free. Not much left to tell you here because the contract prices are still unknown. I doubt it'll be launching for $199.99 on a 3-year contract though because that's a pretty cheap contract-free price. For comparison's sake, the XPERIA X10 is $149.99 on a 3-year contract and it's $549.99 contract-free.

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Rogers just wanted to remind all of us Canadians that the Acer Liquid E handset is on the way. This handset packs a 3.5-inch WVGA touchscreen display, a 5MP camera, a 768MHz Snapdragon CPU, and thankfully Android 2.1. This handset is expected to launch sometime this Spring so that could be any day now...

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Rogers looks like they managed to snag up another Android exclusivity, this time we're talking about the Acer Liquid e. This handset is extremely similar to their own Liquid handset but it's sporting Android 2.1. It'll feature a 3.5-inch WVGA capacitive touchscreen display, a 5MP AF camera with video capabilities, an underclocked 768MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU, WiFi / GPS / Bluetooth support, and a microSD card slot. We don't know exactly when Rogers will be launching this handset, but it'll be available sometime in Spring. Check out what Acer had to say here.

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