Rogers Wireless to carry Acer Liquid e

Rogers Communications , a provider of wireless communication service in Canada has succeeded in becoming the first mobile carrier in the North American marketplace to be licensed to carry the new Acer Liquid e smartphone, the first Acer phone available.

The new smartphone is expected to launch this Spring making it the first and only Android 2.1 device available in Canada at this time, although this fact may change as the Motorola Milestone which runs on Android 2.0 could be upgraded to Android 2.1 through the Telus network at any time.

The Acer smartphone comes with a 768MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, 3.5-inch WVGA high-definition capacitive touchscreen, 5MP digital camera with video recording capabilities and has a maximum memory capacity of 32GB using microSD card. Other features include full HTML support, wireless 7.2Mbps 3G, Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity and a 3.5mm headphone jack. The Acer device comes in with measurements of 116×54×12.75mm and has a weight of 135 grams.

Rogers anticipates that additional information including the pricing tiers will be available closer to the official launch date.