I am very pleased to announce the my acer liquid review is now live here. This is the first Android device that we have reviewed so I was fascinated to see what Android and Acer can deliver. First impressions of the phone were very good, it feels very thin, light and the initial taps on various icons revealed the phone to feel very response and snappy, exactly what I would have expected given the Snapdragon processor. 
I have been searching around for a decent explanation of aGPS and why pocket pc software is needed to download it. I found a very good article here, this explains it all very well
The recent introduction of assisted GPS (or AGPS) technology a few years back, has indeed confused alot of people, thinking that it's the LBS (location-based service) . The fact is AGPS is essentially still a GPS solution, with added technology to speed up the location acquisition fix process (commonly known as Time to First Fix, or TTFF), which has always been the most time consuming process of GPS.
Despite the recent introduction of sensitive GPS chipset such as SIRFIII, it doesn't improve the inherent TTFF challenge if you know how a fix acquisition happens. In order for a GPS receiver to triangulate one's position, it first must obtain a couple of data/information from the satellites, which broadcast this information for the receiver to download them. The first is almanac, which essentially documents all the available satellites and their basic information. Almanac usually are valid for a few months, so once you have your GPS receiver has received it, you will be spared from the time consuming process (of downloading the almanac), which can be more than 10 mins. The other data the receiver needs to download, is the ephemeris data, which is a more precise orbital path of the satellite,...
There is a great application available here which allows you to access all sorts of hidden features on HTC Windows Mobile devices. These kind of software tweakers are great, but it does make me wonder if the OS and the hardware already has the ability to do some of these tasks, like pinch to zoom, then why didn't Microsoft or HTC 'enable' them by default in the Windows Mobile OS or the TouchFlo interface that HTC provides?
Features:
1.Many Tweaks and Reg changes.
2.Rotation: Add rotation support to any applications easily.
3.Pinch to Zoom: Add zoom support to any application easily.
4.Data Connection: Enable/Disable Data connections.
5.Manila Language: Changes manila language.
6.Take screenshots of the screen when shaked!
Checking out the jobs at Microsoft and there are lots associated with the upcoming new operating system. The amount of jobs out there suggests they are just starting to ramp up the real work and putting the team together.
I am pleased to announce that my Acer Liquid unboxing and quick look video is now live. It features the rapid Qualcomm Snapdragon processor and Android 1.6 operating system creating a powerful combination, that initially seems very snappy.
To buy this device for £280 (£329 inc VAT), try the nice folk at Clove, who also have it with a black back cover!
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