Acer Stream Shipping August 4th £399.99

With VAT, Acer’s premiere Stream is listed at around $607 after conversion. The Stream is an enhancement over the excellent Liquid E and includes Bluetooth 3.0, 720p video capture (but no flashlight), 2Gb onboard memory, a customized UI, and a 3.7″ AMOLED display with the same WVGA resolution as the Liquid E.

Acer leaked the Stream in May when it was featured in a 22-minute long HD video tour. While £399.99 is costly, especially since the Stream comes with a tiny 2Gb microSD card, while other high end phones like the Xperia X10 and the Milestone/Droid include 16Gb, because of taxes, prices in the UK are generally much higher than over here in North America. For example, the Liquid at £334.99 ($508) is $80 more expensive than the Canadian version. Were the Stream to cross the Atlantic, it could be sold in the $500 (Galaxy S) range.

- 3.7″ AMOLED (800×480)
- 1GHz Snapdragon CPU
- 2Gb ROM, 512Mb RAM
- 2G: 850/900/1800/1900 Mhz (Quadband)
- 3G: 900/1900/2100 (Tri-band)
- Bluetooth 3.0, Wireless N
- 5-Megapixel Camera with 720p Video Capture @ 24fps.
- micro-HDMI, 3.5mm Jack
- 1400mAh Battery
- 119.5 x 63 x 11.2 mm @ 140 grams.