Announced by Acer in mid-October, the Liquid A1 (the company’s first Android smartphone) has just been approved by the FCC and – guess what? – it has AT&T 3G support (850 / 1900 MHz).

We’ve previously heard about some of Acer’s plans to launch smartphones in the US, so there may be some chances for AT&T to actually release the A1.

Powered by a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, the Acer Liquid A1 S100 features a 3.5 inch WVGA touchscreen display, Wi-Fi, GPS, access to social networking sites (Twitter, Facebook, Flickr), 3.5mm headset jack, and a 5MP camera with autofocus.

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Experts haven’t been all that impressed with Acer’s new Liquid A1 smartphone, that will be made available in the following week, so the company has to try better than that. The touchscreen phone is kinda “fat”, but you’ll get your consolation once you learn that the PC maker plans on releasing 8, to 10 new devices in 2010.

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