Marginalia
A miscellany of musings on the tech that crosses my path
Tuesday 17 February 2009, 3:24 PM
Acer's smartphone quartet
Acer has chosen this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona to officially re-enter the smartphone world with no less than four models in a range it is calling its Tempo Smartphone series.
The four are the direct result of last year’s buy-out of smartphone specialist E-TEN.
You can find news and pictures here.
The four models are:
ACER M900
With a fingerprint reader for advanced data security the M900 runs Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional and supports HSDPA. It has a sliding keyboard and a 3.8-inch, WVGA touchscreen.
ACER F900
Also sporting a 3.8-inch WVGA touch screen the F900 has built in GPS and again supports HSDPA.
ACER X960
This time with a 2.8 inch 640 x 480 pixel screen the X960 again includes a GPS antenna and supports HSDPA.
ACER DX900
Perhaps the cream of the crop for business users the DX900 supports two SIMs. With a 2.8 inch 640 x 480 it isn’t quite as multimedia friendly as the M900 and F900, though.
All four devices have a widget based interface sitting on top of Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional. There is no word on whether they will be user upgradeable to the newly announced Windows Mobile 6.5.
The four are the direct result of last year’s buy-out of smartphone specialist E-TEN.
You can find news and pictures here.
The four models are:
ACER M900
With a fingerprint reader for advanced data security the M900 runs Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional and supports HSDPA. It has a sliding keyboard and a 3.8-inch, WVGA touchscreen.
ACER F900
Also sporting a 3.8-inch WVGA touch screen the F900 has built in GPS and again supports HSDPA.
ACER X960
This time with a 2.8 inch 640 x 480 pixel screen the X960 again includes a GPS antenna and supports HSDPA.
ACER DX900
Perhaps the cream of the crop for business users the DX900 supports two SIMs. With a 2.8 inch 640 x 480 it isn’t quite as multimedia friendly as the M900 and F900, though.
All four devices have a widget based interface sitting on top of Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional. There is no word on whether they will be user upgradeable to the newly announced Windows Mobile 6.5.
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