Acer, which is more known for its laptos, Netbooks and notebooks is now engaging in smartphone business,
"The smartphone market is the natural direction of our long-term mobile strategy as our ambition is to offer compelling solutions to all the needs of mobile users," Lanci said.
The New Acer Smartphone will be called Acer Tempo smartphone series, the handsets are all Windows Mobile. The Tempo series also offers a broad range of devices, from the high end to the low end as it mention in GSMA 2009. Acer promised to released and make available in public by March 2009.
Here are 4 of the Eight units they mentioned in GSMA 2009
Acer X960 Brief Specification:
• Pre-installed GPS software
(Navigon try-and-buy, for Europe market)
• 2.8" VGA touch screen
• High speed HSPA connectivity
• New easy-to-use virtual keyboard
• Access directly to key applications
via widget-based home screen
•3.2MP Auto-focused camera
Acer F900 Brief Specification:
• Pre-installed GPS software
(Navigon try-and-buy, for Europe market)
• 2.8" VGA touch screen
• High speed HSPA connectivity
• New easy-to-use virtual keyboard
• Access directly to key applications
via widget-based home screen
•3.2MP Auto-focused camera
Acer M900 Brief Specification:
• Physical Qwerty keyboard
• 3.8“ WVGA touch screen
• Fingerprint reader
• 5 Megapixel autofocus camera
• HSPA, WiFi, BT
• Windows Mobile 6.1, Outlook, Office
Acer DX900 Brief Specification
• Physical Qwerty keyboard
• 3.8“ WVGA touch screen
• Fingerprint reader
• 5 MP autofocus camera
• HSPA, WiFi, BT
• Windows Mobile 6.1, Outlook, Office
• Standby time 160h / Talk time: 5h
We still need to wait for Other models which Acer Plan to release se in the second half of 2009 include which includes Acer L1 and the Acer C1, which are entry-level devices for those making the jump from a regular cell phone to their first smartphone. These two units will be the low end smartphone of Acer as it will 49 euros (around $62) or less after carrier subsidies according to the News.
Source : cnet.com & acer.com