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Upcoming Acer Liquid A1 to Run with WVGA Resolution

Kim Poh Liaw — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:37:01 +0000

Acer introduces its new smartphone “Liquid” series: to be the world’s first Qualcomm Snapdragon processor based and powered by Android OS 1.6. With the support of more display resolution in Android OS 1.6, the Acer Liquid touch screen will feature a WVGA (480 x 800) resolution and come with a 5 megapixel camera, HSPA and WiFi/GPS connectivity.

The company said that is has improved the power management to help achieve longer battery autonomy for intense users. It will also develope its own user interface instead of the usual Android UI for easy access to entertainment and web bookmarks, smart integration with Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and Youtube in the address book. An exclusive Spinlets application will be preinstalled for free streaming of worldwide music and video, that can be shared with friends and family through web-posting or e-mail.

[via slashgear]

Acer F900 Windows Phone Available in UK

Kim Poh Liaw — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:56:29 +0000

Announced in Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Acer F900 is now available in UK and other countries. Powered by Windows Mobile 6.1, the F900 is one of the Acer Tempo series and has a large 3.8 inch touch screen with WVGA resolution. High speed 3.75G HSDPA/HSUPA connectivity enables fast data transfer and a more enjoyable full on-line experience with rich multimedia, streamed content, messaging and instant search. F900 is the perfect solution for effective Internet connectivity anywhere.

F900 also comes with the new widget based Acer 2.0 User Interface for easy one-hand navigation. The concept of this innovative interface is to offer the flexibility of arranging your desktop the way you want it and to give you direct access to the applications you use most: one-touch phone calls, global weather and time zones with vivid 3D animation, jukebox music, interactive photo albums, and Bookmarks for direct access to the most visit websites. In addition, Acer’s exclusive virtual Easy Keyboard makes composing emails and messages easier than ever while on the move. The Acer F900 will be available in the UK for a SRRP of £429 Inc VAT

Acer F900 Specifications:

Windows Mobile 6.1
Samsung S3C 6410 (533 MHz)
128 MB SDRAM
256 MB flash memory
3.8″ WVGA TFT LCD touch screen, 800 x 480
microSD Card
Dimensions : 117.5 (L) x 63.5 (W) x 12.85 (H) mm
Weight : 155 g
Talk time: up to 6 hours
Standby: up to 300 hours
3.0 mega pixel camera, auto-focus
HSDPA Category 8/ HSUPA Category 5 ( 2100/1900/850 Mhz)
GSM/EDGE: Quad-band, 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
GPRS/EGPRS: Class B, multi-slot class 11
WLAN: 802.11b/g Wi-Fi CERTIFIED network connection
Bluetooth 2.0+EDR (Enhanced Data Rate)
SiRFstar III GPS

Rumor: Upcoming Acer Smartphone with Swivelable Keyboard

Kim Poh Liaw — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 08:50:16 +0000

Is this the new smartphone from Acer? BoyGeniusReports has been sent a blur photo, claimed to be one of the new smartphone for Mobile World Congress this month. It looks like this phone has a swivelable QWERTY keyboard, definitely unique and something we do not see frequently! No specs is available, it will comes with camera module, built in GPS and full touch screen.

Acer to Rebrand Glofiish DX900 as Acer DX900

Kim Poh Liaw — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 13:33:23 +0000

With the purchase of E-TEM Corporation in last year, Acer is to rebrand the Glofiish DX900 as Acer DX900, a move to use Acer as its main smartphone branding. It is not sure if Acer will take this as one of the new smartphone line up for its coming Mobile World Congress 2009 announcement, the dual sim capable DX900 is already available in some regions and will be available in UK by end February.

The Acer DX900 features support for both high-speed 3.5G (UMTS/HSDPA) and 2G (GSM/EDGE) communications, as well as GPS and Wi-Fi connectivity, a high-resolution VGA display, and a 3-megapixel auto-focus camera.

[via msmobiles]

Acer New Smartphone Announcement Confirmed on February 16th

Kim Poh Liaw — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 02:36:28 +0000

Since last September there are reports of new Acer smartphones announcing in Q1 this year. Said to be first targeting Western Europe and Russia smartphone market after the new product launches, Acer has sent out the media invitation for the press conference on February 16th.

It is not sure that if Acer will be announcing smartphone only for Windows Mobile platform, which the company has done it before, we will still hoping to see a possibility of Android smartphone from the company.

[via pocket-link]

Official: Acer smartphones coming in Q1 2009

Budi Putra — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:50:25 +0000

It’s another player in the smartphone industry: Acer. The company seems to start its brand new smartphone debut in Q1 2009.

The company’s senior corporate vice president and president of IT product business group, Jim Wong, revealed that initial shipments of Acer smartphones will begin in Western Europe and Russia.

Wong doesn’t hint on any features or possible designs, but research tells us that Acer’s smartphone for Q1 2009 will feature a touchscreen like the iPhone and will likely cost EUR 500. Hopefully, the usual suspects let us in on any leaks so we can get a clear view of what Acer is preparing.

Acer Incorporated is a Taiwanese multinational electronics manufacturer and the third largest computer manufacturer in the world (by sales) after HP and Dell Inc.

[via UnwiredView]

Acer Branded Smartphones Coming in Q1 2009

Kim Poh Liaw — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:10:14 +0000

Reported on Digitimes, Acer will announce new Acer smartphones in Q1 next year. The company is hiring more employees for their mobile phone business unit to prepare for the new product lineup. Acer has already experienced in making few pda products, will they bring us surprise on another Touch UI?

According to Jim Wong, senior corporate vice president and president of IT product business group at Acer, the company will first target Western Europe and Russia smartphone market after the new product launches.

Source [digitimes]