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Acer’s First Smartphones Are Missing Something

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Acer has unveiled their rumored smartphones, the X960, F900, M900, and DX900. And they don’t look half bad, other than lacking WinMo 6.5 and being a tad on the chunky side. Here’s a rundown:

https://gizmodo.com/acers-first-smartphone-has-awkward-style-solid-potenti-5146003

X960

• 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

F900

• 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

M900

• Physical Qwerty keyboard

• 3.8″ WVGA touch screen

• Fingerprint reader

• 5 Megapixel autofocus camera

• HSPA, WiFi, BT

Windows Mobile 6.1, Outlook, Office

DX900

• 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

But while Acer’s skin they’ve placed on top of Windows Mobile 6.1 looks alright and the hardware seems passable, why aren’t they breaking into the smartphone market with WinMo 6.5? [Acer]

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