We are all aware that Acer is one of the many companies planning to dip their hands in the telecom industry and apparently with this announcement, people who feel that they were just rumors may finally take Acer seriously. Mobile distributor Data Select and IT distributor Micro P will distribute Acer’s smartphones as the manufacturer attempts to break into the mobile handset market. Discussions with operators are still ongoing.

The manufacturer revealed four Windows Mobile handsets at Mobile World Congress this year in Barcelona named the M900, F900, X960, DX900. The handsets will come with the new Windows Mobile 6.5 software.

Acer bought fellow Taiwanese manufacturer E-TEN in March 2008 in a clear bid to go for the mobile phone market. There are 10 smartphones set for this year. Acer has already released prices of two low-end smart phones costing just €49 (£43). The handsets are codenamed the C1 and E1.

(Source) Mobile Today

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It looks like Acer is looking beyond the standards Windows platform for its smartphones. Acer is planning to produce smartphones running on platforms besides Microsoft’s Windows Mobile OS by the end of the year, the company confirmed.

Acer representatives in Taipei, Taiwan, confirmed that they will launch handsets running on alternative platforms before the year is out, but declined to say which operating systems the phones would use. When Acer launched their lineup of smartphones at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in February, company officials hinted that Acer was thinking of launching phones using Google’s Android platform.

All of Acer’s phones run on a widget-based version of Windows Mobile 6.1. Acer has said it plans on releasing phones later this year, most likely in the third or fourth quarter, running on Windows Mobile 6.5.

(Source) Fierce Wireless

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Anywhere you go, not all places may have sufficient coverage as far as being able to get a good 3G or 4G connections. Especially if you are at home, this issue can be a real problem if you don’t have the right equipment. But with reliable routers life becomes easier for you and it looks like here is a great device to store all your worries away, courtesy of C-motech.

C-motech unveils its 3G/4G mobile hotspot router at the upcoming Mobile World Congress 2009 in Barcelona, which will be released in April in N.Europe and Russian market.

(Source) Aving

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Acer seems to be holding on to its promise of introducing two new phones and it looks like they have been revealed in the DX650 and X960 mobile phones which run under Windows Mobile 6.1 operating systems.

Both phones come with a wide range of capabilities, including GPS support, HSDPA, WiFi and Bluetooth, connectivity, as well as miniUSB capabilities and a microSD card slot for additional storage space. They are are powered by a 533MHz Samsung S3C6410 processor and also feature hardware graphics acceleration, 256 MB of ROM and 128 MB of RAM.

One of the differences between the Acer phones is that the X960 comes equipped with a 3.2-megapixel camera, while the DX650 only includes a 2-megapixel snapper.
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The last time Nokia put up a countdown timer on its site, the N82 was born. This time, with the accompanying MWC itinerary revealing nothing, I would wager on the N96, recently leaked by an irked German, and/or the S60 Touch. Either way, I would love to see the unbelievably packed N96 become a reality or even Nokia take on Apple with a far more superior device than the iPhone. But hey, with roughly 30 hours to go, we won’t have to wait too long, do we?

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