Acer beTouch E210 unboxing video

The Acer beTouch E210 is one of a small number of Android handsets to have a fixed front facing QWERTY keyboard, BlackBerry style. The E210 was announced much earlier this year but only went on sale fairly recently.

For those wanting an Android powered handset but needing the speed of text entry that you really only get from a physical QWERTY keyboard, the beTouch E210 may be worth looking at if the price tag, around £220, and the limited spec doesn’t put you off. You can see the full specification below but it’s a little disappointing to see a just-released handset with a resistive touchscreen. I thought things had progressed beyond that now.

Overall the E210 is a nice enough looking handset, pretty lightweight and has a large QWERTY keyboard that makes it easy for fat-fingered people, like me, to use the keys with ease.

Check out the video below to see a little of the Acer beTouch E210 in action. Review coming up soon too.

Acer beTouch E210 specification:

• 2G Network: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
• 3G Network: HSDPA 900 / 2100
• Dimensions: 116 x 63 x 12 mm
• Weight: 109 g
• Display: TFT resistive touchscreen, 256K colours, 320 x 240 pixels, 2.6 inches
• QWERTY keyboard
• Optical trackpad
• 3.5mm jack
• Memory: 256 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM
• microSD, up to 32GB
• Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, Wi-Fi hotspot
• Bluetooth:  v2.1 with A2DP, EDR
• microUSB v2.0
• Camera: 3.15 MP, 2048×1536 pixels
• OS: Android OS, v2.2 (Froyo)
• CPU: Qualcomm MSM7227 600 MHz processor
• Stereo FM radio
• GPS with A-GPS support
• Digital compass
• Battery: Standard battery, Li-Ion 1300 mAh

Posted by: Matt