Acer announces 4 new handsets at MWC
Acer have definitely been busy at MWC today and have announced 4 new handsets. Two Windows Mobile and two Android 2.1 powered handsets.
They are: Acer neoTouch P300 and P400, beTouch E400 and beTouch E110.
The first handsets will be available from March this year with the other two going in sale by May 2010. Full press releases available below:
Acer neoTouch P400
Smart Organizer
2010-02-15 – The 12 super-slim Acer neoTouch P400 with its stylishly & smooth chrome finish and featuring Acer’s all-new signature design home ring combines class, style and sophistication with instant functionality.
The neoTouch P400 brings style and simplicity to the smartphone world and bridges the gap between work and play with the latest release of Windows® Mobile 6.5.3 with optimized touch controls to assure a completely new web experience.
The neoTouch P400 puts in your hands a complete set of productivity applications including Mail, Microsoft® Exchange Server Support and Microsoft® Office Mobile applications so you can control your entire office and much, much more with a single finger, no matter where you are.
Put your business in the palm of your hand!The neoTouch 400 uses the powerful yet extremely efficient Qualcomm 7227 processor running at 600 MHz and comes with Internet Explorer 6 Mobile with Flash support, making it easier than ever to enjoy high quality browsing and media viewing as well as taking care of your life and your business from just about anywhere you go. With Internet Explorer 6 Mobile you can switch between column and full screen formats, log in to secure sites, make purchases, fill out and submit forms online as effortlessly as you would on your PC.
Also features Bing, the revolutionary new search engine from Microsoft®, a fresh new approach to search, to help you make better decisions while on the move by focusing initially on four key user tasks and related areas: making a purchase, planning a trip, researching a health condition or finding a local business.
The black and chrome finish of the neoTouch P400 makes the perfect companion to the most stylish and trendy users and it is also available with two exchangeable battery covers in fingerprint-proof soft touch black and high-gloss silver that wrap around the sides and give the neoTouch P400 its distinctively sophisticated look.
Your life isn’t all work, it’s also a mix of images, video and music and the neoTouch P400 is a great place to store them and enjoy them. Simply fire up Windows® Media Player 10 and your music, video clips and pictures are instantly ready to captivate you. It comes with a dedicated YouTubeTM application built right in, so you can search for more than just text and images on the move. And thanks to the combination of a high-definition screen and 3G+ and WiFi connectivity, you can now find and stream high-definition videos in seconds. The big 3.2″ high-definition (HVGA) touch screen offers rich, vibrant colors and ultra-sensitive precision.
The neoTouch P400 installs a 3.2-megapixel autofocus digital camera mounted on the rear complete with autofocus and geo-tagging capabilities capable of taking crystal clear pictures thanks to filters and anti-shake option, which can then be sent directly to your contacts or shared on social networking sites. Perfect for turning unexpected moments into unforgettable ones.
The neoTouch P400 offers easy back-up & automatic wireless and web-based synchronization with your netbook or notebook, allowing you to easily manage your Contacts & Calendar and documents across all your Acer devices.
Life’s so much better in Sync.In addition to the exceptional standard applications, the neoTouch P400 also provides instant access to the Microsoft® Marketplace, so you whenever you need a new application, game or just a software update, you’re just a tap or two away.
Available from May 2010.
Acer neoTouch P300
Inspired Efficiency
2010-02-15 – Acer neoTouch P300 is a stylish smartphone targeted at users who want to combine personal and professional life in one single device. It’s the ideal product for people looking for a device with a strong focus on Efficiency, reliability and security.
The super-slim neoTouch P300 features a 3.2″ WQVGA touch screen and full QWERTY keyboard, making it one of the most capable and user-friendly communication handsets.
With Windows Mobile 6.5.3 to provide an exciting touch experience and the slide down full QWERTY keyboard of the neoTouch P300 is where true mobility meets full communication. Big clear backlit keys make it easy to use in any lighting condition, and as you can comfortably write with both hands, you’ll soon be communicating faster than you ever thought possible.
The neoTouch P300 is ready to open your world to the endless possibilities of real mobile internet. With 3G+ & WIFI connectivity, you can browse your favorite information websites, update your social networks and have fun online whenever you feel like it. It comes with Internet Explorer 6 Mobile with Flash support, making it easier than ever to enjoy high quality browsing and media viewing as well as taking care of your life and your business from just about anywhere you go.
Prepare yourself for a whole new level of instant communication with Acer connected contacts. Simply add your friends’ Facebook®, FlickrT and BloggerT accounts to their contact details and whenever they update anything about themselves or any other information on these pages, you’ll know almost instantly.
The neoTouch P300 is really complete and performing: it comes packed with a full communication suite. Stay connected with your friends, family and colleagues via corporate email thanks to Microsoft® Exchange support, IM with Windows® LiveT Messenger, text messages and voice calls.
The neoTouch P300 comes with a dedicated YouTube application built right in, so you can now find and stream high-definition videos in the seconds on the move.
To be always synchronized, neoTouch P300 offers easy back-up & automatic wireless and web-based synchronization with your netbook or notebook, allowing you to easily manage your Contacts & Calendar and documents across all your Acer devices. Life’s so much better in Sync. Efficient. Practical. Productive. Simple. The neoTouch P300 is the right tool to keep up your productivity wherever you are.
Available from March 2010.
Acer beTouch E400
Designed for fun, styled by simplicity
2010-02-15 – The Acer beTouch E400 is a consumer smartphone with a very slim design, targeted at design consumers who are keen to move to mobile internet on the go.
The beTouch E400 is ready to open your world to the endless possibilities of real mobile internet. With 3G+ and WIFI connectivity you can browse the web, update your social networks and have fun online whenever you feel like it.
Running on AndroidTM 2.1 (Éclair), it guarantees a new level of interactivity and mobile freedom. The powerful yet extremely efficient Qualcomm 7227 processor running at 600 MHz not only do you get smooth, instant access to web pages, media streaming, other applications, but also unrivalled energy efficiency for increased battery life.
The 12 mm slim beTouch E400 with its pure design, friendly and super sensitive interface offers style and functionality at the same time very few other phones can match, with clear and simple menus and everything you need available with just a few flicks of the finger.
The large 3.2″ high-definition (HVGA) resistive touch screen offers rich, vibrant colors and ultra-sensitive precision, while the 3.2-megapixel digital camera with built-in flash, geo-tagging, digital zoom, scene mode, white balance, color effect and macro mode allow you to capture the best moments of your life. Simply tapping on the video icon the E400 can also record super-sharp videos and then post them directly onto YouTube®.
On beTouch E400 the office is never far away thanks to Native Microsoft® Exchange Server support, allowing you to access to your corporate e-mail everywhere you go. And with the pre-installed Documents To Go you can edit and create Microsoft® Word, Excel and PowerPoint files as well as view Adobe PDF files wherever you are. The improved keyboard layout, the multi-touch support and a better dictionary will assure a more accurate input.
beTouch E400 features the smart Acer Lighting Behavior with smart LED lighting that flashes in different colors to let you know when a new message has arrived, if you missed a call or whether the battery is low.
Acer beTouch E400 will amaze the most demanding users for its completeness!
It enables customers to stay in touch with friends by email, IM and social networks (Facebook® and Twidroid built right in) at all times. Assure to stream high definition YouTube® videos and find the way with GPS-enabled Google Maps complete with Latitude, Street View, Traffic and POI search. But also listen high quality music through the standard 3.5mm audio jack and enjoy exclusive music streaming with Acer Spinlets.The beTouch E400 has a slick, easy-to-use interface to the new Android Market Place (>20,000 apps) so you whenever you need a new application, game or just a software update, you’re just a tap or two away.
Cloud synchronization with Google:
The beTouch E400 comes preinstalled with Acer Sync, a smart application that allows automatic cloud-based and Wi-Fi synchronization with your netbook, notebook or desktop so that your contacts, calendars and files are always up to date.
When you’re on the move, Acer Sync allows you to sync your Google contacts, calendar and to do list over the air.Why stay the same when you can change the style easily? The Acer beTouch E400 comes with 3 changeable battery covers that wrap around the sides to show off your style even more. Available in soft-touch black, ceramic white and pearl red, the E400 is more than a phone – it’s a style statement.
Available from April 2010.
Acer beTouch E110
Smart ‘n Simple
2010-02-15 – Acer beTouch E110 is an affordable smartphone for people who want to enjoy all the richness of mobile Internet.
Small and compact the beTouch E110 will make your first experience of mobile Internet a pleasure with its simple touch interface and high speed connectivity.
The beTouch E110 has been designed for ease of use. It features new Acer user interface with a customizable 5-page home screen that lets you put your most important applications right at your fingertips and providing direct access to your favorite multimedia and web contents in one click. It looks and works just the way you want it to do, all with a single finger.
The beTouch E110 is also extremely comfortable to use, coming with a super-sensitive 2.8″ touch screen as well as a handy 5-way navi key for easy access to all applications. It also packs an improved virtual keyboard coupled with predictive text input making it far easier to type while avoiding mistypes so that your messages and emails are perfect first time, every time. But it’s not all. you can also choose among three types of keyboard, from compact to the full QWERTY.
The beTouch E110 comes with a simple yet extremely sophisticated mobile web browser for convenient and easy surfing of the Internet on the go. It lets you search just by tapping the address bar, zoom in on content as well as bookmarking all your favorite sites so that you find them back easier than ever. With the 3G connectivity, enjoy mobile internet to the fullest: browse any web pages from anywhere you are, fast and easily, share pictures in seconds and have fun online whenever you feel like it.
This device has a great feature to save time and make navigation simple called widgets. Widgets are virtual shortcuts of your favorite applications and web pages that you can place anywhere you want on the 5 pages home screen. One tap on the widget and the application or webpage opens instantly.
The beTouch E110 was designed from the outset to keep you in touch with your friends and in full control of your mobile communication. To do just that, we’ve equipped it with the stunningly simple AndroidT Operating System for a whole new level of interactivity and mobile freedom.
The beTouch E110 is equipped with a rich pre-installed applications set as: Acer Spinlets free streaming service that lets you browse and listen songs from major music labels and instantly post what you find to your favorite Social Networking sites, Nemo player to enjoy multimedia contents to the fullest, FacebookT, Acer UrFooz lets you create your virtual “look-a-like”, add your profile and bookmarks, then post it to your social networks, and Twidroid, the most popular fully-featured Twitter application for the Android platform pre-installed.
To make it a perfect companion, the beTouch E110 also features a 3.0 megapixel digital camera, for quick and easy shooting of unexpected moments, and a Radio FM to never miss a bit of your favorite shows even when you’re on the move. The 1500 mAh battery will allow you to keep up with long hours of web surfing, calls with friends and hours of music.
Available from March 2010 in black and dark blue
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