Acer Iconia Smart

   The high-end smartphone Acer has announced at Mobile World Congress was the Iconia Smart. Now I am not sure how will be received by the customers but it reminds me of the Dell Streak which was too big for a smartphone and too small for a tablet. I do not understand the design of Iconia Smart and why they made the screen so long and big. It`s looks like you are holding a remote control for a TV in your hands and not a smartphone.

-- DISPLAY: 4.8 inch LED edge-lit capacitive touch WVGA 480 x 1024 pixels screen, 16M colors.

-- CPU:  Qualcomm Snapdragon 1GHz processor.

-- MEMORY:  512 MB RAM.

-- STORAGE:  8GB for internal, 512 ROM, microSD card slot up to 32GB.

-- CAMERA:  Primary - 8MP camera for full HD video recording (up to 1080p, MPEG-4/H.264).

Secondary - 2MP video chat, video calling.

-- CONNECTIVITY:  3G HSPA+, HSUPA, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, NFC, DLNA, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, micro-USB port v 2.0, HDMI port, 3.5 mm headphone jack, A-GPS.

-- SENSORS:  Accelerometer, Proximity, Gyroscope (six-axis).

-- BATTERY:  Li-Po 1500 mAh

-- MULTIMEDIA:  Touch sensitive controls, Dolby Mobile sound.

-- OS:  Android 2.3 Gingerbread, Acer UI 4.2, Adobe Flash 10.1 support.

-- APPLICATIONS:  Google Apps, social networking.

   They say it`s 100% smartphone and 100% tablet. But for me it looks like 50% smartphone and 50% tablet - the same as Dell Streak. Sure is nice to watch movies at 21:9 format with high sound quality and probably the internet browsing is great. But I would not buy this phone, even if has the curved screen design.

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Acer Liquid mini E310

   Another model Acer has presented in Barcelona was the Liquid Mini E310 with an image of a small smartphone that can have and do anything despite the small size. The design is also elegant and stylish.

-- DISPLAY: 3.2 inch TFT capacitive touch 360 x 640 pixels screen, 256k colors.

-- CPU:  Qualcomm ARM A11 600 MHz processor.

-- GPU: Adreno 200.

-- MEMORY:  512 MB RAM.

-- STORAGE:  512 ROM, microSD card slot up to 32GB.

-- CAMERA:  5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash

-- CONNECTIVITY:  3G+ HSDPA, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, micro-USB port v 2.0, 3.5 mm headphone jack, A-GPS.

-- SENSORS:  Accelerometer.

-- BATTERY:  Li-Po 1300 mAh

-- MULTIMEDIA:  Touch sensitive controls.

-- OS:  Android 2.2 Froyo, Acer UI, Adobe Flash 10.1 support.

-- APPLICATIONS:  Google Apps, social networking, Documents To Go, RoadSync.

   So this is a medium hardware performance smartphone and a main competitor for HTC Wildfire S, Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini and others. The price will make it different of course but also the DLNA feature.

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Acer beTouch E210

   Acer was also present at Mobile World Congress with three important smartphones. One of these was beTouch E210 which I see it as a business low-cost but elegant device. You will see from information below that there are not amazing technical specifications:

-- DISPLAY: 2.6 inch TFT touch screen.

-- CPU:  Ericsson 416 MHz processor.

-- MEMORY:  256 MB RAM.

-- STORAGE:  512 MB ROM, microSD card slot up to 32GB.

-- CAMERA:  3.2 MP on the back side.

-- CONNECTIVITY:  3G+ HSDPA, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1, micro-USB port v 2.0, 3.5 mm headphone jack, A-GPS.

-- SENSORS:  Accelerometer.

-- BATTERY:  Li-Po 1300 mAh

-- MULTIMEDIA:  QWERTY keyboard, optical track-pad, ubiquitous share button.

-- OS:  Android 2.2 Froyo, Adobe Flash 10.1 support.

-- APPLICATIONS:  Google Apps, social networking.

   I have always seen Acer phones as good products but not impressive in terms of design. However this does not look bad at all.  Although this may appear only a business phone you should now that has a 'ubiquitous' button which allows the user to share information instantly on Facebook, Twitter or YouTube. Acer beTouch E210 is a competitor for other QWERTY phones but has the advantage of a touch screen in the same time and of course the Android OS which offers many possibilities.

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