Acer’s beTouch and neoTouch smarphones officially announced
By Dusan Belic on Tuesday, October 20th, 2009 at 12:05 AM PST In Acer, Announcements, Devices, Windows Mobile
We told you about Acer’s renaming scheme and it’s happening now. The computer maker turned smartphone manufacturer has officially unveiled its Windows Mobile 6.5 lineup, consisting of two series of devices – beTouch and neoTouch.
beTouch are more affordable handsets and at the moment there are three models in the series – E100, E101 and E200. On the other end, neoTouch only has a single “member” at the moment and it’s the Snapdragon-powered S200 aka F1.
Detailed specs were not unveiled, and the same goes for exact prices. We do, however, know these babies will sell from £159 to £295 ($259 to $481) at retail, unlocked. If some carrier jumps in, expect the pricing to go further down. And yes, we’ll be watching for carrier partner announcements, have no doubts about it…
[Via: Engadget Mobile]
The problem with the above phones is their operating system. Windows Mobile is a dying platform from yesteryear, it’s clunky to use (comes with a stylus pen), and users are abandoning Windows Mobile in droves.
However, Acer makes something much better than this. The must-have phone is the Acer ‘Liquid’, which runs Google’s Android operating system. It comes with the Snapdragon processor. The Android operating system gives it multi-touch gestures and functionality similar to iPhone. Hey, and unlike Windows phones, no stylus is required for Android.