Acer Tempo DX900: Steel Smartphone With Dual SIM
Acer has entered the mobile communications market with the launch of the Acer Series Smartphone Tempo.
This is a collection of five smart phones, which are provided by touch screen and designed for traveling companions.
The first device in this series is Acer DX900, the first Windows Mobile smart phone that supports two SIM cards Dual Standby function, compatible with 2G and 3G connections that meet the demands of users who need access to two mobile numbers, without having to have two devices. In this way, people who travel frequently can use a SIM card in their home country and another SIM card when traveling abroad.
Similarly, the functions it should be noted that this device allows users to manage their daily tasks with full access to corporate e-mail with the mail agent Outlook Mobile, and the complete edition of Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional (Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint).
VGA LCD touch screen 2.8 “, high resolution and sharp colors, improves productivity by providing Internet surfing or reading documents on the go.
Finally, the Acer DX900 also features a 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus and front VGA camera to allow video images and communicate with multimedia quality with a single device.
Beside DX900 other in Tempo series are ACER Tempo M900.
Acer Tempo M900 Review
Have a touch screen, full keyboard and vocation training. We refer to the Acer M900, the terminal’s most powerful family of Acer Tempo that was presented first in the Mobile World Congress this year and now at the Computex trade show in Taiwan.so. With a 3.8 inch touch screen and sliding QWERTY keyboard, for its form factor and features some of the recent recalls Nokia N97.
The M900 is highly geared to the professional audience. Good example is the integrated fingerprint reader (a surprising benefit for a mobile) and good synchronization of the device with any type of work thanks to its PC operating system Windows Mobile 6.1 masked by an interface widgets created by Acer .
External Controls
Acer Tempo M900 is a fairly terminal “billet” for what the companies we are accustomed. It measures 119 x 62 x 17.1 mm and weighs 188 grams, a few millimeters larger and somewhat heavier than the Nokia N97, which is closest to the reference form factor. The front is dominated by a 3.8-inch touch screen and 480 x 800 resolution. Under it, and apart from the corresponding menu buttons, hang up and down, striking an integrated fingerprint reader that allows only authorized users can access the terminal, an addition that is sure to be welcome in the business world.
The sides, developed a material that mimics the steel, hold the MicroSD card slot, the slot of the stylus, the power button, the recording and release of the camera. Apart from the corresponding on-screen keyboard, the Acer M900 screen slides to the side to show a keyboard with qwerty keyboard looks spacious and very comfortable.
Power and Connectivity
In the interior, the terminal is moved by a Samsung S3C 6410 processor at 533 MHz is more powerful and less in the same segment and the speed of response also depends on other factors. Interestingly, there is no data on the amount of internal memory. At the moment we can only ensure that you have a port for microSD cards with up to 32 Gb
The operating system is Windows Mobile 6.1, though you can upgrade to the new version 6.5. Windows is here masked by the corresponding interface widgets steel that have been said so many flattering as criticism. Fortunately, being a Windows system allows the user to move with him all you want and even migrate to another operating system without major problems. Point connectivity covers all possible fields from the HSDPA 7.2 Mb / s up WiFi 802.11 b / g, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, GPS or USB cable.
Camera and Multimedia
Tempo’s camera Acer M900 is a 5 megapíxeels (2592?1944) with auto9focus, LED flash and video recording. Since it is a high-end terminal, is lack of some advanced software feature and a Xenon flash and dual LED flash. The M900 offers seamless compatibility with audio files, video or office courtesy of the Windows Mobile OS. The phone also features FM radio tuner. There just the multimedia section. Other applications such as Youtube or Facebook would have to install it, which is not very complicated. Acer has not provided any details about the batteries and the price. The phone will be available this year, but Acer has not provided an exact date yet.
The Best
Although it has small areas for improvement in hardware (like the camera). The best thing about this Acer is not what you have, but what could be in the hands of a user with a taste for the modification of software. Good chance but not for novice users.
Can be Improved
The benefits of the camera could be better and, judging by what they say those who tried, interface widgets could respond more quickly.
Key Features:
- 119 (L) x 62 (W) x 17.1 (H) mm, 188g
- Genuine Windows Mobile 6.1
- Slide-out physical QWERTY keyboard
- Samsung S3C 6410 mobile processor (533 MHz)
- 3.8-inch WVGA TFT LCD touch screen
- microSD card slot
- 5 megapixel camera with auto-focus and flashlight
- SiRFstar III GPS
- WLAN 802.11 b/g
- Bluetooth 2.0
- 2.5 mm stereo jack
- HSDPA Category 8 / HSUPA Category 5, Quad-band GSM / EDGE, and GPRS / EGPRS
