The Acer neoTouch F1 is a handset that is at the forefront of current mobile phone technology. It offers a wide variety of advanced technology including a Qualcomm Snapdragon USD 62 1 GHz processor. For its operating system it utilises the ever reliable Microsoft Windows mobile 6.5 professional. The unit is 118 mm x 63 mm wide and is 12 mm thick, whilst weighing 130 g. Its release in October 2009 was much heralded and justifiably so.
The display screen within this handset is colourful in every way as well as being large. It is 3.8 inches in size and is a TFT resistive touch screen, which displays 65,000 colours accurately at a pixel screen size of 480 x 800 pixels. Accelerometer and proximity sensors are provided which automatically perform certain tasks such as altering the aspect of imagery and saving battery power by automatically shutting down the unit when not in use for long periods of time. It employs the Acer user interface, which is version 3 as its primary means of accessing functionality.
The handset comes with an MP4/MP3 player, which will play all major file formats as well as including Facebook and Flickr integration, for those who enjoy these social media web applications. Pocket office versions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint are included as well as a useful PDF viewer. The phone comes with an internal memory of 256 MB of RAM, with the option to improve and expand on this by utilising the microSD card slot, which offers expansion up to 32 GB.
The phone offers photographic and video capture functionality in the form of a 5.0 mega pixel camera which operates at 2560 x 1920 pixels and comes with auto focus and LED flash as well as geo-tagging. VGA quality video recording and playback are provided as an alternative to still imagery.
The handset offers web browsing capabilities through its HSDPA and Wi Fi connections. Internet access is at a fast 7.2 Mbps as well as the option of connecting to nationally available hotspots. Blue tooth and mini USB are also included within the device and provide the means to share and download files seamlessly. To complete the ensemble the handset also provides GPRS and EDGE.
The Acer F1 is an impressively compact and feature rich mobile phone. Offering a wide variety of useful functionality as well as a stylish design, it ensures that Acer continues to be known for cutting page technology.
By: Andrew Ramsey
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Okay so almost every smartphone that has been released in the past year or so is compared to the iPhone, and more recently to the rumoured 3G iPhone. The Samsung i900 (which as usual has a name as well as a model number – Samsung Omnia) is actually a very close competitor to the Apple iPhone in both specifications and looks, and should also give the HTC Touch Diamond a run for its money.
The Samsung i900 has just been officially announced by the mobile phone manufacturer, along with its full specifications – including the fact that it will run on Windows Mobile 6.1 Pro, which should please smartphone users. The Samsung i900 is fully touchscreen with just three buttons on the very bottom of the phone (answer call, end call and menu), the front panel is encased in a silver edging and has an attractive brushed steel back panel.
The main characteristics that make it similar to the iPhone are the two different models that will be available – 8GB and 16GB, the large 3.2 inch touchscreen, Wi-Fi function and accelerometer – which allows you to rotate the screen (from portrait to landscape and back again) and the image or picture will rotate accordingly to fit the screen.
As well as the above the Samsung i900 also has a fantastic 5 megapixel camera with flash and autofocus, inbuilt GPS, a media player capable of playing MP3, DivX and WMA files, an FM radio, and HSDPA for fast internet speeds.
Despite the Samsung i900 being available in both 8GB and 16GB models both will also come with a microSD card slot for further memory expansion – so storage really should not be a problem. And of course you have the usual Bluetooth, USB and Microsoft document viewer that you would expect on a smartphone.
The Samsung i900 is due for release in July which should coincide with the release of the Apple iPhone 3G version.
By: John Gray
