Acer Tempo M900 deals & review

If you thought that Acer only dealt with producing high quality notebooks, you had better think again. Their Tempo line of mobile phones look to set to give HTC smartphones a good run for their money. One of these phones is the Acer Tempo M900, which was unveiled along with the Acer Tempo F900, Acer Tempo X960 and the Acer Tempo DX900. The M900 is clearly set to top the whole range of phones so let’s check it out.

• Works on all 2G and 3G networks
• Weighs in at 188 grams and has a thickness of 17.1 mm
• TFT resistive touchscreen which is 3.8 inches long, has a resolution of 480x800 pixels and is capable of displaying upto 65k colours
• The screen also incorporates a full QWERTY keyboard, widget – based UI, fingerprint and handwriting recognition.
• MP3, polyphonic and WAV ringtones supported
• Speakerphone
• 3.5 mm audio jack
• Phonebook can store unlimited contacts and supports PhotoID
• Call records can store unlimited received, dialed and missed calls
• Class 10 GPRS and Class 10 EDGE connectivity available for connecting to and surfing the internet in areas where 3G connectivity is not available
• 7.2 Mbps HSDPA and 2 Mbps HSUPA connectivity available for high speed internet access and downloads as well as to make video calls
• Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g connectivity available for high speed internet access at Wi-Fi hotspots
• Bluetooth v2.0 with support for A2DP profiles
• miniUSB port available for data transfer between the computer and the PC
• 5 megapixel camera with the ability to capture pictures with a maximum resolution of 2592x1944 pixels
• Autofocus and LED flash
• Video recording
• Secondary VGA videocall camera
• Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional OS
• Samsung S3C 6410 533 MHz processor
• Messaging options include SMS (threaded view), Email, MMS and Instant Messaging
• HTML browser
• FM radio
• Only colour scheme is black
• SiRF Star III GPS chipset
• Pocket Office enables viewing and basic editing of Word, PowerPoint, Excel, OneNote and PDF files
• Voice memo
• MP3 player

The Acer Tempo M900 has a very nicely sized slide out QWERTY keyboard which has a number of offset keys and a lot of shortcut buttons for functions likes Start, OK, and the two soft keys on either side of the keyboard. The keys are very spaced out, thereby making it quite easy to type. The front part of the M900 is covered with a huge slab of very reflective plastic, which means that you could even comb your hair using the phone as a mirror. Under the screen is a call start button, the biometric fingerprint scanner, a pre–programmable hardware key and another user–defined hardware key, as well as the Call End key.

The Acer Tempo M900 is clearly set to be the flagship phone of Acer and sure will give HTC’s phones a good run for their money. It is also packed, so get your hands on it now.