Acer's X960 All‐Purpose Performer Smartphone is on its way

Acer, the world's third largest vender of PCs, is making strides in the mobile communications market with the Acer Tempo Smartphone Series, a collection of touch‐screen smartphones targeted at users whose personal and professional lives blend. The collection was announced in Barcelona this last February during the Mobile World Congress and will soon be available in Spring in European and Asian markets.

The Acer X960, a 3G Windows Mobile smartphone, with a high‐resolution VGA touch screen, comes in a compact form factor with convenient finger based navigation. With quick and easy access to internet‐search, favorite web bookmarks, emails, reading attachments and GPS/maps functions, the X960 is a versatile smartphone that will help you get through the business day while having the option to enjoy video or music when you have a moment.

The X960 comes with an intuitive and friendly user interface animated through widgets. Users can arrange the position of these widgets on the desktop for instant access to their preferred features.Check global weather and time zone with the vivid 3D animation. Browse photo albums or share pictures and slide shows with the swipe of a  finger. Peruse your CD collections and enjoy music juke‐box style. In the address book, pictures simplify access to contacts and make it easy to make a phone call with just one touch. Bookmarks provide instant access to the websites you use most. Plus, Acer's Easy Keyboard simplifies input for messaging.

With an ultra sharp, high‐resolution, 2.8 inch VGA touch screen and an easy‐to‐use five‐way navigation button, the Acer Tempo X960 is a pleasure to navigate. This compact, slim and powerful device in a classy black and silver color scheme comes with a 3.2‐megapixel camera with flash.High‐speed 3.5G connectivity allows for a full online experience with rich multimedia streaming, and instant search options wherever you go. The embedded GPS makes the X960 a good travel companion. Organize your mobile life with the fully featured Acer X960, available now.


About Acer
Since its founding in 1976, Acer has constantly pursued the goal of breaking the barriers between people and technology. Focused on marketing its brand‐name products around the globe, Acer ranks as the world's No. 3 vendor for total PCs and No. 2 for notebooks, with the fastest growth among the top‐five players. With the acquisition of ETEN and the creation of the Smart Handheld Business Group in 2008, Acer demonstrates its strategic commitment to providing mobility solutions for consumer and professional usages, across varied devices ‐ from Netbooks to Smartphones.

For more information about Acer smartphones, please visit www.acer.com/smartphones or contact:
sara.schutte@circle‐line.eu