| After getting a preview of what the new Windows | | | | surfing and Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR/A2DP with microUSB |
| Phone 7 can do and look like at the 2010 Mobile World | | | | 2.0 for local data transfers. |
| Congress, we couldn't help yawn at just about every | | | | Its display comes with just 3.2-inch HVGA, shrunk from |
| old and new Windows Mobile smartphone there is | | | | the gorgeous 3.8 WVGA on the older neoTouch. It |
| today. | | | | uses the same TFT LCD resistive touchscreen |
| The demo stole whatever little thunder is left on the | | | | technology at 64k colors. There's the expected gravity |
| latest Windows smartphones and that includes the | | | | accelerometer for auto rotate viewing convenience. |
| elegantly styled Acer neoTouch P400 from the | | | | Imaging is likewise minimized from 5 to 3.2 megapixel |
| Taiwan-based computer making giant and world | | | | resolution taking out LED flash though you now get |
| leader in mobile computing. Its neoTouch P400 gets an | | | | image stabilization and the same autofocus and geo |
| identical twin, the beTouch E400 but running the more | | | | tagging thanks to its GPS receiver with A-GPS |
| capable Android. | | | | support. |
| Acer seems to be hedging its bets on the Android | | | | It comes with the Windows Media Player for the |
| with a dual product strategy for addressing both | | | | popular audio and video file codecs and a stereo FM |
| markets with identical hardware that became evident | | | | radio for your mobile entertainment. It also comes with |
| with last year's first handsets in this line. Its neoTouch | | | | a 3.5mm AV jack for wired Hi-F0 headphones and |
| gets Windows Mobile while its beTouch gets Android. It | | | | Bluetooth 2DP for wireless stereo earphones. |
| is now quite easy to compare the two OS sharing the | | | | The Acer neoTouch P400 comes with native support |
| same hardware specs. And it's clear who is winning. | | | | for Microsoft Exchange Server and is preloaded with |
| Conventional Smartphone Features | | | | social networking integration with Facebook, Blogger |
| The neoTouch P400 is far from being the successor | | | | and media sharing sites like Flickr and YouTube. It also |
| to one of the world's first Snapdragon smartphones, | | | | benefits from online music streaming with Spinlets and |
| the first neoTouch though a bit disappointing for its OS | | | | access to the Windows Marketplace. |
| shortcomings. With a reduced size and a less muscular | | | | You also get Internet Explorer 6 with Flash, PC, Acer |
| 600 MHz 7227 processor from Qualcomm, its feature | | | | Sync and Google Cloud Sync over WiFi options, a |
| set is close to what you can expect from an average | | | | new MS search apps called Bing and a suite of |
| smartphone with nary any standout, certainly not with | | | | navigational aids for its SatNav function like Google |
| an underwhelming Windows Mobile. | | | | Maps with Street View, Latitude, Weather forecast, |
| The P400 is a 3G phone using a dual band UMTS | | | | Traffic tracking and POI search. |
| (900/2100) for the Asian and European markets and | | | | It has a 512 MB ROM and 256 MB RAM for its internal |
| gets a tri band UMTS (850/900/2100) on some | | | | memory that goes with a separate phonebook |
| models. It comes with 3.6 Mbps HSDPA data | | | | capacity that can take in practically unlimited entries |
| connectivity for truly fast online activities and is also a | | | | and fields. There's also microSD expandability of up to |
| quad band GSM radio for international roaming with | | | | 32 GB. A Li-Po 1090 mAh battery yields a modest talk |
| Class 10 GPRS/EDGE speeds on 2G. Local data | | | | time of up to 5 hours with a standby time of 400 |
| connectivity gets WiFi 802.11b/g for hotspot internet | | | | hours when fully charged. |