Last year, Acer acquired a Taiwanese manufacturer WM Communicators E-TEN. According to the rumors Acer intends to enter the market of mobile phones.

The first phone will be a communicator “Acer DX900”. It does not constitute anything revolutionary, but re-branding of model E-TEN DX900. However, its functionality should be noted as it is in itself quite good. A list of complete specs is as below;

COMMUNICATION STANDARDS AND NAVIGATION

2G: GSM 850/900/1800/1900
3G: UMTS 850/1900/2100 (WCDMA)
VoIP Telephony: Not provided automatically

DISPLAY AND CONTROL

Main: 2.8″ TFT (Touch), 65K Colors, 480 x 640 Resolution
Writing and Navigation: 5 Positions of Sensor

INTERFACES AND SLOTS

Wireless: WiFi b/g, Bluetooth 2.0 (A2DP)
Cable: 2.5 mm for audio, TV Out, Mini USB (USB 2.0)

FRAMEWORK

Operating system: Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
Extras Platform: MIDP 2.0
Synchronization: Synchronization with Windows is Possible

INTERNET AND COMMUNICATION

Data Transfer: HSDPA GPRS (Class 10), EDGE (Class 10)
Mail and Web: Internet Explorer Mobile (WAP 2.0 + HTML), E-mail client is Outlook Mobile (POP3/IMAP4/SMTP) Support
Message Services: SMS, MMS

PROCESSOR
Model: Samsung SC3 6400 533 MHz

MEMORY
Operational (RAM): 128 MB
Permanent (ROM): 256 MB
Extra Drive: No
Memory Extension: micro SDHC
Support memory cards up to 8 GB
Battery, Charger, Stereo, USB Cable, Leather Case, 2 CDs (with drivers and software).
According to some sources in this communicator GPS Navigation is not available.

Sagem Orga has begun a strategic partnership with the BlueSky Positioning for the integration of Assisted-GPS (A-GPS) technology in the SIM cards for mobile phones. The company believes that the provision of GPS technology on SIM cards would provide relatively inexpensive market for local service providers and more customers. The A-GPS SIM exploits a major technology breakthrough made by BlueSky Positioning, including a proprietary In-SIM antenna (patents pending).

This will allow mobile operators to use the commercial applications on all mobile devices and no need to replace the software or hardware devices. In future, these SIM cards will become a daily thing. The primary purpose of A-GPS SIM is to provide accurate positioning information of the phone with A-GPS SIM to let the cellular network operators provide emergency services.