• Acer M900: Windows Mobile based Smartphone

    Acer M900: Windows Mobile based Smartphone

    Frazier Barretto, Nov 11, 2009 1415 hrs IST

    You can give this one a miss

    Fingerprint scan security, jog-dial navigation, Wi-Fi, battery, 5MP autofocus, camera

    Tacky and plastic feel, poor earpiece (low volume), no GPS software, large and bulky, jerky interface

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Above the screen is the earpiece, which is engaged with LEDs that determine the phone's network status, battery status, notifications, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Status as well. There is also a light sensor and a secondary video camera for video conferencing.



To the left of the handset is a mini USB port, which is a multipurpose port. It is the charging point, headset point as well as the data cable point for connecting on the handset. This port is closely followed by the jog-dial navigation that was ever so popular in the 'P Series' handsets from Sony Ericsson and is dearly missed by many Sony Ericsson fans. Then there is the microSD card slot.



The left of the phone also features the slide-out QWERTY keypad of the M900. The keys of the keypad are large and well spaced out for easy thumbing of the keys. To enhance typing ergonomics, the keys are all angled in such a fashion that you can place your thumbs comfortably on them. On closer inspection of the keypad you will notice that the feel of the keys is plasticky. The feedback too is pretty tacky. The finish on the buttons is rough and hence it's not comfortable to just slide your thumb over the keys. In addition to that the placement of the alternate characters/symbols for use with the Function key is awkward. The provision of two soft buttons and the directional pad is good. Also, the there are two LEDs which denote if the Function Key or the CAP/Shift Key is engaged. 




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Abhay
,New Delhi, on Nov 11, 2009 06:32 PM
Frazier,do u get paid by nokia n samsung people 2 write against other brands' products specially SE n other makers.Did u even bother 2 check out the current market price of this phone?A mundane device like samsung corby n other phones from samsung specially gets superb ratings n reviews,but phones with far bttr features get downrated by techtree.i suggest techtree gets the reviews done by unbiased n technically sound experts.this phone reviewed above has virtually all the features expected in a smart phone n is available 4 arnd 28k in delhi now.n yet u recommend ur readers 2 give it a miss?ur review sounded whimsical........
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Hatydu
,delhi, on Nov 11, 2009 05:24 PM
you guys are joke, when acer has unveiled three 3 phones only two days before , and there are considerable price revisions to all handsets, and and by those standards it is old news and ur reviewing this set now with old price and those ld specs. for eg try to review the htc touch2 or acer neo touch etc within a week, from now on then ur ok .
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