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Acer Promises Free Smartphones (With Contract) - News and Analysis by PC Magazine
Acer Promises Free Smartphones (With Contract) - News and Analysis by PC Magazine
MWC (Mobile World Congress) BARCELONA—Plenty of manufacturers have been talking about flashy, new, powerful phones at Mobile World Congress. Some have been talking about basic phones for the developing world. But Acer 's the only one who has promised inexpensive smartphones for the U.S. Acer ...
Acer Tempo Smartphone Series
Acer Tempo Smartphone Series
acer.com — It's all you need No compromises. Acer Tempo X960 has everything you’ve ever dreamt of in a... smartphone: GPS, PDA, camera, MP3 player and a widget-based friendly interface for instant access to the web, email and your life online All in one Who says ... (more) Acer Tempo Smartphone Series
Acer Tempo Smartphone Series
Acer Tempo Smartphone Series
acer.com — Two souls in one Two SIMs, two numbers, two sides of your life: Acer Tempo DX900 is... the world’s first dual-sim smartphone to support both 3G and 2G SIMs. Double your flexibility Imagine a phone that lets you manage two numbers and gives you fast ... (more) Acer Tempo Smartphone Series
 Another Acer Aspire One
Another Acer Aspire One
macles.blogspot.com — Is Acer going the way of ASUS by releasing countless iterations of their netbook? Probably not, but... there will be at least one additional model as shown in the pictures below. You'll notice it is thinner than current models, which indicates a SSD ... (more) Another Acer Aspire One
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Acer to offer free smartphones (on contract) in the US
Unwired View — ... According to PC Mag, Acer plans to conquer the US market with Windows Mobile smartphones that are offered for free when bought with contract agreements.  ...

Acer Offering Free Windows Smartphone with Contract
eWeek - RSS Feeds — ... netbook at Radio Shack with a two-year AT&T contract for $99, plus $60 a month, which is music to AT&T's ears. With operator subsidies on board and Acer's economies of scale, Acer's Smartphone Unit President Aymar de Lencquesaing said he'll be able to push Windows phone prices down to free with contract. "We'll make it a very simple, easy interface...and these will retail at zero dollars," he said. ...

Acer to offer free smartphones in the US
Boy Genius Report — If you followed our coverage of MWC this past week, odds are you were just as unimpressed with Acer’s showing as we were. To recap quickly, the company announced a handful of Windows Mobile handsets that were decent efforts but offered nothing in the way of innovation or even differentiation. Touchscreens, Windows Mobile, a UI band-aid, etc. According to a report from PCMag however, our interest in Acer’s new gear may have just been kicked up a notch. What did the trick? A single word — “free”. The report quotes Aymar de ...

Mobile Roundup, Mobile World Congress Edition
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs — ... , and I wasn't terribly impressed by it. Sure, they look fine, and the user interface work they're doing could be interesting, but it really seems like a me-too product. But an Acer exec told PC Mag it is trying to get these into store for free with a contract. "We'll make it a very simple, easy interface … and these will retail at zero dollars," said Aymar de Lencquesaing, Acer's smartphone unit president. Of course, you'll have to sign a two-year contract with a data plan, but "free" is always a good way to move some units, especially during tough economic times. This ...

Acer plans to take US market with free smartphones
Phones Review — ... newcomer is Acer who has just joined in the mobile phone game. Acer is known for their laptops, but they are not only wanting to dive into the smartphone industry but also want to be amongst the top 5 within the next 5 years. Well according to PC Mag, Acer wants to take the US market by offering smartphones for free when on contract, and Acer promises to have Acer smartphone in the US in the 4th quarter of this year or early 2010. Image via Source – pcmag ...

Acer: No US Smartphones Till 2010
Gearlog — ... That's disappointing, as they've already started to roll out products overseas and the head of their smart phone division, Aymar de Lencquesaing, has years of experience in the USA. When I spoke to him in February, he said there was some hope that they'd get phones out before Christmas of this year. ...

Acer: 2009 Smartphone Launch Still Possible
Gearlog — ... That's great news, and we hope to see Acer's innovations - which they've said may include free-with-contract smart phones, 1 Ghz Windows Mobile phones, and Google Android phones -- as soon as possible. ...

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