

ACER Smartphones would be released in the first quarter of 2009. This was revealed by the company's chairman JT Wang as he blamed the delay in the release of the smartphones as on going negotiations with the Global carriers were taking too long. ACER has been trying to release the phones since it adopted the E-Ten Information Systems but on the other hand it hasn't provided any concrete information on its Smart Phones.





The handset is developed by Acer's own original smartphone R&D Team and their counterparts from E-Ten. E-Ten Information Systems had been inquired by Acer in September. The Chairman JT Wang, predicts that this segment will be a significant growth area for the company over the next 3-5 Years.





The company has not released any pricing, specifications or geographical details about it yet. However, when ACER took over E-TEN, it did reveal that the smartphone would be windows based. It did also say that the devices would be firstly launched in Western Europe.



