It was informed previously by Taiwan handset component suppliers, that Acer planned to launch four smartphones, the A1, C1/E1, F1 and L1. A leak indicates that Acer will rename its F1, C1, E1 and L1 smartphones when they reach production status.
In the UK, the names will be changed as follows: Acer F1 will be Acer neoTouch; Acer C1 will be Acer beTouch E100; Acer E1 will be Acer beTouch E101; and Acer L1 will be Acer beTouch E200.
The neoTouch will brings a 3.8-inch touchscreen with 800×480 resolution, carry a 1GHz Qualcomm CPU and run on Windows Mobile 6.5. The features include a 5-megapixel camera, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1, a microSD memory card slot and a 3.5mm audio jack. It will support quad-band GSM voice networks and tri-bad HSPA data networks.
While, the beTouch E100 is running Qualcomm 528MHz processors, and a smaller 3.2-inch touchscreen. beTouch E200 will retain Windows Mobile 6.5 also but lose one band of HSDPA network support. In addition, its camera has a 2-megapixel sensor, and there is also Bluetooth 2 with EDR support.
The beTouch E101 uses the same processor, OS, touchscreen and Bluetooth 2 with EDR, as well as the 2-megapixel camera of the E100. It runs on the same quad-band GSM networks but only slower EDGE data networks.
The last, the E200 is a slider phone with a numerical keypad and features a 3-inch touchscreen. There is the same CPU, OS and quad-band GSM and dual-band GSM support of the E100, along with a 3-megapixel camera and Bluetooth 2.1 with EDR.
The smartphones should hit the UK next week, for prices between €200 (the 3G-less beTouch E101) and €370
