Acer beTouch E130
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Acer beTouch E130 Overview
Ever fancied an Blackberryespue looking phone powered by Android? Well the Acer beTouch e130 should raise an eyebrow!
It’ll be equpped with a 2.6-inch QVGA touchscreen display, an optical trackpad and a fully-exposed QWERTY keyboard. It features North American 3G bands (850/1900), 256MB of RAM, 512MB of ROM, Android 1.6 Donut and an ST Ericsson CPU running at 416Mhz. It will also feature a FM radio, 3.5mm audio jack and an app called Spinlets - a free music streaming service that Acer has in many of it's Android phones.
Acer beTouch E130 Specs
| General | |
| Form Factor: | Candybar with full frontal QWERTY |
| AKA: | ? |
| Date Released (YYYY/MM/DD): | ? |
| Size | |
| Weight: | 109 grams - with battery |
| Dimensions: | 116 x 63 x 11.5 mm |
| Display | |
| Resolution: | 320 x 240 - QVGA |
| Size: | 2.6" inches |
| Type: | Resistive, TFT-LCD, touch-sensitive screen |
| Camera | |
| Video: | Yes |
| Flash: | No |
| Auto-focus: | ? |
| Megapixels: | 3.2 MP |
| Connectivity | |
| GPS: | Yes, A-GPS |
| USB: | Yes, microUSB v2.0 |
| Bluetooth: | Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR |
| Wi-Fi: | 802.11 b/g |
| HDMI: | |
| Multimedia | |
| Headset Jack: | 3.5mm audio jack |
| Radio: | FM Receiver |
| Battery | |
| Type: | 1500 mAh |
| Hardware/OS | |
| Operating System: | Android 1.6 Donut |
| Internal Memory: | 256 MB RAM |
| External Memory: | MicroSD (expandable up to 32GB) |
| RAM: | 512 MB |
| Processor: | ST Ericsson PNX6715, 415 MHz |
Acer beTouch E130 Reviews
CNet A novel take on the Android OS, the Acer beTouch E130 is a worthy BlackBerry or Nokia E-series alternative.
Trusted Reviews "The E130 certainly has its moments. It feels robust, has an impressive keyboard and good call quality. However, it’s a tad sluggish to use and the small screen cramps Android’s style and makes it somewhat fiddly to use."
Know Your Mobile "Acer probably had this phone down to be sold to business users, but there's none of the consistency of a BlackBerry. However, the appeal of Android could make this a great phone for message-hungry kids into apps"
"It’s nice to see a smartphone with a BlackBerry form-factor that runs on Android, to give heavy texters and emailers some more choice, but with the lower-resolution display and Android 1.6, there are many limitations. The keyboard also needs a light sensor to stop the white keys illuminating in white and making the characters almost invisible. However, the battery performance is excellent and the combination of a touchscreen, real keys and a rollerball makes using the E130 very simple indeed. Dedicated call/end keys will also help those who want to make regular calls too."
"In the end, everything fits together quit well, even if the compromises that have been made to accomodate this form factor are clear to see. The small screen doesn’t really work for us, but we can see precisely how a texting-friendly younger market might love it."
"The beTouch may have the looks and performance, but it doesn't seem to know what it wants to be. Is it going to be a BlackBerry rival, or aim for the mainstream market as an Android phone with a keyboard? It doesn't fully achieve either, but does have some appeal."
Acer beTouch E130 Pictures
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Acer beTouch E130 Videos
betouch E130 hands on @ Computex # 2Youtube user 'Tinhtevideo' also shares his hands on experience @ Computex
Acer beTouch E130 News
Acer beTouch E130 Hits the FCC It’s been a little over a month since we saw the Acer beTouch E130 at Computex, a couple of weeks since Acer made that phone and its QWERTY-less brother official, and now the device has gained FCC clearance. It may not be the device everyone’s looking for, but this shy Blackberry clone could have a [...]
New Pair of Acer Phones Go Officially Official We first saw these phones at this past Computex show, but now Acer’s gone on record to announce them officially. The phones I’m talking about would be the Acer beTouch E120 and the Acer beTouch E130. The former has a 2.8-inch QVGA touchscreen, a 3.2-megapixel camera, a 416MHz ST Ericsson processor, and your usual host [...]
Acer beTouch E130: the “Android Blackberry” [Video] ARMdevices describes Acer’s latest Android device beautifully: this thing simply looks like a traditional Blackberry that’s running Android. The Acer beTouch E130 was shown by the company at Computex and they ponied up some initial details to whet our appetite with. It’ll be equpped with a 2.6-inch QVGA touchscreen display, an optical trackpad and a [...]
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