The Acer F1 is almost here. The second Acer Snapdragon smartphone, a 3G and 3G+ (HSDPA) Windows Mobile based smartphone (running WinMo 6.5), will be released on October 6, the same day Microsoft will be releasing Windows Mobile 6.5 - and pre-orders for the F1 (for U.K. residents) are being taken now.
The Acer F1 features a 3.8" TFT WVGA touchscreen with a motion accelerometer, a 5 megapixel camera with autofocus and flash, and built-in FM radio, 3.5 mm headphone jack, Wi-Fi, and GPS. The device also comes with Microsoft's latest mobile web browser upgrade, Internet Explorer Mobile 6.
As for memory, the Acer F1 will come with only 256 MB out of the box, but a microSD card slot supporting as much as 32 GB is built-in. The included Lithium-ion 1350 mAh battery is reported to hold power for about 5 hours of talk-time and 400 hours of standby time.
Snapdragon is the state-of-the-art Qualcomm 8250 1GHz processor.
