Acer's F900 reviewed in exhaustive detail

Generally speaking, if you found a device that looked an awful lot like an HTC Touch HD with a moderately less-polished UI and a missing 3.5mm audio jack, you'd expect to pay less, right? Makes sense -- but mail.ru reports in its review of the upcoming F900 from Acer that the high-end WinMo piece will run 25,000 rubles when it launches in Russia later this month, which translates to a whopping $745. Granted, you get a gargantuan WVGA display, 3G, GPS, WiFi, and all the trimmings, but the lack of a standard headphone jack is a huge miss -- and from the review's gallery, it's crystal clear just how far these guys have to go to catch up with HTC's stellar TouchFLO 3D. In the final analysis, they reach the predictable conclusion: unless you're a hardcore ex-E-TENer looking for your latest fix, the phone just gets walloped by better, cheaper competition.

[Thanks, nozero]

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 20th 2009 10:48PM]

Are you kidding? I thought the entire point of the WinMo was that you could use another UI if you found the shipped version awful. Since the Touch HD does not have 3G in the US, this may end up being my phone, if the damn thing ever gets released. So far, I love everything about the phone except the interface and the headphone, but I can live with an adapter or bluetooth... I will need to change the UI to something like SPB because this is hideous.

What's to hate? It has a 3.8" 800 x 480 screen, WinMo, Handwriting, Sketch, Stylus, etc. Sure, it's a little plain looking, but I need a functional device and this is working for me... I'm considering Omnia HD, TG01, and Idou. This is possibly all I need this time around.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 21st 2009 11:17AM]

SPB Mobile Shell is awesome. i use it now on my Treo, really woke up the UI and made using my phone an even better experience.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 20th 2009 11:40PM]

So it doesn't have a headphone jack. It has stereo BT right? Headphones with wires are so..so..uh..iPhone. ;)

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 21st 2009 9:01AM]

Link is dead! Please correct if possible :)

And the HTC Touch HD is not selling in Russia, so this Acer F900 is the only option.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 21st 2009 9:47AM]

No, instead, they've got the HTC MAX 4G, otherwise known as the Topaz.
It can do anything the Touch HD can (With the exception of 3G), but also adds in WiMax and some other stuff:
http://www.htc.com/www/product/max4g/overview.html
Free on a WiMax contract I believe, that would add up to about 1000$ in total.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 21st 2009 9:49AM]

No, instead, they've got the HTC MAX 4G, otherwise known as the Topaz.
It can do anything the Touch HD can (With the exception of 3G), but also adds in WiMax and some other stuff:
http://www.htc.com/www/product/max4g/overview.html
Free on a WiMax contract I believe, that would add up to about 1000$ in total.