3G Acer F900 Smartphone UK Release & Pricing Confirmed [F900 Touchscreen Phone]

Having posted initially back in February concerning the Acer F900 3G smartphone (along with the Acer X960, DX900 & M900) we can now confirm that the Acer F900, which runs the new Acer V2.0 UI over Windows Mobile 6.1 and which sports a 3.8″ WVGA resolution touchscreen display has just been made available in the UK.

The HSDPA/HSUPA Acer F900 smartphone, which notably offers up YouTube accessibility and pairs GPS functionality with Google Maps, additionally utilises MS IE6 for web browsing (well, you can’t have it all, can you?) and which offers Flash support (specifically via the cut down flash Lite) will set you back circa 429GBP as at the time of writing (unlocked).

Acer Press Release:

The Acer F900 new smartphone addition puts the Internet in your pocket

Now available in select markets

London, 3 June 2009 -Since its first debut at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Acer F900, the third and newest addition to the Acer Tempo Smartphone Series, is now reaching global markets.

The F900 was born to make mobile internet attractive and accessible. For users who want the web browsing outdoors to be as slick as it is indoors, the large 3.8 inch wide VGA screen is excellent for mobile browsing experience by displaying more of the web page on the screen at once and allows pictures and video to be viewed in finer details. Plus, new Internet Explorer 6, with JavaScript^TM and Adobe Flash Lite^TM support, provides extensive access to most websites like on your PC. High speed 3.75G HSDPA/HSUPA connectivity enables fast data transfer and a more enjoyable full on-line experience with rich multimedia, streamed content, messaging and instant search. F900 is the perfect solution for effective Internet connectivity anywhere.

The F900 also comes with the new widget based Acer 2.0 User Interface for easy one-hand navigation. The concept of this innovative interface is to offer the flexibility of arranging your desktop the way you want it and to give you direct access to the applications you use most: one-touch phone calls, global weather and time zones with vivid 3D animation, jukebox music, interactive photo albums, and Bookmarks for direct access to the most visit websites. In addition, Acer’s exclusive virtual Easy Keyboard makes composing emails and messages easier than ever while on the move.

Pre-installed Google^TM mobile services: Google Search^TM, Google Maps^TM, and YouTube^TM, F900 provides one-touch access to the web applications. Also equipped with a location solution, you’ll be able to see where you are and find directions, even when you’re not using the GPS.