Acer neoTouch Reviews

It must be sweet October for Microsoft, with the launch of WinMo 6.5 on the 6th followed by the desktop Windows 7 on the 22nd. Acer are quick to sneak into the spotlight and make the most of the primetime coverage...

3.8" 65K-color resistive TFT touchscreen, WVGA 480 x 800 pixels ; Windows Mobile 6.5 with Acer Homescreen, Contacts, Agenda and Gallery ; Qualcomm Snapdragon 1GHz processor, 256MB RAM, 512MB ROM (300MB user available) ; 5 megapixel auto focus camera ...

Not enough user interface customization ; No camera lens cover ; Poor photo and video quality ; microSD slot is under the back cover ; No DivX/XviD video support out-of-the-box ; No navigation software, even Google Maps is not preinstalled ; No active ...

But it's the flagship of course to focus all the attention and the neoTouch should be conscious of its task. If you want it all you need to be prepared to take it - all the glory and all the enemy fire. The neoTouch is riding on the wings of a dragon ...

The neoTouch is a big beastie and Acer is pitching it primarily at social media and multimedia fans. The 1GHz processor (a Snapdragon), is fast, and the 3.8 inch screen with its 480 x 800 pixels is a joy to behold, ideal for web browsing and viewing ...

The screen is superb, and we found Web browsing particularly pleasant. There's YouTube and Facebook clients and you can put links to them right on the home screen. Blogger and Flickr also benefit from direct links. Microsoft's over the air marketplace ...

The camera shoots at 5 megapixels and has a flash, but it's pretty feeble and the camera itself is merely average. The shiny black shell feels a little flimsy and attracts fingerprints, while the screen is resistive rather than capacitive, so it doesn ...

It's quite simply the big screen that makes the neoTouch worth a second, third and fourth glance.

Though it's an improvement over the company's last attempt, this highly specced device doesn't shine in a market of polished HTC and Samsung Windows Mobile smartphones.

Fast 1GHz processor ; inexpensive ; large 3.8-inch screen ; HSDPA ; 3.5mm audio connector

Build feels plasticky ; interface doesn't improve user experience much ; half-hearted social-networking integration ; speakerphone needs to be louder

, but 17g lighter. Unfortunately, the bulk reduction corresponds with a quality reduction, too. The plastics used on the neoTouch felt very cheap to the touch. The back battery cover was especially flimsy, threatening to break every time we pried it ...