Coming on like a piece of spam, an email invite from Acer just dropped into my inbox:
Good day,
Are you ready to join Acer’s launch into the world of mobile communications?
The event? A February 9th launch at Barcelona’s crazy Gaudí-designed Casa Batllò, featuring Acer head honcho Gianfranco Lanci. The product? A smartphone launch.
This invitation is certainly a teaser — there appear to be no leaks so far to give us any clues as to just what Acer has planned. Digging a little into last year’s news, though, turns up Acer’s purchase of E-Ten, makers of Glofish phones, including the old (2006) QWERTY slider M-700. That phone ran Windows mobile 5, and a newer Windows Mobile handset is certainly possible. But given that Acer has dallied with Linpus, the (almost) instant-on Linux, in its Aspire one, we’d hope for some Linux action in the smartphone, too. Android? Pretty please.
The best part? "Buffet Dinner and Open Bar". I’m already signed up.
Acer has smartphone on deck [CNET]
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