- Acer’s dual-side, dual-cam touch phones

Looks like Acer’s smartphone strategy at Mobile World Congress will involve at least two handsets. The DX650 would be a unique dual-sided phone with a dedicated number pad and small screen on the back to make calls easier. It will sport a 2.8-inch touchscreen and Windows Mobile 6.1 providing full app support on the phone’s front. The DX650 should also have GPS and a camera. 3G over HSPA and Wi-Fi are assumed.

The X960 looks like a more conventional 2.8-inch touchscreen phone and is known to have a fast 533MHz ARM processor and a front-facing camera for video calls to complement a back 3.2-megapixel shooter. It also runs Windows Mobile and carries HSPA-based 3G, GPS and Wi-Fi.

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- Acer launches Tempo line of new phones

Acer launches the Tempo line of mobile phones. The four new phones include the X960, F900, M900 and DX900. They are all touch-enabled and based on the Windows Mobile OS. The first set of devices will be based on the existing version of Microsoft’s Windows Mobile OS.

The M900 comes with a QWERTY keyboard, a 3.8-inch screen, and a fingerprint scanner. It also has HSDPA (High-Speed Download Packet Access) support, built-in GPS (Global Positioning System), and a 5-megapixel camera. The F900 also comes with a 3.8-inch screen and features a 3.2-megapixel camera, and you also get faster uploads using HSUPA (High-Speed Uplink Packet Access) and support for Wi-Fi. Both phones will start shipping at the end of March or the beginning of April.

The second set of smartphones that will be based on Windows Mobile 6.5, are the X960 and DX900. The X960 will come with pre-installed GPS software, a 2.8″ VGA touch screen, with High speed HSPA connectivity, and a virtual keyboard. It also features direct access to key applications via widget-based home screen, a 3.2MP Auto-focused camera. Not much is known about the DX900, but it will feature a physical Qwerty keyboard and a 3.8″ WVGA touch screen, fingerprint reader, a 5 MP autofocus camera, HSPA, WiFi, BT, Outlook, and Office. It has a standby time 160h / Talk time: 5h.

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- Acer DX900 : A rebranded E-Ten handset

It’s unclear if Acer’s upcoming DX900 smartphone that is actually a rebranded E-Ten Glofiish DX900, is Acer’s much hyped new smartphone. The company is likely still keeping most of their newly developed items under wraps. But if this is the phone they were talking about, then color us disappointed.

All the innards are unchanged: Dual SIM support, GPS navigation, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, a 3 megapixel camera and a 2.8″ VGA touchscreen display, all powered by Windows Mobile 6.1.

We’re still hoping that this isn’t what they were planning on wowing us with on Feb. 16th in Barcelona.

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