Acer’s Ferrari Smartphone coming in March

Acer has formally announced the Acer Ferrari smartphone – with the ‘elegant’ device sporting Android 2.1 Eclair and arriving in March 2010.The Ferrari tie-up is hardly news, but the branded phone has now been given a firm release date and, as you would imagine, a big heap of PR about why the two brands are such a perfect fit.

“We are proud that the Acer sponsorship has been renewed for the next 3 years,” comments Stefano Domenicali, Scuderia Ferrari Team Principal.

“A Ferrari is not just about speed. It is an expression of beauty, power, excitement, pleasure and natural excellence,” comments Gianpiero Morbello, Acer Vice President, Marketing and Brand.

“From the original concept to the finished product the new smartphone was conceived down to the finest details with the idea of giving a stronger sense of belonging to all Ferrari fans.”

“Thanks to the results we have reached together in these last seven years, we can affirm that Acer products with the Ferrari Scudetto are the most technologically advanced of the entire line up.”

Asus 3G e-book reader coming soon?
According to CENS, Asus is panning to introduce its e-book readers with 3G, WiFi, WiMAX connectivity by the end of this year. Asus’ e-book will be targeting American and European and will be shipped as soon as March 2010.

Meizu M8 3G Coming in March 2010

The Chinese company, Meizu is planning to release the 3G version of its M8 iPhone-like mobile phone, on March 2010. The Meizu M8 3G (or M8 G3) is boosted by Samsung’s C100 800MHz or C110 1GHz processor and more than 256MB RAM.

The M8 3G features a 3.54-inch 720×480 touchscreen display, a 5 Megapixel camera with LED flash, built-in GPS, Bluetooth 2.0 and 8GB/16GB internal memory. It will runs the WIndows CE 6.0-based Meizu OS (aka Mymobile). The phone supports playback of AVI, FLV, MPEG-2, RM(VB), WMV, MPEG-4/H.263/H.264 videos.