After successful launch of Windows based smart-phones by Nokia, HTC, it appears to be the turn of Acer to come out with mobile phone (possible phone’s), which will run on Windows 7.5 (Mango) operating software. Acer has unveiled its Allegro smartphone based on Windows 7.5 (Mango), for launch in Taiwan market at a retail price of $397. It is not cleared yet when Acer will bring its Windows based smartphone in India.
Acer Allegro has following features:
- 1 GHz Qualcomm MSM8255 processor
- 3.6″ inch TFT capacitive touch screen
- 5 megapixel camera
Acer is the one of the leading manufacturers of PC and work in association with Microsoft for Microsoft operating system for its PC’s. Now, Acer will be working closely with Microsoft for its smartphones also.
Currently, there are three established operating systems for smartphones – Apple’s iOS, Google’s Android and Microsoft’s Windows based and 7.5 ( Mango ) is the latest operating system. Till now, only two major companies have come out with Windows based smartphones – Nokia and HTC. Samsung has also introduced smartphones on Windows platforms but they are low end models and focus of Samsung is on Android based smartphones and their hottest product Galaxy II smartphone is Android based and their recently introduced Galaxy Note smartphone is also Android based.
Nokia has recently launched amidst much fanfare its Lumia series 800 and 710 Windows based smartphones. Only Nokia can take lead in giving tough challenge to Android based smartphones and small players like Acer and HTC can complement Nokia’s fight against Android based phones.
It is interesting to see who is the winner ultimately. Currently, Android based smartphones are far ahead and Apple iPhone is different class altogether.
