Speed, software

The handset has Windows Mobile 6.1 as an operating system, we currently have no information about a possible upgrade to 6.5. but according to rumors there will be an option to upgrade. The handset has the same 533 MHz Samsung S3C6410 CPU that is used in the latest Acer handsets. There is 256 MB of ROM and 128 MB of RAM, which doesn’t look much, but after turning the handset on it becomes evident, as there is only 37 MB for running programs and 55 megabytes for storing data.

Although the processor theoretically supports hardware 2D and 3D acceleration, it hasn’t been very impressive. I don’t really understand Acer, E-TEN handsets with a VGA display have proven that Samsung chipsets are not enough for such a resolution, but somehow they still used the same one in M900. Unfortunately I couldn’t run speed benchamerks, as VsBenchmark doesn’t support WVGA displays and I couldn’t install Pocket PC Marck, since I couldn’t initiate an ActiveSync connection even with the cable that came with the phone. Anyway, the thing is that the handset is damn slow, which is even made worse by the fingerprint-reader’s application (which is cleverly called GoldFinger). It takes about three-four seconds for the handset to return from standby, than comes the fingerprint-reading or the password prompt, so it takes even the fastest users at least eight seconds to make the phone come alive, which is a lot. Of course we don’t necessarily have to turn on fingerprint checking when coming back from standby, we can use it elsewhere as well: there is a folder on the phone, with a freely changeable size and this needs the biometric identification to be opened. We can also protect Outlook data this way, but there’s no chance to have the handset delete information after a preset amount of errors – it would be good though, as the reader worked perfectly at me, it has never missed, which is a great result. The only positive aspect of speed can be seen when rotating the screen, as this process is fast, there are no problems with it. When rotating the main menu – opening up the keyboard – we will have a quicklaunch menu pop out with eight icons, it looks just like HTC’s solution on Touch Pro.\

The user interface didn’t change

We won’t get anything special on the software side. The nice user interface from DX960 is still here, it unfortunately still launches extremely slow, but in turn it offers a fast and easy way to use the handset. We won’t have the plethora of E-TEN software pack, as Acer has taken out lots of stuff. There is a memory optimizer application, a task manager, a profile changer, a speed dialer and that’s it. We shouldn’t panic though as we can use Application Recovery to install a name card reader, Acer Easy Keyboard, VoiceCommander and the other useful stuff. To tell the truth it’s great that these can be found only on the ROM by default, as we have to install them only if we really want to use them.

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