Set to be released in the final quarter of 2009, this is a sure sign that with smartphones hitting the low end of the market, they are set to take over the entire market turning it ‘smart’ and expecting current estimated levels of mobile occupancy to rise above the already impressive 15 per cent market growth.

With Acer having already stormed the laptop, notebook and PC market, with low cost, yet impressive build quality and latest technological advancements, they now look set to gain a huge segment of the smartphone market. They have set the price of its budget smartphone so low that they hope mobile phone operators will be able to offer the phone to their customers for free.

Acer previously announced its first series of smartphones at the World Mobile Congress in Barcelona a fortnight ago. Included in the series are the soon to be released M900 with slide out QWERTY keypad and the F900 with touchscreen which should hit the shops this month.

The X960, originally invented as a personal navigation device, and the DX900, the first handset to hold two sim cards – one for personal use and one for the office, will be released by Acer by May, all of which will run Windows Mobile 6.1, as will the two budget smartphones.

LG released detailed information about their latest mobile phone at the recent World Mobile Congress in Barcelona. The Touch Watch will allow users to step into the shoes of Michael Knight, Inspector Gadget and James Bond by chatting to their pals via video call simply by talking into the Touch Watch. I jest you not, the future is here…

The Touch Watch encompasses Bluetooth technology, plus 3G and touchscreen navigation, as well as looking sleek, sexy and a little bit unreal – post modernism gone mad, but I like it!

As O2 did with the iPhone, Orange has won exclusive rights to the LG G910 watch so, ahem, watch this space for a huge Orange ad campaign in the coming months, sure to feature a secret agent of some sort.

The Best Of The Rest In 2009

Nokia E55: Targeting the younger market regarding mobile e-mail. Similar in design to the BlackBerry Pearl, including a qwerty keypad. Think Blackberry fused with Tomy…

HTC Touch Pro: the latest rival to the iPhone – a smartphone that ustilises Google‘s Android operating system.

Sony Ericsson Idou: Sony Ericsson have once again targeted those who like their handsets to double up as high resolution digital cameras with this 12.1-megapixel camera phone, which should be available in time for Christmas.