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Slick Acer n10 should get the thumbs up

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If you love slots, the Acer n10 is right up your alley. This nifty, compact handheld computer's main differentiation from all the other Pocket PCs out there is its connectivity options - it has a Secure Digital slot and Compact Flash type I and II slots. This means you can stick in Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and extra random access memory all in the one device. Of course, with all that turned on, you will probably get only a couple of hours before needing to use the charger.

Looks-wise, the n10 could be mistaken for any one of the made-in-Taiwan Pocket PCs out there. It has a silver chassis, streamlined curves and looks a lot like O2's xDA. The problem with the xDA chassis was its smooth casing made it very slippery, and the n10 is nearly as slick.

Priced at HK$1,980, Acer's n10 is probably the cheapest Pocket PC with good features and a nice design. The Acer n10's pricing also poses a big challenge to Palm devices, which used to be cheaper than Pocket PCs, but are no longer so.

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The n10 has 64 MB of SDRam and 32 MB of Rom, sports an Intel XScale 300 megahertz chip and comes with voice recording, music and video players.

If you are looking for built-in Wi-Fi, the next version - n10W - will have integrated 802.11b technology.

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Acer n10 Pocket PC

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