Acer has announced today that its DX900 and X960 smartphones running under the Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 operating system are now available for purchase in select markets in Europe, the Middle-East and Asia Pacific. The two devices are part of an entire line of new handsets that the company intends to bring to the market during the ongoing year, while also sporting more platforms, not only Windows Mobile.

The first of the newly launched handsets, the Acer DX900, comes with dual-SIM capabilities, while also including tri-band HSDPA, as well as quad-band EDGE connectivity. In addition, it also sports a 2.8-inch VGA display, along with Wi-Fi capabilities, a 3-megapixel photo snapper and GPS receiver, proving to be one of the most attractive dual-SIM mobile phones available on the market.

The second device, Acer X960, is a 3G-capable mobile phone that includes HSUPA and 7.2Mbps maximum on the downlink, along with a revised 3D widget-based friendly user interface that can provide fast access to web, email or social networking sites, MP3 player, GPS capabilities for easy navigation and a 3.2-megapixel camera.

These are not the first Windows Mobile-based handsets that come from Acer this year, and most probably not the last either, and we also learned that the company planned on releasing a mobile phone powered by Android, so it will be a rather busy year for the computer maker after all.

At the same time, we should also note that Acer announced recently that its smartphones would not come to the market in the US in 2009, due to some carrier problems it seems, though it came back a few days after to say that there might be some hope for the devices to become available before 2010, which should make Acer enthusiasts in the US rejoice.