Last Friday, 5th September 2008, Asus has launched new PDA P552w running on Windows Mobile 6.1. This is the first PDA from Asus that has Asus’s own touch-driven UI built on top of Windows Mobile OS. UI is called ‘Glide’, something similar to HTC’s TouchFLO 3D or Samsung’s TouchWiz. In Asus’s words: “Glide – an innovative touch-responsive user interface that makes navigating and performing tasks on a mobile phone more intuitive and interactive than ever before.”
Asus P552w packs impressive specs: Marvell Tavor 624MHz processor, 3.5G HSDPA connectivity, GPS, WLAN 802.11b+g , USB v1.1(FS), Bluetooth 2.0 and 2.8″ TFT, Touch Screen 65K color, QVGA 240 x 320 pixels to name a few.
Another advantage of Asus’s UI is Gester technology that enables users to perform a variety of navigational actions – such as selecting, zooming, scrolling and flipping – easily through simple flicks of their fingers. 
Incorporated into Glide are also applications that enable users to access a wide range of functions such as looking up the latest news, checking the weather forecast, viewing photo slideshows and listening to music within a few finger taps. These applications, dubbed Multi-Home, Anytime Launcher, EziPhoto, and EziMusic.
P552w comes with Google Maps pre-installed, camera is only 2 Megapixels, which is somewhat dissappinting, considering phones with 8 Megapixel cameras are about to come out.
Here is a table of specifications of this device:
| Networks | HSDPA 3.6Mbps, UMTS 2100 EDGE/GPRS/GSM 900/1800/1900, Class 10 |
| Operating System | Microsoft Windows® Mobile 6.1™ Professional |
| Color | Black or White |
| Form factor | Bar type |
| Dimensions | 102 x 60.5 x 14.5 mm |
| Weight | 105g (with battery) |
| Standby Time | 300 hrs with 3G and 250 hrs with 2G** |
| Talk Time | 3 hrs with 3G and 5 hrs with 2G** |
| Display | 2.8″ TFT, Touch Screen 65K color, QVGA 240 x 320 pixels |
| Processor | Marvell Tavor 624MHz |
| Memory | 256MB Flash + 128MB DDR |
| Expansion Slot | MicroSD with SDHC support |
| Connectivity | WLAN 802.11b+g , USB v1.1(FS), Bluetooth 2.0+EDR |
| WAP Browser | HTTP / WAP 1.2.1/2.0 |
| Messaging | SMS / MMS / Email / MSN / Push E-mail |
| Battery | 1100mAh Li-Ion |
| GPS | SiRF StarIII with internal antenna |
| Business Applications | |
| PIM | Word (editor), Excel (editor), Power Point (viewer), IE, Windows® Live, MSN, Voice Commander and Push Email (Exchange Server). |
| Other Features | Google Maps, Anytime Launcher, ASUS Today, Multi-Home, EziMusic and EziPhoto. |
| Multimedia & Entertainment | |
| Camera | 2.0 Mega pixel Fixed Focus |
| Video | Record:MPEG4@QVGA 24fps / H.263@QCIF 24fps Playback:MPEG4@QVGA 30fps / H.263@QCIF 30fps Audio/Video Streaming |
| Picture Format | JPEG, PNG, GIP, BMP |
| Audio Format | MP3, WMA, AAC, and AAC+ |
| Ringtone | Preinstalled with 20 ringtones and 10 special effect tones |
| JAVA | J2ME (CLDC 1.1 + MIDP2.0) |
Source: Asus via Electronista
