Mobiles2day - Mobile Industry News » Asus http://www.mobiles2day.com Mobile Telecomms news, mobile handsets announcements and reviews Mon, 30 Aug 2010 01:15:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Another Windows Mobile PDA from Asus – P552w http://www.mobiles2day.com/2008/09/08/another-windows-mobile-pda-from-asus-p552w/ http://www.mobiles2day.com/2008/09/08/another-windows-mobile-pda-from-asus-p552w/#comments Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:31:34 +0000 admin http://www.mobiles2day.com/2008/09/08/another-windows-mobile-pda-from-asus-p552w/ 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.”

 

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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. asus_p552w_black.jpg

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

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