Asus P552w 3.5G HSDPA PDA Smartphone with Touch Responsive Glide Interface

Asus have announced their new P552w smartphone which, in fusing 3.5G HSDPA connectivity with PDA and GPS functionality paired with Asus’s touch responsive Glide interface and full Google integration promises to ‘revolutionize the way users work, communicate and play’.

Powered by a 624MHz Marvell Tavor CPU, the Asus P552w PDA Smartphone sports a 2.8” 65K colour 240×320 resolution QVGA touch screen display, 3.5G HSDPA (3.6Mbps) data transfer allowing for fast internet browsing on the move as well as facilitating smooth video and audio streaming capabilities and thanks to integrated Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, WLAN 802.11b/g, inbuilt GPS and USB connectivity promises a high degree of connectivity with a wide range of supplementary devices.

Further highlights include the seamless integration of Google maps which, when used with the included Asus SMS Link feature can be used to guide two users at differing locations together with SMS based directions as well as the inclusion of EziPhoto and EziMusic applications offering a digital photo album with calendar and interactive music creation and playback respectively. Naturally, (and, lets face it, it goes without saying), the P552w also supports RSS feeds as well as online applications such as Youtube and Flickr.

Asus P552w PDA Smartphone Key Features:

• Networks: HSDPA 3.6Mbps, UMTS 2100
• EDGE/GPRS/GSM 900/1800/1900, Class 10
• Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
• 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
• MicroSD with SDHC support
• WLAN 802.11b+g , USB v1.1(FS), Bluetooth 2.0+EDR
• WAP Browser
• HTTP / WAP 1.2.1/2.0
• SMS / MMS / Email / MSN / Push E-mail
• Battery: 1100mAh Li-Ion
• SiRF StarIII with internal antenna
• Google Maps, Anytime Launcher, ASUS Today, Multi-Home, EziMusic and EziPhoto.
• Camera: 2.0 Mega pixel Fixed Focus
• Video: Record:MPEG4 QVGA 24fps / H.263 QCIF 24fps
• Playback:MPEG4 QVGA 30fps / H.263 QCIF 30fps
• J2ME (CLDC 1.1 + MIDP2.0)

At the time of writing Asus are yet to announce either the Asus P552w’s availability or pricing but, lets hope that when they actually furnish us with such details they also see fit to offer somwhat better imagery than as is the case at present.

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