Asus announced their latest WinMo Pro handset - the Asus P552w - a compact device that not only features the latest Asus-grown 3D UI Glide, but also packs a powerful CPU, as well as both GPS and Wi-Fi. This nifty device seems to have almost all goodies you could wish for, except for a capable camera (just as an Apple handset we've heard about - called the iPhone or something).
Named after a supersonic fighter jet plane Asus P552w is powered by a fast Marvel 624Mhz CPU and has 128MB of RAM. (We were just kidding about the fighter jet thing - but we had you there for a second, right? Don't worry, the new Asus device name is so complex that it could have been a fighter jet alright.)
specification :
General 2G Network GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 2100
Announced 2008, September
Status Coming soon
Size Dimensions 102 x 60.5 x 14.5 mm
Weight 105 g
Display Type TFT resistive touchscreen, 65K colors
Size 240 x 320 pixels, 2.8 inches
Sound Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3 ringtones
Speakerphone Yes
Memory Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records Practically unlimited
Internal 128 MB RAM, 256 MB ROM
Card slot microSD (TransFlash)
Data GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
HSCSD No
EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes, v2.0
Camera Primary 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels
Video Yes, QVGA@24fps
Secondary No
Features OS Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
CPU Marvell Tavor 624 MHz CPU
Messaging SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Instant Messaging
Browser HTTP / WAP 2.0
Radio No
Games Yes
Colors Black, White
GPS Yes, SiRF Star III chipset
Java Yes, MIDP 2.0
- MP3/AAC/AAC+/WMA/OGG/AMR player
- WMV/MP4 player
- Organizer
- World Clock
- Pocket Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, PDF viewer)
Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion 1100 mAh
Stand-by Up to 300 h
Talk time Up to 5 h
aplication
Next in the software department is the Google integration, which includes a Google search bar on the Today screen and Google Maps with an exclusive feature that allows location sending via messages.
The Asus P552w runs on the latest Windows Mobile Pro 6.1 and the only downer in the otherwise brilliant specs sheet is the 2 megapixel fixed focus camera that is also able to shoot video in only QVGA res at 24fps.
The Asus P552w will be offered in black or white, but there's no info on availability just yet.
