New Asus 552w Smartphone Glides

By Contributor Wireless and Mobile News on September 9, 2008 1:33 PM

ASUS today launched the ASUS P552w PDA phone which features Glide - an innovative touch-responsive user interface that makes navigating and performing tasks on a mobile phone more intuitive and interactive. The Glide system uses Windows Mobile 6.1

The ASUS 552w is equipped with a 624MHz processor and a host of market-leading features such as 3.5G HSDPA connectivity, GPS and seamless Google integration.

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, give the expression "the world at your fingertips" a whole new meaning.

Underpinning the ASUS P552w's revolutionary touch-responsive user interface is its cutting-edge Gesture 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.

The ASUS P552w boasts one of the most powerful CPUs (624MHz) on the market today. Apart from posting exceptional Vsbenchmark scores, the ASUS P552w's real-world results are equally tangible - applications and games run noticeably faster and video frame rates are markedly smoother. The ASUS P552w also features 3.5G HSDPA (3.6Mbps) connectivity for the fastest Internet browsing, file sharing and TV program-streaming experience possible. Furthermore, it offers Bluetooth, WLAN 802.11b/g, GPS, USB and other connectivity standards to enable easy data transfers to and from other devices.

The ASUS P552w features Google Maps* which not only facilitates navigation, but is capable of furnishing users with information on points of interest. The ASUS P552w's navigation capabilities are further bolstered by a feature known as ASUS SMS Location Link. With this exclusive feature, users at two different locations can locate each other easily by sending each other SMS messages. Clicking on the URLs which are automatically embedded in the sent messages will link the phones up to Google Maps, which will then provide the users with clear directions on how to get to each other's positions. The ASUS P552w also features a convenient Google Search Bar on the Today screen that makes it easier to perform online queries.

Specifications

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)

*Google Maps is only available for the following countries: Russia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, UK, Taiwan, and China.
** Talk and standby time are dependent on the network environment and on phone usage.