ASUS announces the P552w

John Chan | Sep 09, 2008

The last we heard from ASUS regarding its line of PDA-phones was the cancellation of a whole bunch of products, including the Lamborghini-branded ZX1. The company told us at the time that it doesn't plan to exit this business and will announce something in September. Well, here it is, the P552w, complete with ASUS' new user interface (UI) called Glide.

This new PDA-phone has no physical keypad and, according to its specifications, seems to be quite compact, putting it in the same category as the HTC Touch Diamond. Its modified UI also seems to be a response to HTC's TouchFLO and TouchFLO 3D technology.

The P552w comes with all the features you would expect from a high-end Windows Mobile 6.1 phone, including HSDPA connectivity, built-in GPS and a fast 624MHz processor. Regrettably, we noticed that the display has a resolution of 320 x 240, one-quarter the number of pixels present on the HTC Touch Diamond. This product will be available in Singapore from October. Aside from that bit of information, we currently do not have details regarding its wider Asia availability and pricing.

Filed under: Handhelds, Mobile Phones
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ceevee369 says...
Copy-cat HTC in design and UI thoughts.

I think it is a clever idea from Asus to redraw from the PDA battle unless they come up with a next big thing.

Sep 13, 2008 21:24