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Good connectivities at a price.

Dec 25, 2007

Rating: 6 out of 10 (Good)
Pros: Wifi, 3G and Design
Cons: Less Softwares bundled, short battery lifespan, 2MP Camera, Generally more expensive
Opinion:
Choosing ASUS as my first Smartphone was a tough decision as compared to others.

Major Drawbacks of the phone includes:
(1) Less built in applications than even to normal handphone (not even currency converter?);
(2) Short battery life - really really short life;
(3) The Camera is only at 2MP and the camera processing speed is very slow;
(4) not many goodies included in the retail box (no second battery, no memory card included);
(5) Other than Manual in various languages at their website, ther is no other applications that really developed inhouse for this phone; and
(6) Only 64mb RAM?

Pluses of this phone
(1) Wifi connection and 3G phone;and
(2) Slim design with reasonable tacktile keypad.

The rest of the pluses of this phone including reasonably fast processor, latest Version of WM as well as std port design can be easily outdone by the competition such as Motorola and Samsung. Nokia would probably be on its own leaque due to its adoption of S60 OS.

For first time smartphone user, ASUS had given me mixed feeling. I would expect smartphone doesn't require any user to be smart in searching for applications to be able to use the phone to its 'smart' level.