Asus prepping the baddest Windows Mobile smartphone ever – Asus P series with HSDPA and GPS!
By Will Park on Friday, July 27th, 2007 at 4:31 PM PST In Announcements, Asus, Devices, Windows Mobile
There always seems to be something missing from every mobile phone offering on the market. We’ve almost resigned ourselves to being happy with what we can get. Then, we word from The Unwired View that Asus is working on a badass Windows Mobile 6.0 Porfessional smartphone with GPS and HSDPA! The phone has been somewhat confirmed (through Unwired View’s sources) that the handset is a P-series device with built-in GPS. And, with a spec-sheet that looks like a tech-head’s handset wet-dream, we just can’t wait for this thing to launch!
Let’s see, it’s got GSM/GPRS/EDGE/HSDPA (3.6 Mbps!), WiFi, Bluetooth, FM radio, 3.2 megapixel camera, Marvel 520 MHz PXA27x CPU, 256 MB ROM/128 MB RAM, and that SiRF III GPS receiver (!) – all running under Windows Mobile 6.0 Professional. Whew, now that’s what a mobile phone’s feature set is supposed to look like!
Oh wait, we can think of just one more thing to add – a full QWERTY-keyboard. But, then again, if Asus can pack this much tech into this device, adding a keyboard seems perfectly logical for a future model.
UPDATE
The Asus P-series will be branded as the Asus P750. We’re looking for an October luanch, but we still don’t know if it will rock GSM or US-friendly HSDPA frequencies. Stay tuned!
[Via: The Unwired View]
Adding a QWERTY to this phone would make it something else, to its detriment.
I for one, am proud to be counted amongst the miriads of those who are grateful to see a NUMERIC keypad on a PHONE designed to dial NUMBERS.
T-9 type predictive text works very well for every other phone manufacturer, so lets not try to spoil this by wishing it had QWERTY.
NUMBERS rule – you can’t deny the maths.
Yes, I welcome the moblie styled mobile, too. I don’t want I simple iPhone clone nor a pocket pc with thousands of buttons. Keep it simple but feature it great.
BTW: With numbers and math you point to Numb3rs, don’t you?