In the mobile space, there’s no such thing as too many megapixels, too much display resolution, too much storage space, or too much processing power. Mobile phones are starting to become more powerful than computers of just a couple handfuls of years ago, and we’re slowly seeing more and more smartphones with spec-sheets that read like they belong to budget laptops. Case in point, the ASUS P565 Windows Mobile smarpthone.
We had heard rumors that ASUS was working on a VGA touchscreen smartphone with an industry-leading 800Mhz processor powering a Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional platform, but we weren’t holding our collective breath for ASUS to make this monster of a smartphone a reality. Well, ASUS has gone live with the ASUS P565 Windows Mobile smartphone on their website – color us pleasantly surprised!
As expected, the ASUS P565 smartphone boasts an impressive 2.8-inch VGA (480×640) touchscreen display that should make for some fun times with ASUS’s Windows Mobile wrapper, the Glide UI. Packed inside is a GPS receiver, WiFi radio, Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR, and a 3 megapixel camera – ensuring that even the most demanding mobile enthusiasts can have their cake and eat it, too.
But, the ASUS P565’s most noteworthy feature is that class-leading 800MHz Marvell CPU working in tandem with the 128MB RAM and 256MB ROM. It’s only a matter of time before cellphone processors break through the 1Ghz speed barrier. And, until that time, the ASUS P565 will be the fastest, most powerful Windows Mobile smartphone on market. Unfortunately, the tri-band (900/1800/1900Mhz) GSM/EDGE radio and the single-band (2100Mhz) 3G HSDPA radio will keep the ASUS P565 from burning up CPU cycles in the US.
[Via: WMPowerUser]