The ASUS P552w is the latest PDA phone that features, Glide innovative, touch responsive user interface that makes navigating on this mobile phone more intuitive and interactive than ever before.

ASUS P552w incorporates a revolutionary touch-responsive user interface that uses cutting-edge Gester technology which enables users to perform a variety of navigational actions such as selecting, zooming, scrolling and flipping with the simple flicks of their fingers.

The ASUS P552w also has 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 all with a few taps of their fingers. These applications, dubbed Multi-Home, Anytime Launcher, EziPhoto, and EziMusic. EziPhoto enables users to flip through their photo collection with their fingertips, similar to how they would with a real photo album.

EziMusic has an interactive interface that allows you to play and manage your music. The ASUS P552w also houses applications that enable easy access to web content like RSS news-feeds, YouTube movies and photos on Flickr.

The ASUS P552w features Google Maps which not only facilitates navigation, but also capable of supplying users with POI´s (points of interest). The ASUS P552w´s navigation capabilities feature ASUS SMS Location Link. This exclusive feature allows users at two different locations to locate each other 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, giving users clear directions on how to get to each other´s positions.

The Asus P552W is equipped with a 624MHz processor, 3.5G HSDPA connectivity, GPS and seamless Google integration. It also offers Bluetooth, WLAN 802.11b/g, GPS, USB and other connectivity standards to enable easy data transfers to and from other devices.

ASUS has yet to announce pricing and availability information for its P552w phone.

Via: Physorg, image: Gizmag

Sony Ericsson Announces Launch Dates for Xperia X1

The highly anticipated Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 Windows Mobile smartphone and has been given an official launch date of September 30. However, this launch date only applies to the UK, Germany and Sweden. Other regions, including the rest of Europe, Asia and Latin America, will see the X1 launch in the fourth quarter of 2008.

Launch dates for North America, China, Australia and Russia will be announced by local markets at a later date.

More about the Xperia X1

This smartphone will include a 3-inch WVGA (800 by 480 pixel) touchscreen that can slide aside to reveal a QWERTY keyboard. Other navigation options will be a four-way key and an optical joystick.

The X1 will be a quad-band GSM phone with support for the 3G frequencies used around the world. It will also have Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.

This Windows Mobile Professional device will include up to 400 MB of internal storage, and a Memory Stick Micro card slot for additional storage.

In addition, this model will include aGPS, a 3.2 megapixel camera, and an FM receiver.

It will be 4.3 inches wide, 2.1 inches tall, and 0.66 inches thick (110 mm x 53 mm x 16.7 mm). It will weigh 5.1 oz. (145 g).

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HTC S740 3.5G GPS Smartphone

By: Carrie-Ann Skinner

HTC has announced a new quad-band HSDPA/GPRS/Edge smartphone that will debut in Europe in September. The underside of the HTC S740 handset slides out sideways to reveal an alphanumeric keypad.

The design of HTC S740 is similar to HTC’s popular Touch Diamond handset. The new model is a slim 16mm deep, 43mm wide and 116mm tall. Finished in matt black, the HTC S740 has a 2.4in QVGA display.

Running the Windows Mobile 6.1 operating system, the HTC S740 enables mobile broadband access at download speeds of up to 7.2Mbps. The device supports POP3, IMAP and Exchange push email access.

Other features of the phone, which comes with Bluetooth v2 and built-in GPS, include a 3.2Mp camera with fixed focus, a 256MB internal flash memory and support for MicroSD memory cards.

“Clearly, one size does not fit all. The S740 will play an important role in expanding our growing portfolio of devices,” said Dr Florian Seiche, vice-president of HTC Europe.

Pricing for the HTC S740 has yet to be announced. No price has been released for the device, which will be available from September 2008.

HTC S740 quad-band smartphone with Wi-Fi and HSDPA

via: AllSymbian, PC Advisor