| Dimensions: | 113 x 58 x 15.4 mm |
| Weight: | 125g |
| Display: | 240 x 320 pixels, 2.6 inches, TFT touchscreen, 65K colors |
Price Range:
At first glance, the P527 looks to be a dream with a long laundry list of features–Bluetooth, GPS, Wi-Fi, Windows Mobile 6–and a compact design. Asus also does a nice thing by throwing in a number of helpful utilities and applications for the mobile professional. However, it is simply underpowered and suffers from horribly slow performance. The frustration isn’t worth the extras, and it’s definitely not worth the $499 unlocked price (plus, we want 3G support, too).he ASUS package includes the P527 PDA phone with standard battery, AC world charger, mini-USB sync cable, wired stereo headset, protective case, P527 bonus CD and a printed getting started guide and full manual. The $599 package adds a 2GB microSD card with North America maps and navigation software pre-installed and the “ASUS Go” Navigation CD and manual.
Below the display, you’ll find a familiar navigation array of two soft keys, Talk and End buttons, a Start menu launcher, an OK button, and a joystick. The latter is fairly small and stiff, so we had a quite a number of mistaken presses. In addition to the alphanumeric keypad, Asus includes a handful of eight other shortcut buttons for one-click access to applications, such as GPS, Bluetooth, Messages, and the voice recorder. We appreciate these keys since Windows Mobile devices aren’t exactly the easiest to operate, requiring a lot of menu digging and extra steps.
As we mentioned earlier, the Asus P527 is a well-stocked smartphone. It runs Windows Mobile 6 Professional Edition, which includes the full Office Mobile Suite for document management, Windows Live integration, and Microsoft Direct Push Technology for real-time e-mail delivery and automatic synchronization with your Outlook calendar, tasks, and contacts via Exchange Server. Asus also throws in a number of other utilities, including a business card reader, a meeting planner, an RSS reader, a ZIP manager, and a backup application.
Key Features:
Camera: 2 MP, 1600×1200 pixels, autofocus, video
Messaging: SMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging
Colors: Silver
- GPS receiver with SiRF Star III chipset
- Business Card Recognition
- FM Radio
- Voice Recognition and Hand-free mode
- MP3 Player
- Java MIDP 2.0
- Scheduler
- Voice memo
- World time
- Currency converter
- Stopwatch
Specifications:
Network: GSM 850 / GSM 900 / GSM 1800 / GSM 1900
GPRS: Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
3G: No
Bluetooth: Yes, v2.0
USB: Yes, v1.1
Battery: Standard battery, Li-Ion
Stand-by:
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