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The Asus P535 is a fairly typical example of a Pocket PC phone, which also throws in another increasingly common technology into the mix – a full-fledged GPS (global positioning system). In any case the P535 comes with the SiRF StarIII GPS chipset, which is one of the most sensitive GPS chipsets available today and should perform like other GPS units with the same chipset. If you’ve used a Pocket PC before, the P535 should be familiar territory – running on Windows Mobile 5.0, it’s got all the office productivity tools integrated into the system, namely mobile versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Internet Explorer.

Performance is pretty snappy too, thanks to the 520MHz Intel XScale processor, which can speed up or slow down depending on the CPU load. The whole package is pretty small, and feels good in the hand – in fact, if you’re upgrading from a Pocket PC, you’ll feel right at home with the P535. he phone is perhaps one of the sturdiest touch-screen phones I have come across in the market. The overall appearance, although, is dull and bland, with brushed gray and black finish. For the amount it costs, the phone should’ve been a better looking one. To be honest, there isn’t much to the design. But, this perhaps, stems from the fact that people at Asus were rather busy tweaking the functionalities (we’ll talk about it later). At 109 x 59 x 19mm and 145g, it is a bit on the bulky side, but the features do make up for this.

As far as wireless options go, the P535 has most of them – it comes with WiFi and Bluetooth, but strangely only has support for plain-Jane GPRS. The phone has no 3G or EDGE, which is a real drag since a full-fledged PDA phone like this would really benefit from high-speed data connectivity. One area where the P535 really excelled was in capturing images with the 2-megapixel digital camera. For entertainment, the P535 comes with stereo input, which accepts the less-common 2.5mm stereo jack – this means that you’ll have to get an adaptor if you want to plug in a pair of earphones with a 3.5mm stereo jack.

Key Features:

Camera: 2 MP, 1600×1200 pixels, autofocus, video, flash
Messaging:SMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging
Colors: Silver

- GPS receiver with SiRF Star III chipset
- Pocket Office(Word, Excel, PowerPoint Viewer)
- Windows MPlayer 10
- Java MIDP 2.0
- Text to Speech
- Business card recognition
- Sheduler
- Calculator
- Voice memo
- Currency converter
- Stopwatch

Specifications:

Network: 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 1300 mAh
Stand-by: 200 Hours
Talk time: 5 hours

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