Multimedia Phone Reviews

A review of the ASUS P527 PDA phone has been posted over at MobileTechReview.com. 'The ASUS P527 is a quad band GSM world phone with EDGE/GPRS for data. Sorry no 3G. It’s sold unlocked for use with any GSM carrier. The PDA phone is powered by a 200MHz TI OMAP processor, with 64MB of RAM and 128MB of flash ROM. The smartphone runs the Windows Mobile 6 Professional operating system and has integrated Bluetooth v2.0 +EDR and Wi-Fi 802.11b/g. The ASUS has an integrated 2-megapixel camera with auto-focus lens and the camera application uses the 2.6” LCD as its viewfinder. For road warriors, the P527 offers built-in GPS with the SiRF III chipset, navigation software and North America maps and POIs (on the $599 version). Additional features include a microSD card slot supporting SDHC, an FM radio and Business card reader.'

CNET have published a review of the Asus P527 Windows Mobile 6 smartphone. ‘On its front is a 2.6-inch diagonal touch screen with a 65,000-color output and 320x240 pixel resolution. In general, text and images are easy to read but the colors tend to wash out in brighter environments. Asus also provides an alternative Asus Launcher screen that aggregates frequently used applications and menus in one place. 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.

Trusted Reviews have published a review of the Asus M530W smartphone. 'The buttons surrounding the directional pad are sensibly-sized and well-engineered. You get the usual Windows Mobile 6 Standard collection of pick-up and hang-up, home, back and soft keys just below the 320 x 240 resolution TFT screen. And around the edges is a decent complement of controls as well. On the right edge you'll find a button to launch the camera application, the power button is on the top, while on the left is a volume rocker switch and a clickable jog-wheel - handy for one-handed navigation of contacts and emails. The connections are found ranged along the bottom: a standard mini-USB for charging and syncing, plus a 2.5mm audio socket for headset connection.'.

3G have published a review of the Asus P320 smartphone. 'The size instantly grabs you with this smartphone. Not even 10cm tall, the Asus P320 is thin and only weighs just over 100g. It feels like an ordinary phone in the hand, and it doesn't look too different to some of the large display touch phones that are becoming quite popular. On the front of the device are the Windows Mobile Home and OK keys, but these, along with the Call, End and two softmenu buttons, are rather played down. That, along with the black and silver fascia design make this a neat-looking smartphone.'

The Register Hardware have published a review of the Asus P750 Windows Mobile smartphone. 'The P750 is a bit of a chunky monkey. It weighs 130g and measures 113 x 58 x 17.4mm, but it feels very robust and solid, and we reckon it could take quite a kicking before anything fell off or apart. The specification is solid enough too: a three-megapixel camera, GPS, Wi-Fi, A2DP Bluetooth, 3.6Mb/s HSDPA 3G, tri-band GSM/GPRS/Edge, a front-facing VGA camera for video calls and a Micro SD card slot. On-board storage is a somewhat stingy 65MB.

The Register Hardware have published a review of the Asus M930 smartphone. 'The 930 is driven by Windows Mobile 6 Standard. With no pretensions to touchscreen jiggery-pokery this may be the most usable of the current iterations of WM. It's certainly faster and more stable than its Professional siblings and just gets on with the job in hand without trying to be an iPhone. Of course, the flipside of all this is that it's also as dull as dishwater, but you can't have everything.