Asus, a pioneer in laptop and computer manufacturing has officially announced its P565 Smartphone.

Asus P565 Smartphone is powered on Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional and works with 800MHz processor. Among other specifications, the phone includes a 2.8-inch VGA touchscreen, HSDPA 3.6Mbps, GPS, Wi-Fi b/g and Asus’s Glide graphical user interface.  

The P565 has 256MB RAM and 128MB ROM, with memory expansion via a microSD card slot.  It measures 102 mm x 60.5 mm x 16 mm and weighs 120g. It is also equipped with 3 MP camera. Along with these features, the P565 is also enabled of recording MPEG4 video at QVGA 24fps quality, or playing back MPEG4 video at QVGA 30fps.  It supports the usual Exchange push-email and synchronization.
No prices or availability details from ASUS yet.

The other technical specifications are:

Networks     HSDPA 3.6Mbps, UMTS 2100, EDGE/GPRS/GSM 900/1800/1900, Class 10

Operating System     Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional

Display     2.8″ TFT, 65K-color Touchscreen, VGA (480 x 640 pixels)

Processor     Marvell TavorP 800 MHz

Memory     256 MB Flash + 128 MB DDR SDRAM

Expansion Slot     MicroSD with SDHC support

Connectivity          WLAN 802.11b+g, USB v1.1(FS), Bluetooth 2.0+EDR

WAP Browser     HTTP / WAP 1.2.1/2.0

Business Applications        PIM     Word (editor), Excel (editor), PowerPoint (viewer), Windows Live, MSN, Voice Commander and Push Email (Exchange Server).

Other Features     Anytime Launcher, ASUS Today, EziMusic, EziPhoto, Business Card Recognition and PDF viewer.

Camera     3 M Pixel Auto Focus (Main)

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