ASUS recently unveiled their new P552w, a smartphone that does what most smartphones do today – you know, WiFi, Bluetooth, some sort of PIM functionality, and oh yes they have their own gesture control technology called “Glide.” Really, it’s about “gliding” your fingers through the screen to see the different modes …. yeah. The Windows Moblie 6.1 enabled phone comes with a 2.0MP camera and HSDPA, alongside WiFi capabilities. Pretty much standard.

I’d have to say that this phone would sell well if the proprietary user interface they implemented isn’t laggy. These Windows Mobile phones — sigh. I haven’t seen a really seamless integration of a proprietary launcher screen on any of these phones, save for the first HTC Touch I guess. But still, nothing as seamless as it should be. I’m not sure if this is Windows Mobile’s fault or the 3rd party developers.

Here are the complete specs:

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

Operating System
Microsoft Windows® Mobile 6.1™ Professional

Color
Black or White

Dimensions
102 x 60.5 x 14.5 mm

Weight
105g (with battery)

Standby Time
300 hrs with 3G and 250 hrs with 2G**

Talk Time
3 hrs with 3G and 5 hrs with 2G**

Display
2.8″ TFT, Touch Screen 65K color, QVGA 240 x 320 pixels

Processor
Marvell Tavor 624MHz

Memory
256MB Flash + 128MB DDR

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

Messaging
SMS / MMS / Email / MSN / Push E-mail

Battery
1100mAh Li-Ion

GPS
SiRF StarIII with internal antenna

[Photos c/o ASUS]

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