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Asus P565 is fast and GPS enabled

Sep 24, 2008 asus, gps navigation, phones

Just recently some details surfaced about the new Asus P565 on CNet of Taiwan.

What catches our eye before anything else is of course the embedded GPS receiver from SiRF. However we also would like you to pay attention to the 800Mhz Marvell Tavor processor. We’re not sure what you’d do with that much juice but you can be sure that this Windows Mobile phone will boot up faster than any other.

We have a list of all the features so there isn’t much left to the imagination:

• GSM: 3.6Mbps HSDPA, UMTS, 2100, EDGE / GPRS / GSM 900/1800/1900, Class 10
• Operating System: Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
• Processor: 800MHz Marvell Tavor
• Memory: Flash 256MB, 128MB SDRAM
• Communications: WLAN 802.11b + g, USB v1.1 (FS), Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR
• GPS: SiRF Star III InstantFix
• Screen: 2.8″, 480×640 VGA, 65K, TFT
• Camera: 3MP with autofocus – VGA camera for video phone calls.
• MPEG4: QVGA 24FPS / H.263 / .3 gp: QCIF 24FPS
• Battery: 1300mAh Lithium
• Standby time: 150-200 hours
• Talk time: 3G: 3.5 hours / 2G: 5 hours
• Weight: 120g (with battery)
• Reader: microSD, SDHC
• Audio: MP3/WMA/3GP/AAC/AAC+
• CELLULAR: J2ME (CLDC 1.1 + MIDP2.0)
• Dimensions: 102×60.5×16mm
• Business Card Recognition Business Card Recognition
• PDF viewer (depending on the region)

All these features but no mention of what kind of GPS navigation software is available to get you driving directions…engadget and wmuser