Today Asus announced a new smartphone coming on the market very soon and they claim it will be the fastest out there. The Smartphone itself will be running a 800mhz Marvell processor that will allow anyone who wants to use it for quite intensive processes be able to do achieve what they want without the need of worrying because there's a lack of speed, the device also comes with a nice sized screen as well (2.8 inch 480 X 640 Touch Screen).
In terms of connectivity the smartphone has 3G, GPRS and Edge and if those are never present around where you do business then you can take advantage of the built in Wi-Fi (802.11b/g). Looking at the back of the phone there is a 3MP camera which by these days is quite weak but then again this device is not for someone who uses a mobile alot for cameras, to store those pictures and videos recorded there is a SD Memory slot. Battery life is also important and its set at 3 Hours talk time and 250 Hours Stand-By Time. Asus though at this time have not set a release date for the device.
they should slap the Android OS on to this bad boy, then we'll really see what this phone can do.
also... no mention of a GPS?
By the way there is a dual processor windows mobile smartphone out from NDrive. The second processor is mainly to speed up the GPS.
I think you're right there. My Touch Diamond runs on a 528MHz Qualcomm processor, and it lags at almost everything. Even having only ActiveSync running will lag it up in certain applications.
It's not overkill. If all hardware released was only capable of running current software and nothing more, there would never be any advancements in software.
It's much better that the hardware advances first, and then software developers find ways to use the extra power/functionality, rather than the software constantly pushing for faster and faster hardware.
Maybe this comes with Windows Mobile 6.5? Then there would be a reason for the 800MHz. Otherwise, overkill.
It's in the ..
(2.8 inch 480 X 640 Touch Screen). He He
(2.8 inch 480 X 640 Touch Screen). He He
I am still not sure why the smartphone market is reversing and returning to a world without the keyboard
Screen keyboard simply don't cut it for me on any device.
(2.8 inch 480 X 640 Touch Screen). He He
I am still not sure why the smartphone market is reversing and returning to a world without the keyboard
Screen keyboard simply don't cut it for me on any device.
Buttons, dials and knobs - read: moving parts, are gradually becoming obsolete.
It's a reality we'll all have to deal with.
(2.8 inch 480 X 640 Touch Screen). He He
I am still not sure why the smartphone market is reversing and returning to a world without the keyboard
Screen keyboard simply don't cut it for me on any device.
On-Screen keyboards are annoying, yes. The main problem is, physical keyboards are very prone to breaking, jamming, getting sticky, or other physical failure. From a developer standpoint, osk's allow the phone to be thinner, consume less battery power, and cheaper to manufacture.
When done right, they can be made to look real slick, and can become a selling feature for the phone, too.
For a phone manufacturer, they're really quite attractive. Unfortunate, yes. Avoidable, no.
TBH, I hope they keep keyboards in.
And I'm talking phones from 1997 - 2007.
Touch screen is the biggest load of rubbish I've had the misfortune of having to use. Never again.
I'm still holding back from switching to fully touchscreen. My phone has a touchscreen, but also a full qwerty and an optical mouse (lol).
But yeah, there's no way I could afford this...
Seems to always be the battle doesnt it, Functionality v style.
What I don't understand is their Windows Mobile interface with extra thick top and bottom bars.
I'm glad to see they're making technological progress but is it really useful?
the only smart one is these hi tech sompanies - "let's come up with some outrageous but totally useless spec, and see how the consumer drool over them" - and the idiots are falling for it ...
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