If Apple broke new grounds by its swipe technology, Asus hopes to do the same by their landmark glide technology. The new user interface method promises to make navigating and performing tasks on a mobile phone more intuitive and interactive than ever before.

Equipped with a 624MHz processor and a host of market-leading features such as 3.5G HSDPA connectivity, GPS and seamless Google integration, the ASUS P552w PDA phone is a perfect fit for the rising tide of young, tech-savvy professionals who appreciate a good-looking mobile companion that packs a wealth of fun features.

Underpinning the ASUS P552ws revolutionary touch-responsive user interface is its cutting-edge Gester technology that enables users to perform a variety of navigational actions such as selecting, zooming, scrolling and flipping easily through simple flicks of their fingers. Incorporated into Glide are also applications that enable users to access a wide range of functions such as looking up the latest news, checking the weather forecast, viewing photo slideshows and listening to music within a few finger taps.

The ASUS P552w boasts one of the most powerful CPUs (624MHz) on the market today. The 3G handset utilises Google Maps for navigation as well as a special feature called as location link. With this exclusive feature, users at two different locations can locate each other easily by sending each other SMS messages. Clicking on the URLs which are automatically embedded in the sent messages will link the phones up to Google Maps, which will then provide the users with clear directions on how to get to each others positions.

Specifications

• 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
• Form factor
• Bar type
• 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
• Business Applications
• PIM
• Word (editor), Excel (editor), Power Point (viewer), IE, Windows?Live, MSN, Voice Commander and Push Email (Exchange Server).
• Other Features
• Google Maps, Anytime Launcher, ASUS Today, Multi-Home, EziMusic and EziPhoto.
• Multimedia & Entertainment
• Camera
• 2.0 Mega pixel Fixed Focus
• Video
• Record:MPEG4@QVGA 24fps / H.263@QCIF 24fps
• Playback:MPEG4@QVGA 30fps / H.263@QCIF 30fps
• Audio/Video Streaming
• Picture Format
• JPEG, PNG, GIP, BMP
• Audio Format
• MP3, WMA, AAC, and AAC+
• Ringtone
• Preinstalled with 20 ringtones and 10 special effect tones
• JAVA
• J2ME (CLDC 1.1 + MIDP2.0)