asus p835

Asus P835 reviewed

July 3, 2009 | By Surur

WindowsPhoneMix has reviewed the Asus P835, thought to be one of the last Asus smartphones before they joined up with Garmin. This device with its massive 3.5 inch WVGA screen and trackball excited us for a while when we believed it had an 800 Mhz Marvell processor, but unfortunately we were disappointed when Asus chose to go rather backwards and settle for a run of the mill and sluggish Qualcomm version.

On to the device itself WPM found the screen super-sensitive, found the camera quality ad 5 megapixel reasonable, liked the bundled software, such as the built-in WIFI router, but found Asus’s custom today screen overlay pretty but unusable slow. The battery life was however good, especially for a 1100 mAh device, and WPM found the build-quality to be excellent.

WPM concludes:

Pros:

Metal body (mostly)
Most sensitive resistive screen
3.5-inch WVGA display is great to look at
Built-in WiFi, BT and GPS
Decent battery life
Good Looks

Cons:

ASUS Glide is no match for HTC TouchFlo 3D: Less features and slow
Processor not as fast as the one found in ASUS P565

Read the full review, which includes sample pictures and many screenshots, here.

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Asus P835 software walk though

March 4, 2009 | By Surur

Dawid from PDA.PL has been giving the Asus P835 a good going over, and recorded the video below of his experience.

Asus P835 – System from pda.pl on Vimeo.

While the device is pre-release, Dawid liked the interface, and especially liked the added software, like the WIFI access point feature, which can apparently be password protected.

See more at PDA.Pl here.

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Asus P835 hands-on video

March 1, 2009 | By Surur

Pda.pl has managed to get an early hands-on with a pre-production version of the 3.5 inch VWGA-screened Asus P835.

According to Dawid build-quality is good, and the leather (real) at the bottom seems durable. The stylus was however thin and disappointing, but hopefully with the large screen and useful 3-tab UI overlay this wont be very necessary. The finger keyboard is similar to the one on the HTC Touch HD and adequate enough. Screen sensitive was OK, but this was difficult to judge due to the pre-production nature of the software, which often meant the software was slow and un-responsive (hopefully not Qualcomm disease!).

The trackball in contrast was however very useful and responsive.

The included software includes easyPhoto, easyMusic, call filtering software and software for uploading video to YouTube and flickr.

Asus P835 from pda.pl on Vimeo.

See PDA.pl for the video in HD.

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Asus P835 becomes real

February 27, 2009 | By Surur

ASUS has finally formally announced the Asus P835. The P835 is equipped with a large 3.5” touchscreen that runs at WVGA resolution. The P835 including blazing fast HSUPA 7.2Mbps download speeds, a responsive trackball that makes scrolling effortless and Opera Mobile, a user-friendly and full-featured Web browser. It wraps all of its impressive functionality in an elegant touch-optimized interface which is intuitive, interactive and attractive.

Unparalleled Internet Browsing Experience
The ASUS P835 is designed to help users get the most out of the Internet. It is embedded with Opera Mobile, a fast, user-friendly and rich-featured browser that brings a complete Web experience to the P835. Users will be able to perform the full breadth of online tasks—from hopping onto their social networking sites and updating their blogs, to checking email and viewing streaming video. The P835 also enables users to switch between 12-key, half-Qwerty and full-Qwerty virtual keyboard modes, allowing them to choose an input method that best suits their current task. A responsive tracking ball significantly improves scrolling, and the phone’s large 3.5” display ensures every webpage is displayed crisply and vividly.

Crystal Clear 3.5” WVGA Touchscreen
The P835 is equipped with a large 3.5” touchscreen that runs at WVGA (800 x 480 pixels) resolution—offering five times the number of pixels of most phones—thus rendering the P835 capable of delivering unprecedented clarity and screen real estate. Regardless of whether it is used for watching movies in full screen, browsing through photos, perusing documents or surfing the Internet, the P835 will provide visual enjoyment on the mobile platform like never before.

New Glide: The Best Mobile Interface, Now Even Better
The P835 features an updated, streamlined and enhanced iteration of ASUS’ exclusive Glide—the most innovative, intuitive and interactive mobile user interface available today. New Glide has been given a significant facelift over its predecessor, boasting new icons that take the beauty and interactivity of the interface up a notch—making the best even better. Subtle, bold, modern, swanky or sweet—the P835 has a theme that will appeal to everyone.

Doubles as a Wi-Fi Access Point
The P835 has the additional ability to function as a Wi-Fi Access Point. It can share its high-speed HSPA cellular data or Internet connection over Wi-Fi with up to 10 devices, such as laptops or other PDA phones. Connecting devices is a simple affair thanks to the P835’s user-friendly interface, and dropped connections are automatically restored.

Networks	HSPA (DL: 7.2Mbps, UL: 2Mbps), UMTS 900/1900/2100 EDGE/GPRS/GSM 850/900/1800/1900, Class 12
Operating System	Microsoft Windows® Mobile 6.1™ Professional
Color	Black
Form factor	Bar type
Dimensions	115mm x 59mm x 13.8mm
Weight	148g (with battery)
Standby Time	350hrs with 3G and 300hrs with 2G*
Talk Time	6hrs with 3G and 7hrs with 2G*
Display	3.5” TFT, 65K-color Touchscreen, WVGA (800 x 480 pixels)
Processor	Qualcomm 7201A 528MHz
Memory	4GB Internal Storage + 288MB SDRAM + 256MB ROM
Expansion Slot	MicroSD with SDHC support
Connectivity	WLAN 802.11b+g , USB v2.0, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR
WAP Browser	HTTP / WAP 1.2.1/2.0
Messaging	SMS / MMS / Email / MSN / Push Email
Battery	1100mAh Lithium
GPS	Yes (AGPS supported)
Business Applications
PIM	Word (editor), Excel (editor), PowerPoint (viewer), Adobe Reader, Windows® Live, MSN, Voice Commander** and Push Email (Exchange Server).
Other Features	Opera browser, Wi-Fi Access Point, YouTube, Flickr, ASUS Virtual Keyboard, Anytime Launcher, ASUS Today, EziMusic, EziPhoto, Google search and RSS Reader.
Multimedia and Entertainment
Camera	5 Megapixel Auto Focus
Video	Record: MPEG4/H.263 Playback: MPEG4/H.264/H.263/WMV Video Call, Audio/Video Streaming
Picture Format	JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP
Audio Format	MP3, WMA, WAV, AMR, AAC and AAC+
Ringtone	Polyphonic (MIDI, 128CH), MP3, WMA and WAV
JAVA	J2ME (CLDC 1.1 + MIDP2.0)

Source: Asus press release

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Asus Glaxy 7 gets a first look

December 18, 2008 | By Surur

We have written about this mysterious device before, but Mobile-review.com has ripped away the veils and have given us our first good look at the device.

The report the device, has about the same dimensions as the HTC Max 4G and iPhone, sports a 800×480 flush 3.5 inch screen, comes with 256 MB RAM and 256 MB Flash, with an additional 4GB on board and microSD expansion, and also a 5 megapixel camera.

Disappointingly one of the main features that had us excited, the 800 Mhz Marvell processor, has fallen by the wayside, and the smartphone will instead sport a 528 Mhz Qualcom MS7200A processor.

Mobile-review go on to say the built-quality is excellent, featuring metal, soft touch plastic and even leather. They felt the hand-feel, due to the rounded corners were very good, and made the device feel smaller than it was.

Regarding Asus’s Glide interface, they felt the quality was comparable to TouchFlo3D, and found the device responsive.

The device is apparently targeted for a late Q1 or early Q2 2009 release. Pricing is unknown, but Mobile-review speculates due to the current economic conditions it may be cheaper than expected.

Read more about the Asus P835 Glaxy 7 at Mobile-review.com (Google translation)

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