ASUS super-smartphone P565 launches

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Monday, November 17th, 2008

ASUS’s smartphones have always impressed and the latest is no different with a monstrous 800MHz processor. The P565 has been rumored for a while but ASUS has gone official with the phone and its ready to rock Windows Mobile 6.1. Besides the 800MHz CPU, the phone is loaded with HSDPA capabilities, 2.8 VGA touchscreen, 256MB of flash memory, 802.1b/g, Bluetooth, and a microSD/SDHC slot which all adds up to show that ASUS knows how to pack a whole lot of goodness into one phone. A custom-built GUI, Glide UI, tries to hide the fact that Windows Mobile 6.1 is still someplace in there which peering at the specs, seems like its Achilles Heal.

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