Asus P505 Has Been Bluetooth Certified

[marlof]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://qualweb.bluetooth.org/Template2.cfm?LinkQualified=QualifiedProducts&Details=Yes&ProductID=2139' target='_blank'>http://qualweb.bluetooth.org/Templa...&ProductID=2139</a><br /><br /></div>Remember that tiny Asus P505 Pocket PC Phone Edition Ed <a href="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=28801">posted on earlier</a>? It seems to be slowly nearing release, since Duncan found out that the device now is Bluetooth Certified. Which is a good thing, since personally I can't wait for small converged devices (BenQ P50, where art thou!) to appear. <br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/hansberry/2004/20040608-asusp505.jpg" />

[Ryan Joseph]

That looks a LOT like the AnexTEK sp230, aka Audiovox 4100. The site even says AsusTEK. Any connection?

[dMores]

hehe. i was thrilled to see a pocketpc phone edition with the size, layout and ingenieuity (spelling?) of my sonyericsson p900.
now i realize i already knew of this thing. already posted in the other thread.
oh well. another post.

what would definately help this thing is if they improve the keypad flip. the buttons look butt-ugly, and the layout is somehow very tech-y.
as if some very intelligent and able engineer thought it up and decided to just skip the process of giving it to a designer to make it pretty as well as functional.

if this were to hit the shelves, with a little different flip, it would be the first smartphone that'd make me actually consider selling my p900 and going back to the realm of MS.

great stuff.

[hotweiss]

hehe. i was thrilled to see a pocketpc phone edition with the size, layout and ingenieuity (spelling?) of my sonyericsson p900.
now i realize i already knew of this thing. already posted in the other thread.
oh well. another post.

what would definately help this thing is if they improve the keypad flip. the buttons look butt-ugly, and the layout is somehow very tech-y.
as if some very intelligent and able engineer thought it up and decided to just skip the process of giving it to a designer to make it pretty as well as functional.

if this were to hit the shelves, with a little different flip, it would be the first smartphone that'd make me actually consider selling my p900 and going back to the realm of MS.

great stuff.

I remember reading an article about Sony not lisencing the Palm OS or the MS PPC OS due to stability issues. SE chose Symbian because it is the most stable system for phones. Can anyone comment on how stable the new PPC OS releases are? The reason I'm asking is because I'm interested in this phone, but fearful of resetting and loosing my data.

[dMores]

[...]but fearful of resetting and loosing my data.
you don't lose data when you reset your pda, whatever the OS.
only when you hard-reset, which is usually only done when you install a firmware update, or an OS upgrade (ppc2002->wm2003, for example)

when you update a symbian OS smartphone, you need to reset the phone as well. data gone too.

so i suppose it's not a data-losing-issue, but more of a how-reliable-is-the-os-in-everyday-situations issue.
i have reset my p900 (symbian OS 7) a total of 5 times in the 1,2 years that i've had it.
mostly it was after crashing it while playing a game or installing some freeware that i thought was necessary. never when using PIM apps or "professional" software purchased from dedicated softwaredevelopers.

my girlfriend's iMate, running windows mobile 2003 phone edition (i think it's called) has required a few more soft resets, for no obvious reasons. i'd go so far and say my p900 is the more stable of our two phones.

[Jason Dunn]

SE chose Symbian because it is the most stable system for phones.

Actually, SE chose Symbian because SE is a part owner in Symbian, so they have a vested interest in using their OS. No explanation beyond that is needed - I'd never expect Microsoft to use anything other than their own OS.

In terms of stability, the phone OS is just as stable as the regular OS, which I'd say is very stable. I rarely have stability problems with my Pocket PCs - if I do, it's usually because of some wonky third party app. And certainly, losing data is exceedingly rare.

[possmann]

Sigh - another very cool product that will never see the light of day (unless bought abroad) here in the USA...

[Jason Dunn]

Sigh - another very cool product that will never see the light of day (unless bought abroad) here in the USA...

Don't quote me on this, but there might be hope...I'll know more in a month or so (hopefully).

[rmasinag]

If this is cheaper than the Jam ($600 is a poor student's limit) and faster than the HP 6300 with decent batt life. I just might go for it.

[Janak Parekh]

That looks a LOT like the AnexTEK sp230, aka Audiovox 4100. The site even says AsusTEK. Any connection?
Nope -- AnexTEK and AsusTEK are decidedly different vendors; in fact, AnexTEK is just a distributor IIRC. Plus, if you look at the device closely, it's similar in that it has a flip keypad that covers part of the screen, but apart from that it's different.

--janak

[Ryan Joseph]

Plus, if you look at the device closely, it's similar in that it has a flip keypad that covers part of the screen, but apart from that it's different.

I don't know. I think the keypad itself looks just like the AnexTEK version. And I did own the sp230 for a while. :wink:

Speaking of that, having used a flip-down keypad on a PPC Phone, I can say that, while I'm looking forward to learning more about his device, I am not looking forward to another with a keypad. It was just too awkward. It was nice for dialing, but it looked totally rediculious when talking with it flipped down. If this hits the US market, I for one hope that the keypad is removable like the sp230.