Nurhisham Hussein
11-13-2006, 05:30 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.solopalmari.com/content/view/2375/38/' target='_blank'>http://www.solopalmari.com/content/view/2375/38/</a><br /><br /></div><i>"What is the most striking feature of this PDA? The GPS antenna? The connectivity (that is both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth)? The ROM, which is an incredible 1 Gbyte? Let's go and try it, we'll get some wonderful surprises!"</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/hisham-20061113-a639.jpg" /><br /><br />Solopalmari have done their usual comprehensive review, this time on Asus' A639 GPS device, with 1GB ROM and SirfStar III. The good stuff: SDIO slot, IrDA, 802.11g, BT 2.0, flip-out antenna for the GPS receiver, a whole bunch of included accessories and an absolutely blistering SPB file system benchmark results for a WM5 device. Apparently, the Asus engineers pulled a neat trick - the real ROM amount is 128MB, but an additional ROM drive is added which is considerably faster than normal. The bad: retains a proprietary connector, 2.5mm headphone socket, wifi reliability is reported to be iffy, and size and weight. I'd add that for something like this I'd rather see a VGA screen, but then that's just me ;). You can check out the poorish <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.solopalmari.com%2Fcontent%2Fview%2F2375%2F38%2F&langpair=it%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools">Google translation here</a> - you might want to read through the original article (comments are available in English, watch for the bowler hats!). All in all, the A639 appears to be a worthy contender in the GPS PDA sweepstakes.