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Paul Martin
03-29-2008, 08:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.mobiletechreview.com/phones/ASUS-P527.htm' target='_blank'>http://www.mobiletechreview.com/pho...s/ASUS-P527.htm</a><br /><br /></div><em>&quot;<span class="base_txt">The ASUS P527 Windows Mobile 6 Professional Pocket PC phone doesn&rsquo;t have a slide-out keyboard, in fact it doesn&rsquo;t have a QWERTY keyboard at all. Instead it has a number pad along with two columns of dedicated menu buttons....</span>The ASUS P527 is a quad band GSM world phone with EDGE/GPRS for data. Sorry no 3G. It&rsquo;s sold unlocked for use with any GSM carrier. The PDA phone is powered by a 200MHz TI OMAP processor, with 64MB of RAM and 128MB of flash ROM. The smartphone runs the Windows Mobile 6 Professional operating system and has integrated Bluetooth v2.0 +EDR and Wi-Fi 802.11b/g. The ASUS has an integrated 2-megapixel camera with auto-focus lens and the camera application uses the 2.6&rdquo; LCD as its viewfinder. For road warriors, the P527 offers built-in GPS with the SiRF III chipset, navigation software and North America maps and POIs (on the $599 version). Additional features include a microSD card slot supporting SDHC, an FM radio and Business card reader.&quot;<br /><br /></em><img border="1" src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/500/spt/auto/1206810965.usr251.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br />If you've been wanting a Pocket PC Phone in the US that ISN'T designed by HTC, your choices have been very slim.&nbsp; Finally, ASUS officially enters the unlocked GSM phone market in North America with it's candy-bar style <a href="http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=11&amp;l2=55&amp;l3=526&amp;l4=0&amp;model=1906&amp;modelmenu=1" target="_blank">P527</a>.&nbsp; While it lacks 3G, which could be a problem for AT&amp;T users, it has other benefits, including SiRF III GPS, which doesn't require a monthly subscription like aGPS.&nbsp; Check out the full review at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.mobiletechreview.com/phones/ASUS-P527.htm">MobileTechReview</a>.

happyloman
03-30-2008, 02:09 PM
I bought this to replace my ETEN G500

PROS: very small, lots of hardware keys (including a "lock" key), comes with GPS software and maps (at least my version did)

CONS: fewer mappable hardware keys than my previous PDAs, GPS needs 12 MB to run (you will find yourself frequently rebooting/closing all other applications currently opened), small screen, joystick unusable

Paul Martin
04-01-2008, 03:18 AM
Thanks for the hands-on report. Memory management is a pain if you're having to constantly close out of apps to get something to run!