The Touch-screen phone market is getting crowded. While HTC is trying to catch up Apple’s iPhone with HTC Touch phones, another Taiwanaese company, Asustek is set to launch Asus P552w touch-sceen phone that looks very alike to HTC Touch.

The P552w, which was unveiled on September 5, features the latest Asustek-grown 3D touch user interface, the Glide, which is able to perform functions similar to the HTC-grown 3D TouchFLO technology, the noted the observers.
Asustek is expected to start volume shipments of the P552w in the fourth quarter of this year, compared to the first quarter of this year as originally planned, the observers indicated.

With HTC already shipping over three million HTC Touch phones and another one million HTC Diamond phones, Asustek’s pricing and its strategy to cooperate with telecom operators will be critical to the success of the P552w, said the industry watchers.

In the meanwhile, HTC is set to launch HTC Opal, a 3G version of HTC Touch phone. The HTC Opal is powered by Texas Instruments (TI) OMAP 850 200MHz processor and is running on Microsoft’s Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, which is identical to the OS of the Asus P552w, indicated the observers.

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If you can’t fly to Taiwan to attend the Computex 2008 Mobile Phone expo, here are some of the coolest pictures taken in a tour of the Taiwanese cell phone manufacturers’ booths. The rise of HTC(High Tech Computer), a Taiwan-based manufacturer that make award-winning cell phones, such as HTC TouchFlo, in cell phone market in recent years surprises everyone in the world. In fact, there are more cell phone makers based in Taiwan that manufacture exceptional high quality and high-tech phones. The list includes Asus, Mio Technology, E-Ten, and Gigabyte Communications.

Asustek M930
The M930 features a sliding QWERTY keyboard, the device flips open sideways like an eyeglass case. The M930 phone runs on Windows Mobile 6 OS, it supports EDGE/GSM and HSDPA connectivity and features a 2.8-inch main display screen and 2-megapixel camera.

Asustek ZX1 Lamborghini

E-Ten’s Glofiish X610
The E-Ten’s Glofiish X610 runs on Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional and is a GSM/EDGE quad band device. It has built-in GPS, Wi-Fi connectivity, and a 2-megapixel digital camera. The X610 is planned to be released worldwide in July for around US$650.

Gigabyte Communications MS808

Mio Leap K1

Unlike other Windows smartphones, the Mio Leap K1 runs on Windows CE 5.0, a OS that hardly used to powere a mobile phone. The Mio Leap K1 phone features displays on both sides of the phone, a 2.6-TFT touch screen for PDA functionality, a 1.69-inch TFT OLED screen for phone mode, and a 2-megapixel camera.

Mio Moov 380 GPS

HTC Touch Diamond

The ASUS ZX1 Lamborghini Phone runs on Windows Mobile 6 Professional and is powered by a fast Qualcomm 520MHz processor together with 128MB RAM. The phone also has a built-in 3.0-megapixel digital camera, Wi-Fi connectivity, and GPS navigation system.

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Asus is now proud to announce their newest option in GPS PDA handsets. The Asus Galaxi Mini is the newest Asus P320 GPS touch screen smart phone. And did we not all know this we coming? Asus is here to please and this little phone is sure to please. This handset will run Windows Mobile OS, so you can stay connected and stay organized.

This compact little phone is all you need in a sleek package. Weighing only 2.5 grams, the Galaxi Mini PDA phone also come equipped with a 2.8 inch touch screen and great connectivity options. This is the first in affordable smart phones that also come with built in GPA.

You can also expect to find the most in options and features. The Asus P320 GPS comes complete with quad-band connectivity, Windows Mobile Pro 6.1 to keep track of all those meetings and business adventures as well as what users have scheduled for fun. Not to mention the 2 mega pixel camera for capturing priceless moments on the go that will never occur again. You can also count on built-in GPA to keep you on the road to success and internal memory for storage as well as the capability to expend memory external through a MicroSD memory card slot. And do not forget about Bluetooth. Hands free capabilities are a must in any new handset.
Although this phone may not come with all the bells and whistles and fancy foot work that other phones feature, it has everything you could want or need in a PDA handset… including a great low end price!

Asus cell phones are coming to US. Yes, you read right. Asus is ready to bring the GPS-enabled Windows Mobile powered Asus P527 cellular phone to North America in this year. The stylish metallic Asus P527 will comes equipped with built-in WiFi, Bluetooth, and Google Earth GPS integration. Disappointedly, the P527 doesn’t support 3G network as it operates in slow EDGE data network.

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One of the world’s top motherboard manufacturers, Asus, released a brand new PDA 3G phone, ASUS M530w, which is equipped with better features and functionalities than BlackBerry PDAs. Running on Windows Mobile operating system, the ASUS M530w not only supports Microsoft Exchange Push Technology, it also supports BlackBerry Connect Technology, attracting current BlackBerry users to switch over to the ASUS M530w without missing the excellent BlackBerry Email technology.

Talking about hardware specifications, the ASUS M530w runs on an extremely fast 416 MHz processor and Windows Mobile 6 Standard operating system. Together with integrated 256 MB RAM, 64 MB ROM, 3G and Wi-Fi network support, the M530w is a well-build and complete PDA phone that integrate voice, email, and multimedia features

Besides that, the stylish M530w phone also features a 2.0-Megapixel digital camera with built-in LED flash and Auto Macro feature that allow you to snap self-pictures easily.

Application wise, the ASUS M530w comes preloaded with well-known Windows-based applications such as Words, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Windows Media Player Mobile. In addition, as part of Microsoft’s project against Google’s domination in the web, like other Windows Mobile 6 powered phones, the ASUS M530w also comes loaded with Windows Live services that combine MSN, Space, Email (Hotmail), Live Search, and Messenger.

No matter how great the M530w phone is, it is sad to say that US users shouldn’t expect the arrival of the ASUS M530w in US at all unless you buy the phone in Taiwan or any other Asian countries.

Asus, the giant Motherboard maker, releases a brand new slider phone, Asus J502 that comes with 3.0-MP digital camera. The outlook of the Asus J502 is very alike to LG Shine phone that is selling like hot cake. With 3.0-MP digital camera and big 2.4″ 262K (240 x 320 pixels) LCD screen, the Asus J502 is a cellular phone that Nokia and Samsung should fear for its existence in the market.

The Asus J502 comes loaded with only 24MB of internal storage space which is ridiculously low. However, the good news is you can expand the storage space through the built-in microSD expansion slot which supports up to 2GB microSD card.

The Asus J502 measures 14.7mm which rules it out of the world’s slimmest phone competition. Besides that, 120 gram of weight makes Asus J502 too bulky for women.

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