ASUS Raises the Bar for Mobile Web Surfing and Multimedia Enjoyment with P835 WVGA PDA Phone

The fastest 3.5” WVGA Touchscreen (800 x 480 pixels)
5 Mega pixel auto focus camera
Responsive tracking ball
HSUPA 7.2Mbps download speed
New Glide interface

New Delhi, May 5, 2009: ASUS, a leading producer of innovative handhelds, today announced the India launch of the ASUS P835, a PDA phone that delivers an Internet browsing and multimedia viewing experience without equal. Designed for business-savvy professionals who appreciate a screen as big as their ambitions, the P835 is equipped with a large 3.5” touch screen that runs at WVGA resolution—offering five times the number of pixels of most phones and delivering the best document, photo, movie and website viewing experience possible. Apart from being able to display more of a webpage onscreen, the P835 boasts features that greatly enrich users’ online experience; including blazing fast HSUPA 7.2Mbps download speeds, a responsive trackball that makes scrolling effortless and Opera Mobile, a user-friendly and full-featured Web browser. It wraps all of its impressive functionality in an elegant touch-optimized interface which is intuitive, interactive and attractive.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Edward Wang – Business Head, Mobile Communication Business, ASUS (India) said, “At ASUS, we always strive to find new ways to bring mobility with perfect connectivity to our customers. Innovation is the core of everything we do at ASUS and thus for our business professionals, we have designed this P835 handset. We are truly delighted to bring P835, which has a high quality 3.5 WVGA display, motion sensor, 5 Megapixel camera alongwith a fastest connectivity option. With these features we are sure a profeesional would have a hassel free, comfortable work life.”

The new ASUS P835 brings with it:
Unparalleled Internet Browsing Experience
The ASUS P835 is designed to help users get the most out of the Internet. It is embedded with Opera Mobile, a fast, user-friendly and rich-featured browser that brings a complete Web experience to the P835. Users will be able to perform the full breadth of online tasks—from hopping onto their social networking sites and updating their blogs, to checking email and viewing streaming video. The P835 also enables users to switch between 12-key, half-Qwerty and full-Qwerty virtual keyboard modes, allowing them to choose an input method that best suits their current task. A responsive additional tracking ball significantly improves scrolling, and the phone’s large 3.5” display ensures every webpage is displayed crisply and vividly.

Crystal Clear 3.5” WVGA Touchscreen
The P835 is equipped with a large 3.5” touchscreen that runs at WVGA (800 x 480 pixels) resolution—offering five times the number of pixels of most phones—thus rendering the P835 capable of delivering unprecedented clarity and screen real estate. Regardless of whether it is used for watching movies in full screen, browsing through photos, perusing documents or surfing the Internet, the P835 will provide visual enjoyment on the mobile platform like never before.

New Glide: The Best Mobile Interface, Now Even Better
The P835 features an updated, streamlined and enhanced iteration of ASUS’ exclusive Glide—the most innovative, intuitive and interactive mobile user interface available today. New Glide has been given a significant facelift over its predecessor, boasting new icons that take the beauty and interactivity of the interface up a notch—making the best even better. Subtle, bold, modern, swanky or sweet—the P835 has a theme that will appeal to everyone.
Doubles as a Wi-Fi Access Point

The P835 has the additional ability to function as a Wi-Fi Access Point. It can share its high-speed HSPA cellular data or Internet connection over Wi-Fi with up to 10 devices, such as laptops or other PDA phones. Connecting devices is a simple affair thanks to the P835’s user-friendly interface, and dropped connections are automatically restored.

Specifications

Networks

HSPA (DL: 7.2Mbps, UL: 2Mbps), UMTS 900/1900/2100

EDGE/GPRS/GSM 850/900/1800/1900, Class 12

Operating System

Microsoft Windows® Mobile 6.1™ Professional

Color

Black

Form factor

Bar type

Dimensions

115mm x 59mm x 13.8mm

Weight

148g (with battery)

Standby Time

350hrs with 3G and 300hrs with 2G*

Talk Time

6hrs with 3G and 7hrs with 2G*

Display

3.5” TFT, 65K-color Touchscreen, WVGA (800 x 480 pixels)

Processor

Qualcomm 7201A 528MHz

Memory

4GB Internal Storage + 288MB SDRAM + 256MB ROM

Expansion Slot

MicroSD with SDHC support

Connectivity

WLAN 802.11b+g , USB v2.0, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR

WAP Browser

HTTP / WAP 1.2.1/2.0

Messaging

SMS / MMS / Email / MSN / Push Email

Battery

1100mAh Lithium

GPS

Yes (AGPS supported)

Business Applications

PIM

Word (editor), Excel (editor), PowerPoint (viewer), Adobe Reader, Windows® Live, MSN, Voice Commander** and Push Email (Exchange Server).

Other Features

Opera browser, Wi-Fi Access Point, YouTube, Flickr, ASUS Virtual Keyboard, Anytime Launcher, ASUS Today, EziMusic, EziPhoto, Google search and RSS Reader.

Multimedia and Entertainment

Camera

5 Megapixel Auto Focus

Video

Record: MPEG4/H.263

Playback: MPEG4/H.264/H.263/WMV
Video Call, Audio/Video Streaming

Picture Format

JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP

Audio Format

MP3, WMA, WAV, AMR, AAC and AAC+

Ringtone

Polyphonic (MIDI, 128CH), MP3, WMA and WAV

JAVA

J2ME (CLDC 1.1 + MIDP2.0)

* Talk and standby time are dependent on the network environment and on phone usage.

** Subject to region availability.

Specifications are subject to change without prior notice. Please visit www.asus.com for more details.

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About ASUS:

ASUS is a leading company in the new digital era. With a global staff of more than ten thousand and a world-class R&D design team, the company’s revenue for 2008 was 8.1 billion U.S. dollars. ASUS ranks among the top 10 IT companies in BusinessWeek’s “InfoTech 100” and has been on the listing for 11 consecutive years. ASUS was also selected by the Wall Street Journal Asia as No.1 in Quality and Services in Taiwan. Its product portfolio includes notebooks, motherboards, graphics cards, optical drives, LCD monitors, information appliances, desktop PCs & PC components, servers, wireless solutions, mobile phones, handhelds, digital home solutions, broadband communication products and networking devices.

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