ASUS P526 PDA / Cell Phone Announced

ASUS P526 Enhances Mobile Enjoyment with Windows Live and Much More; Enjoy Trendy Windows Mobile 6 Professional Features

With improved stability and speed and a host of messaging enhancements, the new Windows Mobile 6 Professional advances the Windows Mobile platform to let users enjoy the rich Window Live experience on mobile phones. It also aims to deliver business solutions and increase worker productivity by integrating many popular Windows Live mobile services so users can stay connected with their communities and find the information they require quickly and without hassle.

“The P526 is the perfect trendy PDA phone for users who want to utilize the user-friendly and “Live” functions of Windows Live,” said H C Hung, Head of ASUSTeK’s Handheld Business Unit. “Users will find it easy to make use of the P526 to stay connected to their friends and online communities with instant messaging chats, blog updates, e-mails and file transfers.”

“The ASUS P526 offers users a truly integrated device that allows them to enjoy the freedom of mobility without compromising on their ability to access the information they need, when they want it,” said Jason Lim, Regional Director for Asia Pacific and Japan, Microsoft’s Mobile Communication Business Division, Microsoft Corp. “The rich productivity and multimedia capabilities in Windows Mobile 6 delivers a familiar and rich experience that meets their professional and personal needs while on-the-go.”

Keep Connected Fashionably
One of the key features of the ASUS P526 is the way it can utilize Windows Live to integrate contacts so that users can see who is (and who isn’t) online at any given time. Users can then share photos and voice clips through instant messengers or e-mail. They can also use the P526 to keep connected to their friends and online communities via blog updates or even upload mobile photo albums with photos taken by the P526’s camera — keeping in touch with friends has never been easier.

Users of the P526 can also enjoy many convenient features with the integrated Windows Live Smart Dial feature. They can automatically pull up contacts when they start typing a first or last name with the P526’s keypad. Users can also utilize the search bar that is located just beneath the current time and launch web searches without having to open the browser — making web searches that much more user-friendly.

The ASUS P526 is definitely the trendy option for PDA users who want a powerful performance and yet retain a slim and fashionable outlook. This PDA phone is equipped with Quad-band EDGE for faster audio/video streaming, GPS Navigation abilities and contains a host of useful ASUS exclusive software.

Enhanced E-mail Functions
The P526 is also able to merge Outlook with Windows Live contacts, and have users’ Hotmail or Windows Live mails pushed down automatically.