Category: Asus (Windows Phone)

Three to sell Asus Vivo Tab RT

UK network Three are adding to their mobile internet range of devices with a brand new Windows 8 powered tablet in the Asus Vivo Tab RT. In another one of his great videos, Brendan from Three talks about the device and what it offers specification wise which are listed …

Asus P835 Announced

Strangely announced just after the Mobile World Congress is this new trackball-packing Asus P835 touch-screen device. The P835 will double as a WiFi hotspot - sharing the high-speed (up to HSPA) mobile data connection over WiFi with up to 10 devices s...

o2 XDA Zest – The Review

Remember that scene in Crocodile Dundee where he says, "That's not a knife, this is a knife"? Well, I tend to think that of our reviews. Call that a review? Nah mate, this is a review. This time it's the o2 XDA Zest and it's built by Asus. …

o2 XDA Zest – Our video overview

Just a few days ago the guys at o2 were kind enough to loan me the XDA Zest. It's a handset we've been tracking for some time and we rarely get to handle Asus-made kit like this. The Zest is powered by a 624Mhz Marvell TavorP CPU, 256MB …

XDA Zest available to buy on o2 website

Johnny De'Silva has just tipped us on the availability of the o2 XDA Zest. It's available on Pay Monthly and Pay & Go. If you choose the lattest then it's £249.99 to buy, with contract customers paying between nothing and £149.99 depending on your c...

o2 XDA Zest Reviewed

4WinMobile.com have just added a review of the o2 XDA Zest. This device is actually made by Asus and is powered by a Marvell Tavor CPU running at 624Mhz. It's a touch-screen handset with Windows Mobile 6.1, microSD (HC) card slot, 480x640 screen, 3 me...

Asus P565 – I feel the need, the need for speed

The fastest PDA in the world ? Is it the one that flew out of the car window when I crashed on the motorway some months ago ? No, we're actually talking about processor speed and it's this - the Asus P565. Announced in Taipai this puppy has …

Orange announce Eee PC 901 with integrated 3G

Just a couple of months back Orange announced the Eee PC 900. Unfortunately it needed an Icon 225 dongle plugged in to get you onto the Orange network. There's now none left because Orange have just launched the Eee PC 901. From what we can see it's p...

Asustek go Google Android too

The iPhone and Google Android handsets have occupied a lot of limelight recently. Microsoft isn't phased by this, with top Execs seemingly content to watch how things pan out. Today, however, Asustek announced their intention to build a handset based ...

The XDA Zest? Wait a minute, that’s not it. Is it?

Kishan Sthankiya sent us a few scans of the o2 catalogue so we're able to grab some interesting bits of information. Here's the XDA Zest once more. It's the Asus-built handset we spotted on their website last week. The specs reveal GPS, 3 megapixel ca...

XDA Zest shows up on o2 website

Sure, we've still got the odd server problem here at Coolsmartphone HQ but it'll never stop us bring you the latest news. Johnny De'Silva has spotted the o2 XDA Zest on the coming soon pages. The Zest is the Asus-built device we saw last month and pac...

Asus Glaxy7 / XDA Zest – Hot specs !

Following our story yesterday on the upcoming o2 XDA Zest / Asus Glaxy7 handset, some specs have now emerged over at pda.pl. The words "Omnia killer" are already being used with a rather splendid set of specs being present. Expect a large 3.5 " 800x48...

o2 to launch the Asus-built XDA Zest?

Stephen Kelly has been doing some cunning detective work. Following this post at wmpoweruser.com pictures have now appeared at mobile01.com showing a 5 megapixel camera. All good, but then it gets even more interesting when a Asus-built "XDA Zest" han...

Asus P522W Announced

Asus have today launched this, the P552w. Looking very similar to the HTC Touch it's got a finger-driven control system called "Glide" which uses "cutting-edge Gester technology" which will let you zoom, scroll, flip and select items with your finger....

Asus P320 on display

Asus are launching some new models at CeBIT this week - this is the Asus HTC Touch.. oh, sorry.. no, it's the Asus P320. Looks purdy no ? Expect a 2 megapixel shooter, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0 and quad-band GSM, EDGE and GPRS. Like the HTC Touch this unit …

Asus P526 Reviewed

It's reviews galore at the minute. Just a few days back we managed to grab some time with the Asus P526. Priced up at £288.99 off-contract this is a touch-screen Pocket PC hiding in a classic Smartphone shell. It packs a 2 megapixel camera, quadband ...

Asus M930 Action shots on view

We're just days away from our first ever Asus phone review (the P526), however the TamsWMS have managed to grab a quick feel of the Asus M930, a phone we covered just days ago. The dual-screen handset looks great in the press shots, but this is the fi...

Asus M930 – Specs revealed

GPSandco.com have just published more information about the upcoming Asus M930 Smartphone (i.e. non-touch-screen Windows Mobile 6 Standard). It will have a pacey 400Mhz TI OMAP CPU, triband GSM and 3G, HSPDA capability along with WiFi and 256Mb RAM / ...

Asus P527 Shows it’s face

Out of the rumour mill and into reality comes the Asus P527, a GPS equipped handset with Windows Mobile 6 Pro, WiFi, Bluetooth and GPRS quad-band capabilities with EDGE. Powered by a TI OMAP850 CPU running at 200Mhz the P527 also has a 2 megapixel ca...

Asus P750 Details

Meet the Asus P750. This, according to sources, won't be a true "Smartphone" but will instead run the touch-screen version Windows Mobile (Professional). The Asus is very well equipped and comes with a Marvel 520MHz PXA27x processor, 256Mb ROM, 128Mb...

Asus Pegasus Pocket PC Phone

This is the Asus Pegasus Pocket PC phone and comes with GPS on board. It's a slim device with numeric keypad and jog dial for speedy navigation. Asus are already responsible for a large number of laptops and their skills for design and build are show...

3GSM – Asus P305 3G Flip Smartphone

See? Didn't I tell you we'd be busy at 3GSM ? Here's yet another new handset. This is the Asus P305 3G Smartphone. Yes, this is it - don't be fooled by those other fuzzy shots on the web. The Asus Press Release (which can be read below) …