ASUS Launches P750 PDA in India

ASUS has launched their latest PDA phone, the P750 in Mumbai. The P750 is a fully loaded Tri-Band GSM PDA phone with GPS capabilities as well as Wi-Fi, 3.5G with HSDPA and Bluetooth with A2DP connectivity. This particular model is also the winner of the 2007 Japan G-Mark Award.

The P750 incorporates a host of specific business features that include Ur Time (view the time of various cities on the Today screen). It ties in with Meeting Time Planner to help facilitate business planning for meetings etc. a little easier. The Newstation provides up-to-date news and blog updates through RSS settings. Another handy feature is the Auto Cleaner function that enables operating with the best performance by cleaning up unwanted data. Since the P750 has a 3 megapixel auto-focus camera ASUS has also incorporated Business Card Recognition feature

Other features include Travelog which is a feature that allows users to record and share their traveling pictures, routes, Points of Interests (POIs) and schedules. With support for Google Earth’s satellite maps format, users can create a diary of events during their travels and put together snapshots and other interesting tidbits of their travels onto their blogs – allowing them to share with others their memorable travels as they trek across from one key point to another along their journeys. The ASUS P750’s Location Courier feature will also help prevent users from ever getting lost by accurately and periodically reporting their position to their pre-defined friends’ contacts.

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The device runs on Windows Mobile 6.0 Professional and supports external memory with microSD cards. It’s equipped with a 2.6-inch touch screen display that supports a resolution of 240 x 320 pixels and 65K colors.

The ASUS P750 is priced at Rs. 28,900 and is available in stores.