Asus P505

This is the first company smartphone run by Windows Mobile 2003 for Pocket PC SE Phone Edition. It is a candybar with a folding flip with a digital keypad. The phone got a sensory screen with QVGA resolution, Bluetooth module, and a 1.3 MP camera.

• Class: Windows Mobile-smartphone
• Position in the line: starts
• Rivals: Sony Ericsson P900
• Test based description

• General features
  • Announced in March 2006
  • eGSM 900/1800/1900
  • Battery type Li-Ion 1050 mAh
  • Battery life:
  • talk mode up to 4 hours
  • standby mode up to 100 hours
• Touchscreen, TFT 2.8”, with the resolution of 240x320 pixels, shows up to 65000 colours
• Operating system: Windows Mobile 2003 for Pocket PC SE Phone Edition
• CPU: Intel XScale PXA270 520 MHz
• Сolours: silvery
• Weight: 170 gramms
• Dimensions: 108x58x20 mm (not considering projecting parts) 124x60x22.5 mm (considering antenna and other projecting body parts)

• Memory
  • Phonebook, several numbers for a name, assign an image, a photo and a melody, including WAV, WMA, MIDI
  • Unlimited number of user groups, assign a name to several groups at the same time
  • Call lists, no limit on the number of entries, type of call is specified besides of date and duration. Set a storage period for calls in the list(a month by default)
  • RAM: 64 MB (53.49 MB available to a user)
  • ROM: 64 MB, available 18.14 MB
  • Expansion slot for SD/MMC with support for SDIO

• Call management, ringing tones
  • Vibracall
  • Polyphonic call melodies, 64-tonal polyphony
  • Fast dial
  • Automatic redial
  • Speakerphone

• SMS
  • Concatenated messages
  • Message templates
  • Sending and receiving graphical messages

• Camera
  • Integrated 1.3 MP camera (the maximum resolution of 1280x1024 pixels)
  • Video is recorded as ASF, MP4 or 3GP. Resolution: 320x240 pixels or 80x60 pixels
  • Digital zoom
  • Flash
  • Multishooting

• Multimedia
  • WAV, WMA, MIDI files as a call melody
  • Integrated video and audio player (MPEG4, H.263, МР3, ААС, ААС+)
  • Java (MIDP 2.0)

• Connectivity
  • Integrated mail client (SMTP/POP3/IMAP4)
  • GPRS class B multi-slot class 10
  • WAP 2.0/xHTML
  • Irda
  • Bluetooth 1.1
  • MMS
  • Push e-mail
  • SyncML
  • Synchronization with PC (USB, Irda, Bluetooth)

• Organizer and extras
  • Complete set of standard applications for Windows Mobile
  • Backup. Utility for backup
  • SmartKeeper. Automatic backup at extremely low battery level
  • Conference. Conference mode
  • MIDlet Manager. Starting J2ME applications
  • Multimedia Album. Viewing video taken with camera
  • Photo Contacts. User photo at incoming calls
  • Dictaphone
  • Date, time, world time
  • Alarm clock, reminder
  • Timer, stopwatch, calculator

Michail Machnaev (michail.machnaev@mobile-review.com)
Published — 28 February 2007

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