ASUS launches new PDA phone in India

NEW DELHI, INDIA: ASUS, a provider of innovative handhelds, announced on Tuesday the India launch of the ASUS P835.

ASUS said this PDA phone delivers excellent Internet browsing and multimedia viewing experience. Designed for business-savvy professionals, 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, said a press release.

Apart from being able to display more of a webpage onscreen, the P835 boasts features that greatly enrich users’ online experience; including 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 added.

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.”

ASUS said the new phone is basically designed to help users get the most out of the Internet. Users would be able to perform the full breadth of online tasks - from hopping on to their social networking sites and updating their blogs, to checking email and viewing streaming video, the release added.

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, it said.