CNET's Australian outpost had a chance to put the
ASUS P525 smartphone through its paces recently, using the
BlackBerry 7130 series and the just-launched
HP iPAQ hw6900 series as measuring sticks. They found it compared favorably to both, clocking in a bit heavier (though similarly sized) to the 7130 and besting the hw6900 for battery endurance, though some folks cross-shopping the P525 with the hw6900 might be swayed by the latter's QWERTY keyboard nonetheless. Strangely, though the P525 includes business card recognition software, the reviewer found that the phone's 2-megapixel cam wasn't sufficient to deliver the clarity needed for the software to actually function. The lack of 3G is a downer, too, but hey -- it looks mighty purty, and that's the important thing with a smartphone, right?
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Owen @ Sep 16th 2006 4:09PM
no 3g but skype, so wifi right?
Julian @ Sep 17th 2006 12:30AM
i dont really need keyboard or really 3G but SKype and wifi, bluetooth are musts. Hey it also got looks ill think about it after im done with my v3i.