Asus’s P552w phone has made a couple of appearances before and today they have announced the handset for the Indian market. Priced at Rs. 27,900 ($560), it is the first phone from Asus to support their own Glide interface that sits atop the usual Windows Mobile 6.1 Pro OS. The Glide interface from Asus uses “Gester” (typo?) technology to give users a quick access to basic functions and applications pretty easily. Here is a full rundown of the specifications.

Networks: HSDPA 3.6Mbps, UMTS 2100; EDGE/GPRS/GSM 900/1800/1900
Operating System: Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
Color: Black or White
Form factor: Bar type
Dimensions: 102 x 60.5 x 14.5 mm
Weight: 105g (with battery)
Standby Time: 300 hrs with 3G and 250 hrs with 2G
Talk Time: 3 hrs with 3G and 5 hrs with 2G
Display: 2.8″ TFT Touch Screen 65K color, QVGA 240 x 320 pixels
Processor: Marvell Tavor 624MHz
Memory: 256MB Flash + 128MB DDR
Expansion: SlotMicroSD with SDHC support
Connectivity: WLAN 802.11b+g , USB v1.1(FS), Bluetooth 2.0+EDR
WAP: BrowserHTTP / WAP 1.2.1/2.0
Messaging: SMS / MMS / Email / MSN / Push E-mail
Battery: 1100mAh Li-Ion
GPS: SiRF StarIII with internal antenna
Camera: 2.0 Mega pixel Fixed Focus
VideoRecord:MPEG4@QVGA 24fps / H.263@QCIF 24fps
Playback:MPEG4@QVGA 30fps / H.263@QCIF 30fps; Audio/Video Streaming
Picture Format: JPEG, PNG, GIP, BMP
Audio Format: MP3, WMA, AAC, and AAC+

Business Applications: PIMWord (editor), Excel (editor), Power Point (viewer), IE, Windows® Live, MSN, Voice Commander, Push Email (Exchange Server), Google Maps, Anytime Launcher, ASUS Today, Multi-Home, EziMusic and EziPhoto.

We have already seen Asus’s P552w PDA phone which is nothing but an upgrade to P320. And it seems the phone is ready to hit the mainstream European market by mid October for a price tag of 500 Euros ($679). New details to emerge this time are its processor with a clock speed of 624MHz, 2 megapixel camera, 128MB RAM and 256MB ROM with expansion available with microSDHC card. Asus has also integrated its touchFLO like UI, Glide atop P552w’s Windows 6.1 OS.

Network wise, the phone supports tri-band GSM bands with HSDPA, 2.8-inch screen (240 x 320 pixels) and SiRF STARIII GPS antenna. P552w is expected to give a talk time of up to 3 hours and stand by up to 5 hours on its 1100 mAh battery.

[Via AreaMobile]

Asus recently launched P552w touch screen phone in Taiwan. The phone seems to be an upgrade to P320 with a tad larger screen and a new body design. The full specifications are not revealed but it has a 2.8-inch touch screen with connectivity options of Wi-Fi, HSDPA and Bluetooth. Just like P320, this one also runs Windows Mobile 6.1.

No word on pricing or availability in other regions.

[Via Aving]