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ASUS Glaxy 7 smartphone hands-on suggests solid WM6.1 option
SlashGear —
... on the soft-touch battery cover where Mobile-Review’s Artem has been stroking it.
As for Glide UI, he deems it on a par with HTC’s TouchFLO 3D, which is pretty high praise. No exact word on availability or price, but the presumption is that given the current economic climate it will likely be cheaper than previously expected when it hits shelves in late Q1 or early Q2.
[via wmpoweruser] ...
ASUS Galaxy 7 touchphone gets manhandled
Engadget —
... props to the phone's Glide interface (on par with TouchFlo3D, it seems) and its build quality -- the handset itself seems sturdy, well considered, and it even integrates some leather for that touch of "class" that only a dead animal can bring. Other than that, it's pretty much what you were expecting: a WinMob phone with a 5 megapixel camera, a 3.5-inch (800 x 480) display, 512MB memory, 4GB storage and a microSD slot. The phone should be available early next year. [Via Wmpoweruser] ...
Asus ‘Galaxy 7’ smartphone looking somewhat dapper
CrunchGear —
... turned out to be a 528MHz CPU, when it was previously thought that it’d be an 800MHz Marvell CPU.
The phone runs Windows Mobile 6.1 with a custom UI shell over the top, drawing comparisons to HTC’s line of TouchFLO devices. Other features include built-in GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, an accelerometer, and a five-megapixel camera. The GSM/EDGE/HSDPA P835 will apparently be available around Europe sometime in March or April for a whopping 20,000 Rubles (about $737 dollars).
[via wmpoweruser.com]
Asus Galaxy Shows Up Again With Lesser Processing Power
SolSie.com —
... The Galaxy7 stands out with its stellar 800MHz CPU, the king of its class and its 5MP camera.
But a new review just popped up at Mobile-review.com proves differently, the specs are more down-to-earth with the lesser 528 Mhz Qualcom MS7200A processor.
On the bright side the build quality is very good and the Asus’s Glide interface is reportedly speedy. The device will be release 1H09
[Source Mobile-review.com (Google translation) via WMPowerUser] ...
