ASUS has announced that they are bringing the P527 Smartphone which runs Windows Mobile 6 to the US early this year. Among its claimed features, the P527 sports two features dubbed Travelog and Location Courier, both working with GPS to enable various location-based features. Otherwise, the device features a 2MP camera, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, an FM radio, and works on GPRS/GSM networks. It works on 850, 900, 1800, and 1900 GSM networks. The hardware is based on a TI OMAP 200MHz processor, comes with 64MBs of RAM, 128MBs of ROM, has a microSD slot for additional memory, an integrated SiRF Star III GPS chipset, and a 320×240 color display. Personally, I think it looks like a payphone shrunk down to pocket size, but with this feature set, it might just be nice. Pricing, release date, and carrier information was not released, but we can imagine its likely AT&T or T-Mobile or any of the other GSM-based carriers.

written by Tyler Regas \\ tags: CES, mobile, news