ASUS' P565 superphone canned due to Garmin partnership?
By Sean Cooper 
posted Feb 28th 2009 3:02PM
posted Feb 28th 2009 3:02PM
Sad business if true, but the UnwiredView is reporting that ASUS' P565 Windows Mobile 6.1-toting, VGA, HSDPA, Blazing 800MHz (Marvell PXA930) monster has been quietly dumped. The reason? Nobody's talking and we've not heard reports from either Garmin or ASUS to verify it either way -- it has apparently launched in Germany and Poland, at least -- but according to GPSAndCo, its debut in France isn't happening and they point to the new partnership as the reason. In the end, it does seem as if the Garmin / ASUS team is going to deliver some pretty serious goods, so we'll not shed a tear unless something happens to them, too. Of course, this could all be fluff, so do tell us if you catch sight of one of these at your local shop.
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What a noob. 800MHz? Pfft, weak.
I don't know if you are not informed but for a mobile platform just think of the power usage/size of the processor. Whose a noob now? "Pwn"
Today, people say sarcastic things and get flamed for it.
TG01 has 1GHz, noobs. ROFLBBQ.
My mistake. Today, we discuss outsized joke phones as if we were being serious.
@iLoveApple
ROFLBBQ?
Does that stand for "Rolling On Floor Lying in BBQ"? If that's true, you are a very, very lucky man.
I love the whole "world's fastest processor at 800Mhz" line. God, I remember when that could have been true...
Actually, it's not that long ago. 800Mhz CPUs and 750Mb HDDs were considered gutsy only 10-12 years ago.
If the news is true than I would be indeed be sadden. I'm tried of Qualcomm 528Mhz processors series. If only I was British than I would get to say "It's rubbish".
It's rubbish.
Happy to be of service
I don't see why the partnership would be ruining the idea? maybe you're saying they're scrapping THIS phone to work on the Nuviphone?
In comparison the iphone's processor is only about 620Mhz
Nope : it's clocked at 412Mhz http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone
Ike, its a 620 underclocked to 412. Epic Fail! ;)
@mike while you are correct sir, calling it a 412 Mhz isn't really an epic fail, being no one has clocked it back up as far as I know.
Who cares about the Mhz if we don't know the processor... I'd rather have a 600Mhz Cortex-A8 than an 800mhz ARM11..
I wouldn't call this a superphone. The upcoming Toshiba TG01 will destroy this with its 1GHz processor and 4.1" WVGA 800x480 display. :P
The only problems we're going to have with the Toshiba TG01 is that it's too big to fit in our pockets and it maybe too big to the point that we always have to hold it with two hands :)>-
What are you, a midget?
Naw, just kidding, but I'm sure it's not that bad, it's about as wide as an iPhone, just a bit taller, but a lot slimmer.
If you can hold an iPhone in one hand, you can hold the TG-01 in one hand.
two reasons for don't buy it:
1- Windows Mobile
2- touch screen
two reasons for don't buy it:
1-Windows Mobile
2-Touch screen
I love Asus but I hate Windows and the phone touch screen
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Oh yeah, me too.
Of course!
Unlimited power - p r e t t y ballsy statement.
Love the brand, like the design, like the touch screen, curious about everything else.
If the Garmin-Asus partnership team will make awesome phones with faster processors, they might just live if they actually announce the phones. It's a cute looking phone, though.
Am I the only one who finds this thing awfully unattractive? I'm glad it got killed, at least the nuvifone is got some style.
It is still slower than OSX on the iPhone because it runs Windows Mobile. The only thing this Asus phone excels at is draining battery life.
Can it, iGriefer. You don't even know what a processor is.
Back on topic, I can't imagine how Garmin could be involved in shutting down what would have been ASUS' top of the line phone. ASUS is far too large of a company to have to shut down a high profile project like that just to make a few refinements to the rather basic hardware employed by the M20 and G60. I mean, we're not talking the Palm Pre here, we're talking a run of the mill WinMo 6.1 phone with nothing particularly special. Well, nothing special until Garmin works their magic on it.
yes, because obviously optimization for hardware doesn't come into play at all in this situation.
That's obviously not true, as it's available for sale in Taiwan and has been so for quite a while. They even dropped the price recently.
http://shopping.pchome.com.tw/?mod=item&func=exhibit&IT_NO=AEAA35-A38703216
Yeah but look at the price: $18999
It was available in Hong Kong and Taiwan since Dec 2008 for under $400USD
It is available for sale in Malaysia, in a shopping mall called Mid Valley. When I checked yesterday there was only 1 unit available for sale as they have sold all their other units
Pffft. 1.0 GHz Snapdragon processor and WinMo 6... Just means it'll crash faster.