14 DAY TRIAL // According to the latest news on the Web, the computer maker Asus, which has been earlier reported to have announced the launch of a new mobile phone, has also pulled back another handset, namely the Asus P565, which was released on the market only three months ago.
The reason for which the company has pulled off the shelves that mobile phone seems to be its recently-formed alliance with Garmin, which is targeted at developing new devices. As many of you might already know, the two companies have already announced the release of new handsets under the Garmin-Asus brand name.
The Asus P565, which has already reached several markets until now, is a Windows Mobile-powered mobile phone that includes a nicely clocked 800 MHz central processing unit. The handset has been a rather nice looking device, which has also offered a VGA touchscreen display, as well as a 3.2 Megapixel photo snapper, HSDPA connectivity and Wi-Fi capabilities.
According to GPSandCo, the device was expected to make an appearance in France last month, yet it seems that the phone will not be actually released in the country, all due to the recent alliance between the two companies.
On the other hand, given the fact that Asus has also unveiled a new mobile phone by itself, namely the P835, it is rather uncertain whether the named partnership with Garmin has driven the computer maker into pulling the handset out of the market. It would be more likely for the two companies to concentrate on the development of new mobile phones that will surface under their alliance's name, such as the nuvifone M20 and the nuvifone G60.
As stated above, the Asus P565 already entered several markets, including Germany, and at this point it is not sure whether the company will pull the device completely out of those markets as well, or whether it will completely stop selling it.